New center improving standard of living

GRASSROOTS units in Jiading District are improving people’s living standards in many ways.

At the Qilian Community in Zhenxin Subdistrict, a new community center has been set up to offer multi-media classes, information sharing, various activities and salons, and even small-scale family sports meetings for residents.

The community was established in the 1990s and before the new center, there were some old and dilapidated houses for residents to use as community facilities.

In order to meet a growing demand, the community stopped leasing houses for commercial purposes and set up the new community center instead.

With temperatures dropping in November, bottled water has been replaced with a water dispenser at Yecheng Police Station so sanitation workers, residents and other passersby can drink hot water.

This was set up by police after two drivers donated 100 yuan each (US$14.3) in August after they had been in a minor accident and officers at the station had successfully mediated in the subsequent dispute.

Police in Jiading had received around 280,000 calls from residents on the 110 emergency hotline by the end of October, with 95.5 percent of cases being solved. The satisfaction rate on complaints hotline 12345 reached 95.47 points.

There has been a surge in the number of people lining up at local police stations after the announcement that those with fines for traffic offenses needed to pay by the end of November or would face further punishment otherwise.

Police in Jiading opened service even at weekends and during holidays, and they also set up service windows along check stations on highways.