Better public welfare
returned 79 hectares of less-efficient construction land back to nature, ranking first citywide. Regulations on the second phase of the Dalu waterway was completed and the channel opened to navigation.
Overall traffic construction was carried out on the Airport Railway, Jiading-Minhang Regional Railway, Yangtze River Delta demonstration zone intercity railway, Yindu Road Cross-Huangpu River Channel, Caobao Road expressway, Puye Road first phase, East Fengpu Bridge and the Metro Line 15 south extension line.
The district’s ecological preservation was carried out stably. The district launched its third round of an air cleansing project and started construction of five stormwater retention tanks. It accomplished regulation on a 10-kilometer waterway and dredged rainwater and sewage systems in 79 neighborhoods. High-quality Level III water now accounts for 72 percent of the entire water volume.
In 2023, the district expanded its greenery land by 100 hectares, its vertical planting by 30,000 cubic meters, greenways by 30 kilometers, and added 30 pocket parks.
Several parks, including the Meilong Ecological Park, Chunshen Park, and the South Bund Park, opened to the public. Gumei Park transformed into the first urban furniture theme park nationwide.
Ten bridge tunnels were given facelifts and the enclosures of 10 parks were removed. About 9.2 kilometers of riverfront waterway was connected.
The district also built Huidong Village into a celebrated village for rural revitalization. Two of its cooperatives were selected as national-level ecological farms. A brand of Minhang rice was awarded a gold medal during the China Green Food Expo and three routes selected as nationwide rural tourism recommended routes.
The district set up 16 employment service stations in communities and offered 50,000 job vacancies in 2023.
Seniors were also better cared for with 600 senior beds added to nursing homes and other newly-founded facilities including five senior care service centers, 20 elderly community canteens, and eight professional daycare centers.
A total of 181 beds for seniors with cognitive impairments were modified and more than 1,150 households were adapted for better living conditions for seniors.
An urban renewal project of a former industrial workers neighborhood at 5530 Longwu Road was carried out smoothly. Three hundred elevators were newly equipped in residential buildings in the district and 45 old neighborhoods underwent fire risk prevention.
The district also offered 12,000 talent departments and set up 22 talent service stations.
Education and medical care services had also been improved accordingly.