Weicheng District: The old community breaks the cocoon and changes to the "new"

People get haircuts in clean and tidy 202 community barbering establishments.

On October 19th, the Municipal Party Committee Party History Study and Education All-Media Research and Interview Group walked into the 202 communities of Wenhui Road Street in Weicheng District and the Riverside Community of Weiyang Street, and conducted in-depth interviews with the community's 10 list projects of "I do practical things for the masses", as well as the successful experience of the Weiyang Street Riverside Community in building party building to lead the transformation of the old community, and realizing the successful experience of the old community breaking the cocoon and changing into "new".

Walking into the 202 communities, the reporter saw that the atmosphere of "I do practical things for the masses" here is very strong. From clean and tidy free barbering places, red book houses, canteens, to modern gyms, dance studios, day care places, and community residents' calligraphy and painting exhibitions, people feel warm.

"Here you can do pedicure, cervical spine, complete equipment, let the body relax, very comfortable." The 74-year-old Wang Yu'e often comes here for recuperation. On the first floor of the 202 community, the elderly are recuperating and exercising. On the second floor, there is a calligraphy and painting exhibition of the retired elderly in the community, where the residents of the community can not only relax and adjust their mood, but also get physical exercise and recuperation.

According to Chen Qi, the first secretary of the party branch of the 202 community, since the launch of the party history study and education, the community party branch has drawn up 10 list items of "I do practical things for the masses" with the theme of "always following the party", and opened a deputy agency window in the community one-stop service hall to provide door-to-door agency services for residents; the joint jurisdictional health service stations, traditional Chinese medicine clinics, etc. have carried out public welfare lectures on the prevention of diabetes, hypertension and other diseases, hearing public welfare census, health free clinics and other activities, and have solved difficulties at the grass-roots level with heart and soul. The troubles of the masses.

Walking into the Weiyang Street Riverside Community, this old residential area built in 1999, makes people shine, the appearance of the community and the newly built community is not much different, and its supporting fitness equipment, kindergartens, greenery, etc. are also readily available.

The community is a government-invested housing project, with a total area of 80,000 square meters, a total of 14 buildings, 53 units, 736 households, more than 3,200 people, is a typical old community. In 2019, the community was included in the transformation plan of the old residential area in Weicheng District, with a total investment of 40.7 million yuan, which was launched in July 2020 and completed in March 2021.

"After the renovation, I saw that the community had a new look, and the residents who had moved away in the past are now moving back." The person in charge of the riverside community introduced. During the transformation period, Weiyang Street adhered to the transformation concept of "beautiful environment and happy life together", adhered to the transformation principle of "party building leading, government-led, multi-party co-construction, construction and management equal emphasis", through the "three construction" transformation ideas, carried out the transformation of old residential areas "riverside practice", created a "Weiyang sample" of party building to lead the transformation of old communities, and then realized the transformation of old communities into "new", providing replicable and generalizable experience for promoting the transformation of old communities.

At present, Weiyang Subdistrict has a total of 24 old residential areas, Binhe Community has been transformed, Anju Second Village, Xianyang Aoli Chemical Fiber Community, Water Conservancy Bureau Family Hospital, Thread Factory Community, District Sanitation Department Family Courtyard, Qin Jianyuan 6 communities are being transformed, with a total construction area of 162,400 square meters, involving 41 buildings, 1980 residents, a total investment of 17.75 million yuan, is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

Xianyang Daily all-media reporter: Li Hua text/photo