Residents make handicrafts at a pioneer park for women in Beiyi Community, Baotou, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Jan 25, 2017. Beiyi Community is one of the new communities built for former residents of shantytown areas in Beiliang, Baotou. The pioneer park was set up to assist the employment of women. Professionals have been invited to give lessons on handicraft-making including cross-stitching, making silk flowers, Chinese knotting, and knitting. Female residents learn to make handicrafts to sell and they are allowed to keep the profits. So far, 793 women who can’t find employment and 315 women with physical disabilities make money this way at the pioneer park. [Photo/people.cn]

Notes with residents’ wishes are pasted on the Wishing Wall in Beiyi Community Service Center, in Baotou, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Jan 25, 2017. The wishes are mainly suggestions for improving the living environment and community services. Staff members will collect the notes once every three days and check residents’ suggestions. [Photo/people.cn]

A staff member at the Beiyi Community Service Center introduces senior citizen cards to an elderly man on Jan 25, 2017. Senior residents can enjoy services such as health care. To better facilitate the lives of senior residents, the community set up a daytime care center and has recorded health information data on its residents. Also, lectures regarding health care are given on a weekly basis. [Photo/people.cn]

Residents surf the internet in a reading room at Beiyi Community Service Center, Baotou, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Jan 25, 2017. [Photo/people.cn]