Shanghai launches 34 projects to improve residents’ livelihood
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Senior care
1. In 2025, Shanghai plans to provide in-home care for 4,000 elderly citizens, add 3,000 new elderly care beds and 800 beds for severely disabled people, and adapt 3,000 beds for nursing old people with cognitive disorders. Currently, the city has a total of 176,000 elderly-care beds.
2. It will create 30 new community canteens for seniors and set up 30 more elderly-care homes in rural areas, to make the total over 400 and 100, respectively.
3. In addition, 30 new bus routes will be designed to serve and support the elderly, increasing accessibility and convenience for senior populations. More than 140 such routes are in service.
Health care
4. This year, Shanghai will build 40 community outpatient surgery rooms, 40 community nursing centers, 10 community rehabilitation centers and 50 community or village clinics featuring traditional Chinese medical services. There are already 92 community nursing centers and 143 community rehabilitation centers, providing services such as health management, wound care, stoma care and a variety of rehabilitation treatments.
5. The city plans to install 7,500 more automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) in residential neighborhoods and public spaces.
6. The city will train 80,000 certified emergency responders.
Child-friendly initiatives
7. Shanghai plans to have air conditioning in every suitable primary and middle-school classroom.
8. The city will install child-friendly facilities in 25 parks this year.
9. It will organize 550 camps during summer vacation and 200 in winter vacation for primary-school students this year. Since 2014, the city has organized more than 4,400 such camps with about 100,000 volunteers, reaching out to about 420,000 students.
10. It will add 3,000 seats in public kindergartens for toddlers and improve the quality of 260 “baby houses,” facilities under a citywide pilot project that offer day-care services for children below 3 years old in neighborhoods, commercial and business complexes. Last year, the city created 5,155 kindergarten seats for toddlers and 9,034 seats at community nurseries.
Convenience
11. Shanghai plans to upgrade the operations of 100 waterfront service stations along the Huangpu River and the Suzhou Creek.
12. The city plans to install 2,200 luggage lockers at Metro stations this year. According to Shanghai Shentong Metro Group, there were 1,760 luggage lockers at 61 locations of 32 Metro stations in September last year.
13. It will renovate 80 standardized food markets.
Live and work
14. Shanghai intends to add about 30,000 beds in affordable housing intended for people supporting city development and management, including deliverymen.
15. The city will help 80,000 rural households beautify their courtyards.
16. It will set up or upgrade 1,000 break rooms for front-line workers.
17. Across the city, 500 community employment service stations will be built as part of the “15-minute employment service circles.”
18. The city will train 50,000 more highly skilled workers.
Lifelong learning
19. This year, Shanghai will build another 200 spaces for family reading experiences and other parent-child activities.
20. The city will open 500 new night schools.
Harmonious community
21. To prevent juvenile delinquency, the city will create 352 teams in communities with members from the police, judicial offices and law firms.
22. The city will renovate the homes of 300 families with children living in poverty or without custody.
Barrier-free service
23. Shanghai will support barrier-free renovations for 5,000 families with severely challenged members.
24. The city will add 400 new-energy buses with lower floors to the fleet.
25. The city will adapt 100 more bus terminals to make transit easier for elders and those with disabilities.
26. Another 1,000 public toilets will be renovated to make them more accessible to the elderly and children.
Fitness and wellness
27. Shanghai will open 30 new community fitness centers this year.
28. The city will build or renovate 130 public sports pitches, 50 public fitness trails, 500 public recreational fitness places and 50 fitness facilities at communities or workplaces.
29. It also plans to develop 60 pocket parks, or tiny recreational parks.
30. Another 20 urban parks will be open 24 hours a day. The city opened 141 new parks last year, bringing the total to 973. Of these, 849 parks are accessible around the clock.
Urban renewal
31. The city will complete the renovation of 150 kilometers of old water-supply pipelines.
32. It will build 65 community-based micro fire stations.
33. It will install smart water meters in 30,000 households with elderly citizens or those with special needs.
34. The city will upgrade 200km of rural roads.
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