China's current forms of housing subsidies for the civil service system are mainly in the form of direct rent subsidies and the provision of low-rent dormitories and housing. Rental subsidies, that is, in cash to the salary, are reflected in the form of housing subsidies. The other is that the unit charges a nominal rent far below the market price to rent a house to the unit employees. There are usually unit dormitories or affordable housing built by the unit.

The amount of housing subsidies for civil servants varies according to rank and region. The difference between different ranks and regions is still relatively large, so there is not a uniform standard. According to this CCTV news report "civil servants housing subsidy standard bottom", the same as the main hall level, Chongqing Municipal housing area standard less than half of the individual first region. And per square meter subsidy standards, Hunan only one-half of individual areas.

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Nowadays for the market economy, the corresponding rank civil servants to reach the corresponding rank, and not necessarily able to enjoy the direct housing allocation. The housing subsidy is a cash subsidy granted by the state administrative organs and institutions to the employees who do not have housing or whose housing area does not meet the required standard.

Civil servants who are not entitled to the corresponding welfare housing area standards, or those who do not reach the standard area with their actual housing, will be entitled to the corresponding local subsidies for housing purchase. The amount of subsidy per square meter of staff housing will be adjusted by the relevant departments according to the price of housing and other factors, and each region is not the same.

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