Shenzhen strives to build child-friendly city with characteristics

11月17日，家長帶著兒童在深圳北站中心公園的星球主題樂園玩耍（無人機照片）。八年前，深圳在全國率先提出系統性建設兒童友好城市目標，倡導實施兒童優先發展戰略，探索具有中國特色的兒童友好城市建設路徑，各種從兒童角度出發的設施、措施紛紛在這里落地。據統計，截至2023年10月，深圳已建成市級各類兒童友好基地452個，各類公園1260多座，逐步增加完善兒童活動空間及自然教育等設施場所，各級各類兒童議事組織580個，社區兒童之家761個，建成母嬰室1270多間，基本實現公共場所全覆蓋，創新推廣移動母嬰室，讓兒童出行更為便利。在鋼筋混凝土中，以一米的高度看城市，是城市散發的關懷與溫暖。八年來，兒童友好從一個概念變成全城共識和集體行動，深圳走出了一條具有深圳特色、體現時代特征的兒童友好之路。[新華社記者 毛思倩 攝]

This aerial photo taken on Nov. 17, 2023 shows kids and their guardians playing at a children's park near Shenzhen North Railway Station in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. Shenzhen launched China's first guidelines for building a child-friendly city eight years ago. Since then the city has been rolling out a spate of measures spearheading the construction towards this aim. Statistics show that by October of 2023, 452 city-level child-friendly bases and over 1,260 children's parks of various categories have been set up to gradually improve children's activity space and educational facilities in Shenzhen. In the meantime, 580 children's deliberation organizations, 761 children's homes at different communities and more than 1,270 nurseries have emerged to enrich children's life and bring convenience for children's travelling. The word "child-friendly" in Shenzhen has been successfully transferred from a mere concept to the whole city's consensus and collective action. Shenzhen will keep piloting and striving to achieve its goal of building a child-friendly city with its own characteristics. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)