Suzhou plans to build no less than 150 15-minute community life circles in five years, with at the very least 15 ones in each of its county-level cities as well as districts.
The concept suggests that within a 15-minute walk, citizens can have accessibility to different services connected to their every day lives.
A 15-minute community life circle have to accommodate homeowners’ basic consumption demand first and homes such facilities as convenience stores, wet markets, morning meal restaurants, hair salons, photo workshops, drugstores, renewable resource recycling websites, etc.
It also requires to create public cultural areas, recreational shops, pet dog shops, health clubs, elderly care institutions, daycare centers and other centers that can satisfy citizens’ top-level intake need in education and learning, childcare, interaction, enjoyment and also shopping.
Areas with much better conditions are motivated to develop self-service convenience stores, smart solution systems and electronic markets using innovative modern technologies including 5G, big data, AI and also Web of Things.
