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welfare facilities resources in Laoshan community, so management teams from the perspective of efficiency and
as to prepare the foundation for carrying out the work; other considerations.
secondly, it needs to revitalize local industries based The study only selects one representative case for
on resources, such as sports industry and leisure and research, and some research discussions may emphasize a
entertainment industry in Laoshan community, so as to bit much on local characteristics. Laoshan is rather unique
attract people inside and outside the community to visit due to its special location on the main street of Beijing and
and bring more vitality; third, it needs to actively cultivate as heritages of former industries. There are rich resources
social forces and give full play to the community talents to of Laoshan that other communities may not have. It is
move one step forward to revitalize the community; finally, hoped that more cases from different regions should be
the participation of residents and market resources in added for comparative studies in the future to draw more
community building needs to be guaranteed institutionally generalized conclusions.
so that the empowerment of residents is not only a result
of momentary public participation activities but also can Acknowledgments
become a long-term force for participation in community
life. None.

6. Conclusion Funding
The core conclusions of this study are drawn from None.
the observation of a case study of a resource-depleted Conflict of interest
community in China, as a complement to the current
academic research on community empowerment The authors declare they have no competing interests.
in resource-depleted communities: at this stage, the
channeling down of the professionals is necessary to Author contributions
carry out community empowerment and achieve local Conceptualization: Xinli Tian
revitalization; besides, sorting out, linking, and gathering Investigation: Xinli Tian
resources that may be neglected is an important path Supervision: Xinli Tian
to activate resource-depleted communities. The most Writing – original draft: Xinli Tian, Yiyao Zong
important part of community empowerment is the Writing – review & editing: Yiyao Zong, Aobo Ran
activation, interaction, and mobility of people, and the
activation of people’s power requires cultural empowerment Ethics approval and consent to participate
and resource flow. For example, after a community park Not applicable.
is built, it not only becomes a central area for activities
in this community, attracting nearby residents to come Consent for publication
and play, but also becomes a public space for interaction
with residents of other communities, attracting residents Not applicable.
of other communities to come and play, and enhancing Availability of data
interaction between different communities and types of
people. As more people are attracted to this community, Not applicable.
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