The Doumen Civic Service Center came under construction May 24 to provide one-stop government and youth entrepreneurship services along with commercial and recreational facilities.

The center is situated on 20,000 sqm (5 acres) west of First Xinke Road and south of Third Hongqiao Road in Baijiao Town. It will cost 890 million yuan ($139 million) and have floorage of 113,000 sqm (28 acres). A modern façade is designed to blend in with Doumen's historic cultural with a futuristic image.

Rendering of Doumen Civic Service Center [Photo courtesy Doumen Government Service Data Management Bureau]

Planned are eight government service offices for public security, social insurance, real estate, and human resources affairs. There also will be space for business registrations plus judicial, comprehensive, and public services.

There will be more than 130 windows to serve 3,000 people daily within a hall measuring 1,000 sqm (10,764 sq ft). The use of new-generation information technology such as big data, artificial intelligence, and 5G is to save individuals and enterprises from having to go place to place because the current Doumen Administrative Service Center on Zhufeng Avenue doesn't have enough space. 

In addition, the new center will have more than 32,000 sqm (8 acres) for a youth entrepreneurship community and 10,000 sqm (2.5 acres) of business facilities including a bank, supermarket, bookstore, café, restaurants, and shared spaces.

The major structure should be topped off in September 2022. When construction is completed in January 2023, the facility is to be a Greater Bay Area youth entrepreneurship center, comprehensive industry service locale for western Zhuhai, and benchmark for district government services.