Summary of the work of actively responding to population aging during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 13th,

　　Xinhua News Agency reporters Dong Ruifeng, Tian Xiaohang, Qiu Bingqing

　　According to the seventh national census, the population of our country aged 60 and above has reached 264 million.

It is estimated that this number will exceed 300 million during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, and my country will enter a moderately aging stage from mild aging.

　　The number of elderly people is the largest, the aging rate is the fastest, and the task of responding to the aging of the population is the heaviest-the three "most" characters outline the basic national conditions of my country's current and future population structure.

　　How will we embark on a timely, scientific, and comprehensive response to China's aging population?

　　The Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, proceeded from the overall development of the country and the well-being of hundreds of millions of people, focused on the sustainable development of the Chinese nation, and drew a grand blueprint for the work of aging.

1.4 billion people will jointly guard the most beautiful "Red Sunset".

Grasp the "window period" and make major strategic deployments according to the situation

　　Chengde, Hebei, Binhe Community Home Care Service Center.

Autumn is gentle, but Sang Yu is not late.

　　Click on the information platform to see the health files of the elderly at a glance.

Door-to-door delivery of medicines, cleaning, psychological counseling... The center provides fixed services, radiating from the community to the surroundings.

The government spends 1.2 million yuan a year to purchase services to provide a foundation for the support of the elderly.

　　Let the elderly have a happy old age!

The concerns of thousands of families are both "family affairs" and "national affairs."

　　General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that our country has entered an aging society, and it is our common desire to let the elderly have a sense of security, live a happy life, and live a long and healthy life.

　　A series of new ideas and new decisions fully demonstrate the mission.

　　From "actively responding to population aging" into the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, to the issuance of the "Middle and Long-term Plan for the State to Actively Respond to Population Aging", to the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China clearly proposed the implementation of a national strategy to actively respond to population aging ...

　　This is a manifestation of the people-centered development thinking——

　　According to data from the National Office on Aging, during the 13th Five-Year Plan period, my country’s population of 60 years of age and above will increase by 8.4 million per year on average, and it is expected to increase by 11.5 million per year during the 14th Five-Year Plan period.

The second peak of the growth of the elderly population is coming soon.

　　"We must take a positive view of the aging society, and take a positive view of the elderly and the life of the elderly." Wang Haidong, Director of the Department of Aging and Health of the National Health and Health Commission, said that the national conditions of population aging will be integrated into the policies and work of various fields and industries, and vigorously promote the elderly. To build a friendly society, deepen the health promotion actions for the elderly, and strive to make the elderly less sick, late, and free from serious illnesses, and improve the quality of life of the elderly.

　　This is to provide the necessary guarantee for the construction of a new development pattern——

　　Solving the problem of "longevity and unhealthy" for the elderly, and fully liberalizing the elderly care service market...In the crisis, new opportunities are cultivated, and the "silver wave" can also create "longevity dividends."

　　"The aging of the population is not only a challenge before us, but also a breakthrough in finding new drivers of economic growth." said Zhang Chewei, director of the Institute of Population and Labor Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

　　This is to ensure the sustainable development of the Chinese nation from generation to generation——

　　According to United Nations calculations, in the first half of this century, the rate of increase in the proportion of the population aged 60 and over in my country was more than double the world average.

　　"Everyone has the day when they are old. To help the elderly today is also to help everyone tomorrow." said Wu Yushao, the vice president of the China Association of Aging.

Policies build the foundation, and the path to respond to aging with Chinese characteristics is taking shape

　　There are 35 civic post stations in Hongkou District, Shanghai.

Meals, day care, medical care, cultural and sports activities... the door of the house is expected to be a "package" to meet the livelihood needs of the elderly.

　　The survey shows that more than 90% of the elderly in my country tend to live at home.

But on the other hand, there are many empty-nest elderly people, many needy elderly people, and a high elderly dependency ratio across the country.

　　On the one hand, "get old before getting rich", and on the other hand, "get old age."

How to balance the two ends of the balance to test the wisdom of the great powers.

　　From focusing on the development of home care services, to relying on the community to develop diversified home-based care services, to accelerating the construction of a home care service system and a health support system that coordinated home and community institutions and combines medical care, health, and care...to deal with aging The "four beams and eight pillars" of the institutional system are becoming increasingly clear.

　　——Improve the old-age service system and the multi-level old-age security system, and strive to realize the old age.

　　According to data from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, as of the end of 2020, the total number of elderly care institutions and facilities nationwide has reached 329,000, with 8.21 million beds, and the total number of beds has increased by 97% over 2012.

　　Carry out pilot reforms of home and community elderly care services in 203 regions, implement the inclusive elderly care city-enterprise linkage action, and carry out special actions for the service quality construction of nursing homes for 4 consecutive years... During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, the government "takes the lead" and the society participates. Vigorously promote the construction of service facilities for the elderly.

　　The bus has high pedals, many residential steps, no handrails in the toilets, and too short traffic lights... How can the elderly no longer be "struggling"?

In July 2020, the nine departments jointly issued a document to accelerate the implementation of the renovation project for the aging of the elderly at home, and the installation of elevators and barrier-free environments and other aging renovations were speeded up on the agenda.

