A look at Shenzhen’s increasingly age-friendly community service centres

Shenzhen, China (ANTARA) — Shenzhen has continued to expand its network of community service centres and the range of services they offer since 2015. The city has now built at least 4,400 such facilities, offering a variety of services.

Each centre serves an area with a radius of about one kilometre, and the journey between centres takes just 15 minutes.

The network provides services for people of all ages, including local residents, travellers and newcomers from overseas.

In recent years, the centres have regularly organised a range of cultural and recreational activities.

They also offer facilities such as shared reading rooms, nursing rooms and community canteens.

The network records more than 400,000 visits a day. The centres serve both as convenient public service platforms and as spaces where people can seek advice and exchange ideas.

Together, Shenzhen’s community service centres bring a warmer touch to urban governance at neighbourhood level.