East China’s Jiangsu province has made steady progress in the promotion of infrastructure construction spearheaded by the functional renovation of urban green living rooms and residential quarters to welcome the convening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China with practical actions.
Walking into the newly completed Donggang Sports Park in Huai'an City, waterfront trails, football fields, basketball courts, and children's amusement parks are all available. However, just two years ago, it was a busy wharf on the Grand Canal.
Hu Zhixiang, a 61-year-old citizen of Huai'an, was a sailor before retiring and has worked on the Huai'an section of the Grand Canal for most of his life.
He said that he has made his new home near the canal as the greenery along the Grand Canal continues to be transformed.
Covering an area of about 100 thousand square meters, Donggang Sports Park is the largest urban park along the canal in Huai'an City.
As an important project of the Gallery of the Grand Canal, this sports park makes up for the lack of regional fitness venues, making it convenient for residents to participate in physical exercise nearby, and also showing a new city image.
Sun Ying, a citizen of Xuzhou, has lived in Ruyijiayuan Community for 13 years and has witnessed the changes in the surrounding environment.
In recent years, many abandoned sites have been renovated into 7 functional squares, equipped with fitness equipment, basketball courts and other facilities.
In order to avoid potential safety hazards caused by scooter charging, 28 centralized charging carports have been installed in the community. At the same time, the community has also installed street lamps and regularly maintained the green belt for the continuous beautification of the environment.
Sun Ying is a volunteer. She took the initiative to clean up adlets in the building and participated in epidemic prevention and control. Enthusiastic Sun Ying also led more surrounding residents to join in volunteer services in the community so that the daily improvement of the living environment made the people happy.
