On the afternoon of 13 September, a special service point attracted the attention of a large number of citizens — the hottest view of the scene — at the free pet deposit point in the afternoon, outside the Changzhou Olympic Centre. After handing over a 7-year-old pear dog to a volunteer, Ms. Quilty went into the game and watched it. “The only way to watch the game was to foster the dog at her parents’ house, and now she has a pet hosting. It's so sweet!” she laughed.
Pet hosting
The pet deposit site is located at the Golden Place of the Carnival Market and is specially set up by the Changzhou Cultural Brigade and offers free services to fans of the game. The site not only prepared a separate “pigs” for pets, but also equipped with bottled drinking water, chicken snacks, hair care supplies, disinfected wet towels and emergency deworming drugs, along which air conditioning continued to send wind and cool the hot dogs. The volunteer's brief presentation: “From entry to the end of the competition, we will take care of the pets, provide snacks, water, help with the cleaning of the ears, combing, etc. at the owner's request, all services are free of charge.”
This kind of initiative is a microcosm of the continuous advancement of “Pet-Friendly Cities” in Changzhou. In recent years, Changzhou has continuously optimized its experience with tourists and citizens through policy openness, mapping and outreach activities. During this year's “May 1” major landscapes, such as the Dinosaur Gardens, organized a pet carnival that attracted hundreds of pet families; from 17 to 18 May, the first Changzhou pet carnival was held at the Olympian International Convention Centre, with more than 28,000 participants and the first pet friendly scenery and theme tour lines were launched; during the summer holidays, 16 A-class landscapes throughout the city were fully open to petization policies, with a large number of pet lovers travelling with their pets, fulfilling a better vision of “people and pets travelling together”.
From the pet hosting service of a contest to the opening of a city-wide landscape policy in Changzhou, to the successful hosting of a major pet theme event, Changzhou is moving from concept to reality through a systematic and humanized public service. This has not only raised citizens ' sense of well-being, but has also injected more warmth and vitality into cities.