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Elderly care is a hot topic that attracts much attention every year during the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.
This year's "Government Work Report" proposes to strengthen the supply of supplies and services for the elderly and vigorously develop the "silver economy."
What improvements are currently being made in the lives of the elderly?
In the future, what can we expect about elderly care?
While attending the meeting, CCTV host Chen Weihong had a video call with an old man. What did they talk about?
Let’s immediately enter “Weihong at the Two Sessions” on March 7.
"A meal" may seem like a small thing, but for many elderly, empty-nest, and lonely elderly people, it is a top priority.
As my country's aging society intensifies, "difficulty in eating" has become a major problem that plagues the lives of the elderly.
How to make the elderly eat conveniently and comfortably?
Since last year, documents related to the development of community canteens and meal assistance services for the elderly have been issued intensively. This year's "Government Work Report" also clearly stated that it is necessary to strengthen the construction of urban and rural community elderly care service networks and strengthen the supply of supplies and services for the elderly.
Various places are actively building "ten-minute dining service circles" and creating door-to-door meal delivery services.
A hot meal not only warms the happy "food" of the elderly, but also makes the children let go of their worries.
Not only to solve the problem of "difficulty in eating" for the elderly, in recent years, from the central to local governments, many policies have been introduced and implemented, such as the construction of a basic elderly care service system and aging-friendly transformation.
In May 2023, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Promoting the Construction of the Basic Elderly Care Service System", proposing that the basic elderly care service system will cover all elderly people by 2025; starting from September 1, 2023, the "Accessible Environment Construction Law" 》 has been implemented, and more than 700,000 families of elderly people with special needs across the country have undergone aging-friendly transformation.
At this year's Two Sessions, many representatives and committee members were also concerned about the topic of elderly care.
Huang Jiusheng, a representative of the National People's Congress, said in an interview that guiding young people and social capital to rural areas to participate in some elderly care infrastructure construction and hardware investment will not only help them materially, but also allow them to A little more happy on a spiritual level.
Chen Weihong introduced that in recent years, aging has given rise to a considerable "silver economy", and many industries have exploded in new development directions.
For example, the new generation of information technology and cutting-edge and intelligent devices such as mobile terminals, wearable devices, and service robots are gradually entering the homes of the elderly, opening up huge space for imagination.
For another example, the new demand for elderly care services has given rise to a series of new professions such as elderly bathing assistants, elderly medical attendants, and health care nurses, attracting many young people born in the 1990s and 2000s to join.
At present, the scale of my country's "silver economy" is about 7 trillion yuan, accounting for about 6% of GDP.
According to expert predictions, this figure will reach about 30 trillion yuan by 2035, accounting for about 10% of GDP. This is a huge "blue ocean."
There is support for the elderly, there is support for the elderly, and there is something to do in the elderly.
In the future, we look forward to the "silver economy" becoming a sunrise industry, turning "senior care" into "enjoyment of old age", and making the lives of the elderly more "youthful".