FOREWORD

The English-Chinese glossary of housing, urban planning, and construction management terms is designed to help overcome language barriers, to enhance mutual understanding, and to facilitate future exchanges between the People’s Republic of China and the United States. The project was undertaken under the Protocol on Cooperation between the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) of the United States and the Ministry of Urban and Rural Construction and Environmental Protection (MURCEP) of China. This is but one of several protocols in different fields under the U.S.-China Agreement on Science and Technology. On the occasion of the publication of the glossary, we would like to express our sincere hope that this work will serve as the cornerstone for future efforts and that cooperation between the United States and China will prove even more fruitful in the years to come.

U.S.- China Program Co-Chairmen

Ambassador Theodore R. Britton, Jr.

Assistant to the Secretary for International Affairs

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Xu Ronglie

Engineer-in-Chief

Ministry of Urban and Rural Construction and Environmental Protection (MURCEP)