China’s State Council orders deeper elderly care strategy to address aging population
On September 18, Chinese Premier Li Qiang chaired a State Council executive meeting focused on implementing the national strategy for proactively responding to population aging. The meeting called for improving elderly care services, health promotion, and social security; refining the multi-tiered pension insurance system; linking home, community, and institutional care; expanding inclusive services; and diversifying silver-hair products and consumption scenarios to meet older adults’ needs.
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China State Council Pushes Comprehensive Elderly Care Strategy to Address Aging Population
On September 18, Premier Li Qiang chaired a State Council executive meeting in China, emphasizing the need to comprehensively understand the impacts of population aging and deeply implement the national strategy for proactively addressing it. The meeting called for promoting the all-round development and progress of elderly care services, focusing on improving service guarantee levels for the elderly through sustained efforts in elderly care, health promotion, and social security. Specific measures include refining a multi-tiered, multi-pillar pension insurance system, establishing integrated channels linking home-based, community-based, and institutional elderly care, and expanding inclusive elderly care services. Additionally, the meeting urged greater diversification of silver-hair products and services tailored to the elderly population, cultivation of new consumption scenarios, and better satisfaction of the consumption needs of older adults. The directive signals a comprehensive policy push to adapt China's social and economic systems to its rapidly aging demographic.
Read sourceChina's Premier Li Qiang Chairs State Council Meeting on Elderly Care Services
According to a report from state broadcaster CCTV, Chinese Premier Li Qiang chaired an executive meeting of the State Council. The meeting focused on thoroughly implementing the national strategy for actively responding to population aging and promoting comprehensive development and progress in elderly affairs. The directive calls for the in-depth execution of policies aimed at addressing the challenges posed by an aging population, with a specific emphasis on advancing elderly care services. This meeting underscores the Chinese government's prioritization of demographic shifts and the need for a coordinated policy response to ensure the well-being of the elderly population. The report, sourced from domestic media outlet tradealpha, provides a high-level summary of the meeting's agenda and stated objectives, without detailing specific new measures or timelines.
Read sourceChina's State Council Vows to Deepen National Strategy on Population Aging, Boost Elderly Services
On September 18, Premier Li Qiang chaired a State Council executive meeting in China, which emphasized the need to comprehensively understand the impacts of population aging and to deeply implement the national strategy for proactively addressing it. The meeting called for promoting comprehensive development and progress in elderly affairs, with a focus on enhancing service guarantees for the elderly. Key measures include sustained efforts in elderly care services, health promotion, and social security; improving the multi-tiered and multi-pillar pension insurance system; establishing effective linkage channels among home-based, community-based, and institutional elderly care services; and expanding inclusive elderly care services. Additionally, the meeting stressed the importance of enriching silver-hair products and services tailored to the elderly population, cultivating new scenarios for silver consumption, and better satisfying the consumption needs of the elderly. The report was sourced from CCTV News via Cailian Press.
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China's Premier Li Qiang Chairs State Council Meeting on Elderly Care Strategy
According to CCTV, Chinese Premier Li Qiang chaired an executive meeting of the State Council. The meeting focused on the thorough implementation of the national strategy for proactively responding to population aging. It called for promoting comprehensive development and progress in elderly care services. This directive underscores the Chinese government's policy priority to address the challenges and opportunities presented by an aging population, aiming to enhance the quality and accessibility of care for the elderly. The meeting's outcome signals a continued push for systemic improvements in social welfare and healthcare infrastructure tailored to senior citizens.
Read sourceLi Qiang Chairs State Council Meeting on Implementing Population Aging Strategy
On September 18, Premier Li Qiang presided over an executive meeting of the State Council, as reported by People's Finance. The meeting emphasized the need to comprehensively understand the impacts of population aging and deeply implement the national strategy for proactive response to it. Key directives include improving service guarantees for the elderly through sustained efforts in elderly care services, health promotion, and social security. The meeting called for perfecting the multi-tiered, multi-pillar pension insurance system, establishing coordinated channels linking home-based, community-based, and institutional elderly care, and expanding inclusive elderly care services. Additionally, it urged greater diversification of silver-hair products and services, cultivation of new scenarios for silver consumption, and better fulfillment of the consumption needs of older adults, in light of the elderly population's characteristics.
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