Zhubei's first inclusive park in Hsinchu County: Taiwan Alliance for Kids' Play Rights Tests the Play Equipment First

Hsinchu County Magistrate Yang Wen-ke has been promoting the "AI Smart Park" industrial development policy, which has attracted investment across the board. The county government has also redesigned about 2 hectares of park space on the north side of the park, installing 7 major categories of play equipment, including the most popular balance bike play area, slide play area, and a challenging climbing net zone. The park is expected to officially open before the middle of the year and will become "Zhubei City's first inclusive park." On the 27th, two civic groups concerned with children's right to play, along with local parents and children, were invited to tour the park facilities and test the equipment ahead of time. The children couldn't help but exclaim, "So fun, so exciting!"

This time, the Hsinchu County Friendly Children Promotion Association and the Taiwan Alliance for Kids' Play Rights were invited to experience many of the challenging play features in the park, including an exciting tunnel-style climbing net, 2 slides over 2 m long, a bowl slide, climbing nets, spinning tops, 2 balance bike practice tracks, a parent-child mesh bird's nest swing, toddler seat-style swings suitable for younger children, a small treehouse, and a sandpit area. Beside it, a small foot-washing pool was also set up for visitors to clean up, successfully creating a forest park within the city.

"Everyone of every age can find something they want to play with in the park," said Yang Yi-ching, Director-General of the Hsinchu County Friendly Children Promotion Association. She noted that especially in the slide play area, different difficulty levels have been planned so that both older and younger children can enjoy it together, and she is very much looking forward to the park's future opening. Chiu Hsiao-ting, a director of the Taiwan Alliance for Kids' Play Rights, said it was clear that the county government put a lot of thought into the climbing facilities. It is not just a single type of equipment; the entire area is very spacious, with distance between the play features, and every child was playing happily!