In Chongqing Zoo located in Jiulongpo District, the workers are cleaning the direct drinking water station designed with the theme of panda.

CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- “I come here every day for exercise. It’s really convenient, because it provides seats for tired people and water for thirsty people.” Xia Weibin, 83 years old, living in Xinshancun, Dadukou District, gets up at 7:00 a.m. every day and walks 20 minutes to Dadukou Park for exercise.

It’s his hobby to play ping-pong with friends here. At break time, Mr. Xia will use his vacuum cup to get some water at the nearby direct drinking water station. “Good. It’s ‘welfare water’. Both hot water and room-temperature water are supplied. Especially in cold winter, when we are tired and thirsty, we can get some water here.”

Dadukou Park is one of the 456 public direct drinking water stations in Chongqing. It’s a practical project emphasized by Chongqing government for the people’s livelihood to supply citizens and tourists with clean drinking water for free. According to the person in charge of Chongqing Urban Administration Bureau, since last year, Chongqing has built 456 direct drinking water stations and installed 522 sets of direct drinking water equipment in commercial streets, squares, parks, shopping centers and other public places without public direct drinking water equipment in main urban districts, where there are always a lot of people staying. (Translated by Huang Juan, Fathom Language Limited)