Small public restrooms are not only a direct reflection of a city’s level of public services, but also an important indicator of the city’s civilizational progress. A new trend sweeping through Shenzhen is fundamentally transforming the image of traditional public restrooms. Amid the green mountains and clear waters of Xianhu Botanical Garden, a small courtyard with red walls and black-tiled roofs stands out—this is the “Heaven on Earth” public restroom. Upon entering the courtyard of the “Heaven on Earth” restroom at Xianhu Botanical Garden, visitors will find a multimedia display screen in both the men’s and women’s restrooms, broadcasting public service announcements in real time. Multiple smart high-definition cameras installed outside the restrooms upload surveillance footage in real time, effectively ensuring public safety in the surrounding area. Inside the main hall of the “Heaven on Earth” restroom at the Botanical Garden, thoughtful amenities such as a facial-recognition tissue dispenser, automatic hand dryers, automatic soap dispensers, a deodorizing system, and foot traffic detection have earned widespread praise from visitors.
Longjishun Company has also installed one-touch emergency call buttons in restrooms and public lobbies to provide prompt assistance to citizens in need. Additionally, smart water consumption sensors and smart electricity consumption sensors have been installed in the “Heaven on Earth” public restrooms at the Botanical Garden to monitor water and electricity usage in real time, providing a wealth of effective data to support the “Public Restroom Revolution.” Various monitoring devices have been installed inside the restrooms, including gas detectors, temperature sensors, PM2.5 monitors, and odor detectors, to ensure through multiple layers of protection that the public restrooms do not adversely affect the surrounding environment.
Longjishun Company has also developed a smart public restroom mini-program, allowing citizens to easily search for nearby restrooms online at any time. Additionally, the “Heaven on Earth” restroom at the Botanical Garden has been equipped with stall occupancy sensors, enabling users to view the number of people using the restroom, check stall availability, and rate the restroom’s facilities and environmental conditions via the mini-program. Large numbers of citizens have visited the Botanical Garden’s “Heaven on Earth” public restroom—which is upscale, elegant, smart, and convenient—and have been amazed by it. It has fundamentally transformed the image of traditional public restrooms. With the completion of the Botanical Garden’s “Heaven on Earth” public restroom, a new wave of Shenzhen’s “Toilet Revolution” is about to begin.
With the opening of the upgraded “Heaven on Earth” public restroom at the Botanical Garden, Shenzhen is set to launch an unprecedented “Toilet Revolution” across the city. Based on public opinion surveys, evaluations by regulatory authorities, and third-party assessments, the “Heaven and Earth” smart eco-public restroom fully embodies the principles of modern civilization in terms of user-friendly facility design, ventilation and odor control, separation of wet and dry zones, use of automatic sensor equipment, architectural style, and material selection. It serves as a model for the construction and renovation of public restrooms across all industries and regions in the city. Taking the “Heaven and Earth” public restroom at Xianhu Botanical Garden as a benchmark, the Shenzhen Urban Management Bureau has launched the “Ten, Hundred, Thousand” initiative for public restroom renovation and construction, vigorously promoting the construction and renovation of smart restrooms. To date, smart restrooms have been upgraded and opened to the public at locations such as Luohu Railway Station, metro stations, parks, and scenic areas, receiving unanimous praise from both city leaders and residents.
