Over the past year, Changning District’s vision of a "Park City" has flourished with vibrant strokes. The addition of new green spaces, pocket parks, and 24-hour parks has made "greenery at your doorstep and parks at your step" an everyday reality. Green has become the warm, foundational color of Changning. Stepping into 2026, Changning is elevating its greenery further—not only expanding green areas but also piloting more practical and people-oriented composite functions such as "park + parking." A living panorama of a "city within parks" is gracefully unfolding.

In the past year, Changning District has taken solid steps in building a Park City: the district added 17,800 square meters of parks and green spaces, built three new pocket parks, increased vertical greenery by over 25,000 square meters, and revitalized green belts along a number of roads.

By the end of 2025, 95.68% of the residents in Changning can find a park with a size of at least 3,000 square meters within a 500-meter radius. Per capita park area continues to rank among the highest in central urban districts, with open and shared park and green space projects actively promoted. The green coverage rate reached 34.33%, with two integrated park openings—Tianshan Park and Huashan Green Space—and three shared green spaces within institutions, including the Urban Construction Archives. Two new 24-hour parks, like Hami Park, and a series of habitat gardens, including Xiemeng Habitat Garden, were added.

Moreover, Changning has unlocked the potential of green spaces through open sharing. The Leyi Habitat Garden in the No. 8 Neighborhood Committee of Lvyuan New Village, Xinjing Town, recognized for its unique ecological advantages, was designated as one of Shanghai’s fourth batch of nature education schools.

Innovating with the "Park+" model, Changning has transformed open parks, street-corner gardens, and greenway networks into dynamic spaces that continuously energize the city. By the end of 2025, over 170 integrated activities spanning culture, commerce, tourism, sports, exhibitions, and greenery were hosted or co-organized, leveraging the district’s diverse ecological resources to their fullest.

From sports events on green fields to commercial activations in garden settings, from cultural and artistic events in public spaces to convenient service facilities extending to street corners, and healthy lifestyles woven into greenery—the essence of "Park+" lies in vividly practicing the "People's City" concept. By soliciting public needs and activating space potential through open sharing, Changning ensures that residents are not just admirers of beauty but also active participants and co-creators.

Standing at a new starting point, Changning will focus on launching the Park City Leading Demonstration Zone during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030) and seize the opportunity of hosting a branch venue of the 2026 Shanghai International Flower Festival to comprehensively advance a new round of green construction and spatial enhancement.

In 2026, Changning has set clear goals:

Ensure the 500-meter service radius coverage rate for parks and green spaces larger than 3,000 square meters exceeds 99%, and maintain the highest per capita park area among central urban districts.

Build 2.24 hectares of new public green spaces, promoting projects such as the greening of the western zone of Hongqiao Talent Apartments and the public green space on the F1-01 plot.

Develop 5,000 square meters of new vertical greenery, 0.4 kilometers of greenways, add one urban park and two pocket parks, and open two additional institutional green spaces for public sharing.

Actively explore new models for composite use of green spaces. Pilot projects integrating new public green spaces with underground parking facilities will create multifunctional pocket parks that combine ecological leisure with convenient parking, achieving "multi-purpose use of land" and seamlessly blending green spaces into residents’ daily lives.

In 2026, Changning will remain true to the vision of a People's City, advancing Park City construction with higher standards. It aims not only to create a better living environment for residents but also to provide a replicable and scalable "Changning Model" for Shanghai and the entire nation.