Shenzhen is working to build more inclusive and diverse spaces for children to play in with the aim of providing a more child-friendly environment in which children can play, learn and have fun.

More play spaces have been created in the city’s parks, with facilities having been upgraded, Shenzhen Special Daily reported yesterday, the International Children’s Day.

The community park in Jingtian North No. 2 Street in Futian District, which has a special children’s play area, is very popular among children and parents, said the Daily.

Many mothers have shared posts on social media sites praising the park for not only the fashionable design of children’s facilities, but also the variety of amusement facilities, such as slides, climbing walls, climbing nets, seesaws and sand boxes.

Two tall and bear-shaped slides, a blue one and a yellow one, are the most eye-catching installations in the park.

A citizen, surnamed Zhang, has taken her 1-year-old son to the park many times. She said with a smile that, although the children’s playground is not big in the park, the designs of the facilities are very lovely and the facilities bring children a lot of joy.

In recent years, comprehensive parks and community parks that were newly built or upgraded in Shenzhen, such as the Xiangmi Park, the Talent Park, and the western extension of Shenzhen Bay Coastal Leisure Belt, have set up free and special areas for children to play. Children are very excited to have new facilities, like climbing frames, rope bridges and swings.

Different from the mechanical and electrical facilities, such as carousels, these children’s amusement facilities are nonelectric, which means children can develop their physical and mental abilities through exploration and practice.

Yu Shulian, chief engineer of Shenzhen Park Management Center, said that, in the future, children’s recreational facilities in the city’s parks will prioritize nonelectric ones that are more reliable and introduce well-made facilities with interesting designs from home and abroad.

Yu disclosed that the children’s playground in Donghu Park in Luohu, which is the first children’s playground in Shenzhen, has been included in a plan for renovations and upgrades.

It is also expected that the Lianhua Hill Park in Futian will set up a parent-child play space in the northeast corner of the park. The project, which has been approved, will cover a reconstruction area of about 2.5 hectares with construction set to start next year.

At present, the city’s park management center is working on a five-year plan for the construction and development of the city’s parks.