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Due to the diversity of target features and the complexity of spatial layouts, the large-scale mapping of urban built-up areas using high-resolution (HR) satellite imagery still faces considerable challenges. To address this issue, this study adopted a block-based processing strategy and constructed a lightweight multilevel feature-fusion (FF) convolutional neural network for the feature representation and discrimination of built-up areas in HR images. The proposed network consists of three feature extraction modules composed of lightweight convolutions to extract features at different levels, which are further fused sequentially through two attention-based FF modules. Furthermore, to improve the problem of incorrect discrimination and severe jagged boundaries caused by block-based processing, a majority voting method based on a grid offset is adopted to achieve a refined extraction of built-up areas. The effectiveness of this method is evaluated using Gaofen-2 satellite image data covering Shenzhen, China. 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