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An aerial drone photo taken in October 2025 shows a view of the Dongshan pocket park in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhua)When 72-year-old Shi Jikun opened his windows at home in Yuxi, southwest China's Yunnan Province, he used to hear the repeated thud of balls and blowing of whistles from an indoor sports venue near his residential community.
"During the day, I didn't dare open the windows," Shi said, recalling years when the noise disrupted his daily routine.
The sports venue has since undergone two rounds of soundproofing. Sound-absorbing materials were installed on its walls, while double-glazed soundproof windows were fitted along the side facing the residential area.
The noise has eased. "The neighborhood is quiet now, making everyday life much more comfortable," Shi noted.
Shi's experience is part of a broader move underway across China to tackle one of the less obvious costs of urbanization: the growing amount of noise packed into increasingly dense neighborhoods.
As cities expand, the likes of homes, roads, businesses, construction sites and recreational spaces are often crammed together. China has, notably, been testing a neighborhood-level response to this challenge via the development of "quiet communities," combining physical upgrades with local management and mediation.
This initiative was launched as a national pilot project in May 2023. By the end of 2025, a total of 3,272 quiet communities had been built nationwide, benefiting more than 2.4 million households, according to the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.
This approach now also has a stronger legal footing. On Saturday, China's Ecological and Environmental Code came into force, with a dedicated section on noise pollution prevention and control.
The scale of the problem is reflected in noise complaints. In 2025, cities at the prefecture level and above received about 6.83 million noise-related complaints, with social-life noise accounting for 73.2 percent.
Noise from neighbors, equipment malfunctions and disturbances from square dancing, a popular group exercise in China often held by middle-aged and older residents in public spaces, were among the most common issues raised.
China's quiet-community program is designed to address such problems before they become recurring disputes. "Quiet communities do not mean that there should be no sound," said Lu Lu, deputy head of the noise management division at the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.
The goal, Lu said, is to create a comfortable and harmonious living environment while balancing everyday activity with residents' need for quiet.
The solutions vary from place to place. In south China's Shenzhen, some newly built residential communities are incorporating noise control at the planning and design stage. Measures include low-noise pavements, vegetation buffers, separated pedestrian and vehicle routes, and automatic noise-monitoring equipment.
Older communities are using renovation projects to address noise concerns. In Xiaoshan District in east China's Hangzhou, Huiyu garden community replaced aging elevators and repaired drainage grates and other public facilities as part of its quiet-community program.
But physical upgrades alone cannot settle conflicts between neighbors.
At Fenglin Shunhe community in Weihai, eastern China's Shandong Province, residents, property managers, community officials and square-dancing groups agreed to end dancing at 8:30 p.m. The main lights in the square switch off at that time, signaling that it is time for the dancers to leave.
The key is to respond quickly to complaints and give residents and activity groups a way to negotiate solutions, said Jiang Chunyan, head of the neighborhood committee.
In another community in Shenzhen, property managers have gone further by treating renovation noise as a process to be managed proactively rather than a problem to be addressed after complaints arise.
Renovation work is divided into nine stages and mapped on a visual noise-management chart. Property managers use the chart to carry out targeted inspections as work progresses. Contractors are also required to work only during designated hours and under fully enclosed conditions.
The program still faces gaps in terms of regional coverage and long-term maintenance. Quiet communities remain concentrated in a few cities, while older neighborhoods and parts of central and western China have fewer projects. Some communities also face difficulties maintaining noise-control measures after initial upgrades are completed.
The Ministry of Ecology and Environment plans to incorporate quiet-community development into China's noise pollution prevention and control work for the 2026-2030 period. It has called for regular inspections, dynamic monitoring and follow-up visits to ensure that measures remain effective.
Zheng Shanshan, an official responsible for ecological affairs in Hangzhou's Xiangfu Subdistrict, said the next step should extend noise management from individual communities to larger areas through tools such as sound-environment maps.
"Quiet communities are only a starting point," Zheng said. "We hope to create more quiet spaces across the city."
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B | 　　香港8月13日电（奚天麒）香港特区政府新闻处13日发布消息，特区政府当日在皇岗口岸港方口岸区举行大型演练，以测试口岸联检大楼和公共运输交汇处的人流及车流整体管理，为日后口岸正式开通作好准备。　　皇岗口岸港方口岸区7月31日零时正式成立，由香港特区依照本地法律实施管辖。

C | 　　此次演练动员约1000名来自超过20个特区政府部门的公务员参与。他们按指示乘搭不同公共交通工具，包括专营巴士、短途跨境巴士、专线小巴及的士，抵达位于联检大楼二楼的公共运输交汇处。

D | 随后前往五楼离境大堂，并转往四楼入境大堂，然后返回二楼的公共运输交汇处。其后，他们按指示乘搭公共交通工具离开口岸。　　香港特区政府保安局局长邓炳强和香港特区政府运输及物流局局长陈美宝到场视察。　　邓炳强表示，在各方的紧密配合下，整个演练流程十分畅顺且安排细致，识别出需改进的范畴，并将在后续演练中逐步加以优化。此次大型演练达到预期的效果与测试目标，期望未来通过跨部门协作，进行更大规模的演练并持续优化细节安排，为皇岗口岸通关作出最周全的准备。　　陈美宝表示，首场演练主要测试港方口岸区的本地和跨境公共交通配套和服务，上落客、候车人流及车流管理运作畅顺，乘客体验良好。运输及物流局会继续仔细检视和完善安排，为皇岗口岸的高效率运输网络作最好准备。　　特区政府发言人表示，口岸早日开通是港深两地政府的共同目标。特区政府会继续与深方紧密合作，全速推进各项筹备工作。待双方确认口岸具备安全、畅顺运作的条件后，粤港两地政府会敲定正式开通日期，并适时向公众公布。