China News Service, January 22 (China News Financial Reporter Zuo Yuqing) "There are elderly people in every family, and everyone will get older. The current needs of the elderly will be the future needs of the young people."
On January 22, the State Council Information Office held a regular State Council policy briefing on the "Opinions on Developing the Silver Economy to Improve the Well-Being of the Elderly", and heads of multiple departments introduced the relevant situation.
Previously, the General Office of the State Council has issued the "Opinions on Developing the Silver Economy to Improve the Welfare of the Elderly", proposing 26 measures in 4 aspects.
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"Prepare for aging" related industries are included in the scope of the silver economy
What is the “silver economy”?
Is the “silver economy” only relevant to the elderly?
The press conference proposed that the connotation of the silver economy includes two aspects: "the aging economy in the elderly stage" and the "old-age economy in the pre-aging stage".
Among them, including the related industries of "preparing for aging" into the scope of the silver economy is an overall consideration within the national strategic framework of actively responding to the aging of the population.
"From the perspective of an individual's life cycle, the old stage and the pre-aged stage are not separate, and should be planned as an organic whole. Only by carrying out material and wealth reserves and health management in the pre-aged stage can we better achieve a healthy aging in the old age stage. Provide support, have something to do in old age, and have fun in old age.”
Liu Ming, director of the Social Development Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, pointed out that focusing on solving the deep-seated problems of elderly care services and improving the happiness index of hundreds of millions of elderly people will also help young and middle-aged people to forge ahead and reduce family worries.
Therefore, cultivating related industries and promoting intergenerational harmony are both essential and necessary for developing a silver economy.
There are more than 30 million domestic workers in my country
With the deepening of aging, the daily care needs of the elderly for home care continue to grow, and the domestic service industry plays an important role in this.
Zhu Guangyao, head of the Department of Trade in Services and Commercial Services of the Ministry of Commerce, said at the press conference that according to industry association estimates, there are currently more than 30 million domestic workers in my country.
Zhu Guangyao introduced that since October last year, the Ministry of Commerce has organized various provinces and municipalities to carry out domestic service recruitment season activities. Through "live broadcast recruitment", a new Internet recruitment channel, it has helped domestic companies accurately promote domestic service positions, improve recruitment efficiency, and improve domestic services. supply capacity.
At present, more than 20 provinces and municipalities including Sichuan, Anhui, Henan, Tianjin, and Hunan have launched live recruitment activities. Enterprises are actively participating. People who are interested in working in the domestic service industry also have more and more convenient employment channels.
Data map: Two old men practicing Tai Chi in the snow.
Photo by China News Service reporter Liu Xin
"Silver-haired people" also have "poetry and distance"
What new opportunities does the silver hair trend contain?
Liu Ming, director of the Social Development Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that the silver economy covers a wide range of areas, but at this stage related industries are mainly concentrated in basic elderly care services such as catering, nursing, and health care.
The diversified, differentiated, and personalized needs of the elderly are becoming increasingly strong and urgent, but have not yet been effectively met, which contains huge development opportunities.
For example, create a new format of smart health and elderly care.
The "Opinions" clearly proposes to plan a number of forward-looking and strategic scientific and technological research projects to promote the integrated application of new generation information technology and smart devices such as mobile terminals, wearable devices, and service robots in home, community, institution and other elderly care scenarios.
Taking the tourism industry as an example again, in recent years, with the economic and social development and the accelerated pace of aging, tourism is no longer exclusive to young people. The "silver-haired people" also have "poetry and distance", which is reflected in the proportion of the elderly in the demand for tourism services. The proportion of tourism services has increased significantly, the supply of special elderly services has increased significantly, and the proportion of senior tourism in the tourism market has increased significantly.
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