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More cities eye 15-minute circles

More than 50 domestic cities will follow Shanghai鈥檚 initiative to develop 15-minute community life circles for local residents.

The concept implies that within a 15-minute walk, residents can have access to various services related to living, working, studying, traveling and elderly care.

The 52 cities, mainly municipalities and provincial capitals, have signed the 鈥淪hanghai Initiative鈥 that was released at the closing ceremony of Shanghai鈥檚 biennial urban space art season.

鈥淲e propose to launch the 鈥15-minute community life circle鈥 campaign to enhance the quality of the cities and provide more Chinese practices and wisdom on urban sustainable development to the world,鈥 the initiative said.

Representatives from some of the cities, including northern Tianjin Municipality, Nanjing in neighboring Jiangsu Province, Hangzhou in neighboring Zhejiang Province, Hefei in neighboring Anhui Province, Wuhan in central Hubei Province and Chengdu in southwest Sichuan Province, jointly released the initiative with local government officials.

鈥淭he concept of the community life circle has become known to more people through the two-month art season,鈥 said Li Feng, a Ministry of Natural Resources official.

鈥淎n increasing number of cities are participating in the campaign,鈥 Li said in a video speech for the closing ceremony of the urban space art season in Putuo District.

The Shanghai Urban Space Art Season 2021, the third since it was initiated in 2015, held over 500 academic seminars, workshops, community tours, performances and education sessions between September 25 and November 30.

More than 20 local model communities, such as Xinhua in Changning District and Caoyang in Putuo, unveiled exhibitions on the theme of 鈥15-Minute Community Life Circle: People鈥檚 City.鈥

Shanghai initiated the idea to build a 鈥15-minute community life circle鈥 in 2014 and included the concept in its master plan for 2035.


 

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