Ningbo Beilun’s Cross-community Linkage Model Boosts Shared Prosperity

Innovative community collaboration in Ningbo’s Beilun District is bringing tangible benefits to local industrial workers and rural businesses, unlocking new potential for integrated urban-rural development. According to China News Service, two industrial communities in the district have broken administrative boundaries to launch a coordinated development mechanism, connecting industrial parks, urban communities and rural resources to build a people-oriented shared prosperity model.

The newly launched cooperation initiative unites Xiaomen Industrial Community and Xiebei Industrial Community, which previously operated independently. By adopting a resource-sharing and complementary advantage framework, the two communities have established a regular three-party linkage platform covering parks, communities and rural areas. The model focuses on meeting the cultural and leisure needs of industrial employees while vitalising local rural cultural and tourism resources.

A dedicated exchange event was recently held to advance the joint development strategy, gathering enterprise representatives, cultural and tourism operators, and community staff. Participants visited a series of local characteristic sites, including modern agricultural farms, mushroom study and experience bases, gliding leisure venues and themed coffee spaces. The visits showcased a diversified integration route combining rural tourism, educational research and outdoor leisure experiences.

During the on-site forum, corporate representatives shared practical demands for staff team building, holiday recuperation and parent-child weekend activities. Local communities released two featured cultural and tourism routes and introduced exclusive industry worker consumption vouchers, enabling employees to access convenient and beneficial leisure resources. Latest preferential policies for group tours were also publicised to optimise public service support for industrial staff.

Several local cultural and tourism and rural development venues have been officially recognised as designated service partners for industrial workers. These certified sites will provide exclusive discounts and customised services for employees from local industrial zones, serving as ideal destinations for parent-child study tours, team training and daily leisure activities.

The collaborative mechanism has delivered visible economic and social outcomes. In just one month since the trial launch, rural cultural and tourism venues in Baifeng Street have achieved nearly 60,000 yuan in additional revenue. The integrated service system effectively activates idle rural resources, enriches the spare-time life of industrial workers and forms a mutually beneficial cycle between industrial development and rural vitalisation.

Local authorities will further expand cross-community cooperation and optimise the three core service scenarios of industry-rural prosperity chains, employee service circles and community discussion platforms. Continuous optimisation of cross-regional linkage and multi-party co-governance will steadily empower high-quality regional shared prosperity development at the grassroots level.