Rui’an unveiled its Two-year Implementation Plan (2025–2026) for Building a Youth-oriented City on June 25, signing ten inaugural youth innovation projects spanning quality living and rural revitalization. The move signals a comprehensive push to foster urban development centered on youth empowerment under the vision “A Friendlier City for More Aspiring Youth.”

Five quality-living projects and five rural-revitalization initiatives were inked, including: Youth Talent Apartments & Hostels offer stepped housing solutions from short stays to long-term residency; Chaoneng Sports-Cultural Plaza & Racing HQ create youth-centric recreational and consumption hubs; Dongyuan Wooden Movable-Type ICH Park enables youth entrepreneurship in rural areas through intangible cultural heritage.

As a millennial commercial hub, Rui’an ranks 32nd among China's top 100 industrial counties (GDP: ¥300 billion), fueled by its “Three Modernizations, Five Breakthroughs, and Eight Leaps” strategy. Its manufacturing boom generates quality jobs for youth, with 81,400 young workers added to urban employment rolls recently. Policy milestones include:

2021: Pioneered the “Youthful City · Happy Ruian” initiative;

2022: Established a youth-development task force led by the municipal Party chief;

2025: Designated youth development as the city's No.1 legislative proposal, forging a “policy-project-oversight” framework.5

The plan targets 12 key outcomes and 11 flagship projects across four domains:

Employment & Entrepreneurship: Integrates youth talent metrics into industrial land allocation systems ("Data-Driven Land Allocation" and "Output-Per-Mu Evaluation"); Builds 20 innovation incubators by 2026, offering rent-free/low-cost spaces to attract 3,900+ youth talents; Launches financial tools like Youth Venture Loans and Skills-for-Prosperity Loans, alongside loan guarantees and subsidies.

Quality Living: Embeds youth-friendly design into urban planning; Develops move-in-ready talent apartments with integrated living-work-social spaces4.

Housing Advancements: 3,500 government-leased apartments and 500+ talent-allocated units to be available by end-2025; Youth under 40 permitted "on-demand, full-amount withdrawal" of housing provident funds for rentals.

Implementation Mechanism: A joint conference system coordinates cross-departmental efforts; Dedicated "Youth Service Counters" at Rui’an Government Service Center enable one-stop processing for youth affairs.