On October 22, actor Jiang Yiyan said that the villa involved in the design won the American architect award. Some netizens said that Jiang Yiyan was Party A of the project and questioned her participation in the project team. Beijing News reporter previously visited the villa area and found that the villa area has indeed changed itself.
On November 18, the Beijing Municipal Commission of planning and natural resources responded that Jiang Yiyan villa was a private reconstruction and expansion project. After verification, it did not obtain the planning approval procedures, and the urban management department was responsible for investigating and dealing with it. Previously, netizens reported through letters and visits that actor Jiang Yiyan was rebuilt on site in a villa area. After completion, the villa was illegally reconstructed and expanded. Netizens questioned that it used illegal buildings to win awards.
Official response to the self reconstruction and expansion of Jiang Yiyan villa: it will be investigated and dealt with if it fails to obtain approval source: Beijing News