　　Basic pension insurance covers nearly 1 billion people; the introduction of enterprise annuity and occupational annuity measures, and the development of a multi-level pension insurance system; the subsidy system for the elderly with financial difficulties and the disabled achieves full provincial coverage; the pilot long-term care insurance system is expanded to 49 A city... The construction of a multi-level old-age security system continues to advance, striving to meet the needs of different groups of old-age security.

　　——Promote the integration of medical care and elderly care, and make every effort to ensure that the elderly have medical care.

　　About 40 million elderly people are disabled or partially disabled, and 78% of the elderly suffer from at least one chronic disease... Behind the "longevity and unhealthy" is the dilemma faced by some families.

　　From the National Health Commission and other departments promulgated "Several Opinions on Further Promoting the Development of Integrated Medical Care", formulating management guidelines for integrated medical care institutions, to establishing and improving the elderly health service system, strengthening home medical services for the elderly, and promoting "Internet + Nursing" Pilot work, construction of friendly medical institutions for the elderly, and a series of policies issued during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period to provide elderly health services such as health education, preventive health care, disease diagnosis and treatment, rehabilitation care, long-term care, and tranquillity care. .

　　Beijing has provided brain health screening services for more than 200,000 elderly residents; the middle-aged and elderly participants in the Shanghai Municipal Health Self-Management Team Project account for about 80%; Suzhou, Jiangsu established a family bed service team to provide home care and outpatient treatment services for the elderly … All regions have improved the health service system for the elderly, innovated the service model of combining medical care and nursing, and extended medical and health services to communities and families.

　　——Promote the social participation of the elderly, and vigorously encourage the elderly to have something to do.

　　In Sichuan, a group of young and healthy elderly people formed a volunteer service team to provide paired assistance with the elderly, disabled elderly and other elderly with special difficulties.

In Gucheng, Hubei, 31 retired teachers returned to work, voluntarily "blooding up" schools with insufficient teachers.

　　More and more elderly people are fulfilling their expectation of doing something.

　　Formulated and implemented the "Educational Development Plan for the Elderly (2016-2020)". More than 80,000 universities (schools, learning centers) for the elderly at all levels across the country have gradually improved the social preferential treatment system for the elderly, and continuously optimized the elderly care and filial piety. A social environment for the elderly and respecting the elderly...A intensive implementation of policies for the benefit of the elderly that stimulate the vitality of the elderly has been implemented, and the whole society is participating in the construction of an elderly-friendly society.

Respond to new expectations and build a high-quality service system for the old

　　"How can I listen to "The Shepherd of the Coco Tuohai" on my mobile phone?" In the "Smart Phone Elderly Charity Class" in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, Zhu Meiju held up his mobile phone to ask volunteers.

　　With the rapid development of information technology, the elderly cannot be excluded, and they must share the dividends of the digital age!

　　In 2020, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Implementation Plan on Effectively Solving the Difficulties of the Elderly in Using Intelligent Technology."

The National Office on Aging proposes to use three years to promote the barrier-free construction of social information for the elderly, and promote the transformation and upgrading of the whole society suitable for aging...

　　It is not just the "digital divide" that needs to be bridged.

Behind the rapid aging is everyone’s empathy: how should we age with dignity?

　　Promote healthy aging and make the high-quality health service system "ready to come out"——

　　The "14th Five-Year Plan" outline proposes that the average life expectancy will be increased by one year in the next five years.

How to enjoy this 1-year lifespan healthily?

　　Speed ​​up the construction of the National Geriatrics Center, and build a number of regional medical centers for the elderly; increase the number of licensed (assistant) physicians per 1,000 population to 3.2, and the number of registered nurses to 3.8; increase the proportion of nursing beds in nursing homes to 55% ...The setting of specific indicators one by one will contribute to the high-quality health service system.

　　With the old age as the axis, the "old age +" thinking continues to break the problem——

　　Nearly 10 million people, this is the current shortage of nursing staff in my country.

It is difficult for the left-behind elderly to seek medical treatment, and the elderly university is "difficult to find"... The diversified needs of the elderly have not yet been fully met.

　　Efforts to create a new service model of "Internet + elderly care", implement the "Elderly Care Services + Industry" action, vigorously develop the "Silver Economy", and actively cultivate products and services that the elderly can use; begin to explore smart elderly care and form a "one-to-many" The model allows housekeeping, property, catering, and logistics to join in. Pension is no longer a "family matter", but the responsibility of the whole society.

　　Enriching the "money bag" and consolidating the social wealth reserves to cope with the aging population——

　　Consolidating wealth reserves is an important foundation for coping with the aging of the population.

　　The "14th Five-Year Plan" outline clearly proposes to improve the rational adjustment mechanism of the basic pension for urban and rural employees, and gradually increase the basic pension standard for urban and rural residents; develop a multi-level and multi-pillar pension insurance system, increase the coverage of enterprise annuities, and standardize the development of the third pillar Pension……

　　The sunset is infinitely good, and the world is sunny at night.

　　In the new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way, China upholds the concept of “people first, life first” and is implementing the “Chinese Plan” to actively respond to the aging of the population with unprecedented strength, and to better meet the needs of hundreds of millions of elderly people. New expectations for a better life.