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China has issued a circular on piloting the construction of urban communities with better facilities, services and management amid efforts to improve urban living environments, Xinhua News Agency reported on November 1.

The two-year pilot program started in October 2022, according to the circular jointly issued by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Communities in the program will be equipped with service facilities, including kindergartens, stations for the elderly and health care, convenience stores, canteens and domestic service outlets, said the circular.

Infrastructure will be upgraded in the

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