More Warmth in Livelihood Services
Longgang continues to promote the high-quality development of its education sector. The School of Medicine of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, is being constructed in an accelerated way. The framework of School of Music has been completed, and the School of Public Policy has been inaugurated. The Shenzhen Campus of Jinan University has finalized its site selection, and the Semiconductor School of Southern University of Science and Technology entered the full-scale construction stage. The Public Infrastructure Project (Phase I) for the Shenzhen Vocational Education Park has been under construction, and Shenzhen Technician College has been officially upgraded to become the Shenzhen City Vocational College. In terms of capacity expansion, the district adds 26,800 public compulsory education quotas, 1,500 public high school quotas, and 7,560 preschool education quotas. Exploratory projects such as the Shenzhen Cloud School and the Future Bilingual School mark the launch of next-generation "future campus" models.
Longgang District continues to strengthen its healthcare capacity and innovation. A total of 1,600 new hospital beds are made available, with four hospital projects, including the relocated District ENT Hospital, have been completed. The Second District Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine has finished the construction of the framework. The Hepatology Department at the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Shenzhen Hospital (Longgang campus) is recognized as a national TCM excellence specialty. The District People's Hospital is named a national pilot site for the 2024 “Healthy China – Stroke Recognition” campaign. In the digital health frontier, Longgang District launches HuaTuo GPT, the first AI triage and pre-diagnosis system in China powered by a domestic medical large language model. The district also attractes nine top-tier medical teams, and becomes the first in the city to achieve the full-scale application of facial recognition to the medical services across all its public hospitals.
Longgang District sees the flourishing of cultural, sports, and tourism development. The Longgang International Art Center completes the construction of the framework, and the Buji Cultural and Sports Center and Henggang Cultural and Sports Center have been open to the public. Shenzhen Universiade World, a new landmark, also opens. For the 14th consecutive year, the district leads Shenzhen in the number of ICIF branch venues, highlighting its role as a cultural innovation hub. The district has established a comprehensive IP industry base, in cooperation with Shanghai Film Group. The CIC Innovation & Creativity Center was honored as one of Guangdong’s Most Beautiful Public Cultural Spaces in 2024. Longgang District stands at the the first place in Guangdong Province in terms of the public cultural service.
Longgang District guarantees solid social services. The District Elderly Nursing Home has been completed, and Elderly Service Centers in Jihua Subdistrict and Baolong subdistrict have been open. 339 community elderly-care stations have been established across the district, together with 5 provincial-level and 39 municipal-level child-friendly communities. The district also deliveres 17,800 units of affordable housing. 10 major civil concerns have been satisfied, with 934 public-concerned matters solved across the communities in the district.
