SINCE 2015, Shenzhen has steadily expanded the network and functions of its community public service centers, and has now built more than 4,400 such centers of various types. With each center serving residents within a roughly one-kilometer, 15-minute walking radius, the network offers services for all ages to local residents, tourists and foreign visitors. In recent years, the centers have regularly hosted a wide range of cultural and recreational activities and provided amenities including public reading rooms, nursery facilities and community canteens. Receiving more than 400,000 visits a day across the network, they serve both as convenient public service platforms and as venues for community consultation and exchange, adding warmth to grassroots urban governance. (SD News)