The Information Office of the State Council held a regular briefing on the State Council's policies at 10 a.m. this morning. Zhang Shixin, Deputy Secretary General of the National Development and Reform Commission, and relevant officials from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Ministry of Commerce, introduced the “Opinions on Developing the Yinfa Economy to Improve the Welfare of the Elderly” and answered questions from reporters.
Financial Services Association, January 22. The Information Office of the State Council held a regular briefing on the State Council's policies at 10 a.m. this morning. Zhang Shixin, Deputy Secretary General of the National Development and Reform Commission, and relevant officials from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Ministry of Commerce, introduced the “Opinions on Developing the Silver Hair Economy to Improve the Welfare of the Elderly” and answered questions from reporters.
Ministry of Civil Affairs: Increase the supply of old-age services and cultivate new forms of old-age services
Li Yongxin, head of the Department of Elderly Care Services of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, said at a press conference that in the next step, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will increase the supply of old-age services. Develop meal aid services for the elderly, guide all regions to implement action plans to actively develop meal aid services for the elderly, innovate organizational forms, service models and operating mechanisms for the elderly, and continuously expand the scope and improve quality and efficiency on a sustainable basis. Cultivate new forms of old-age services. Develop smart pension services, carry out the construction of a national intelligent social governance experimental pension characteristic base and a pilot demonstration of smart health care, formulate industry standards such as smart nursing homes, smart restaurants to help the elderly, and family pension beds, and create intelligent solutions. Promote age-appropriate transformation, continue to implement the task of supporting 2 million elderly, disabled, and disabled elderly families with special difficulties during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period to adapt to aging at home, and stimulate the needs of society for age-appropriate rehabilitation. Develop pension finance, formulate and improve policies and measures to support the development of pension services, broaden financing channels for pension service institutions, and enrich the supply of pension finance products and services.