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Premier Li Qiang chairs State Council meeting, outlines aging strategy, silver economy, and sports events
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On September 18, Chinese Premier Li Qiang chaired a State Council executive meeting that addressed multiple policy areas. The meeting called for a comprehensive and objective understanding of the impacts of population aging, urging the implementation of the national strategy to actively respond to aging. It emphasized improving elderly service levels across养老服务, health promotion, and social security, expanding universal pension services, and developing silver economy products and consumption scenarios to boost both welfare and domestic demand. The meeting also focused on increasing the supply of high-quality sports events, integrating them with culture, tourism, and commerce, and enhancing management capabilities. It decided to strengthen the medical rehabilitation and nursing care system at the grassroots level, extending services to communities and homes, and leveraging technology for smart rehabilitation equipment. The meeting approved the 'Traditional Chinese Medicine Knowledge Protection Regulations (Draft)' to safeguard TCM resources and promote international influence. Additionally, it discussed and approved in principle a draft amendment to 15 laws including the 'Emergency Response Law of the People's Republic of China', which will be submitted to the National People's Congress Standing Committee for review.
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Beijing, September 18 — Premier Li Qiang presided over a State Council executive meeting on Wednesday. The meeting heard reports on work related to the aging population, studied measures to promote the healthy development of sports events, deployed projects to expand and upgrade medical rehabilitation and nursing care, reviewed and approved the Draft Regulation on the Protection of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Knowledge, and discussed the Draft Amendment to 15 Laws Including the Emergency Response Law of the People's Republic of China.
Aging Population and Elderly Services
The meeting noted the need to comprehensively and objectively understand the impact of population aging, deeply implement the national strategy for actively responding to population aging, and promote the comprehensive development and progress of aging-related work.
Key points include:
- Improve service and support for the elderly by continuously strengthening efforts in elderly care, health promotion, and social security.
- Improve the multi-tiered, multi-pillar pension insurance system, open up channels linking home-based, community, and institutional elderly care services, and expand inclusive elderly care services.
- Develop silver economy products and services tailored to the characteristics of the elderly, cultivate new consumption scenarios for the silver economy, better meet the consumption needs of the elderly, and achieve a two-way promotion of people's well-being and domestic demand expansion.
Healthy Development of Sports Events
The meeting emphasized that sports events are of great significance in meeting the diverse needs of the people and improving their quality of life.
Key measures include:
- Increase the supply of high-quality sports events, fully utilize various sports venues, facilities, and event resources, and coordinate the development of competitive sports events, professional events, and mass events.
- Promote the integrated development of sports events with culture, tourism, and commerce, accelerate the application of new technologies, enhance the spectator experience, and amplify comprehensive effects.
- Improve event management and support capabilities, cultivate a number of professional event operation entities, improve management systems for venues, personnel, and institutions, and ensure the safe development of various events.
Medical Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Expansion
The meeting stressed the need to build a strong medical rehabilitation and nursing service system with a focus on the grassroots level.
Key actions include:
- Extend rehabilitation and nursing resources to communities and families, enhancing the accessibility of rehabilitation and nursing services for urban and rural residents.
- Leverage technological innovation to improve the level of medical rehabilitation and nursing, develop more intelligent rehabilitation technologies and equipment, optimize the review and approval of new technologies and products, and enrich service scenarios.
- Strengthen support and guarantees for medical rehabilitation and nursing, dynamically adjust the catalog of rehabilitation medical and long-term care service projects, deepen price reform for medical rehabilitation and nursing services, improve talent training policies, and continuously enhance the professional appeal of the field.
Protection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Knowledge
The meeting pointed out that TCM theories, techniques, and prescriptions are important resources for China's independent innovation.
Key priorities include:
- Comprehensively strengthen the protection and management of TCM traditional knowledge, safeguarding the foundation for the survival and development of TCM.
- Coordinate the protection and utilization of TCM resources, deepen research and interpretation of TCM basic theories, diagnostic and treatment patterns, and mechanisms of action.
- Increase the promotion and application of TCM traditional knowledge, strengthen foreign exchanges and cooperation, and enhance the international influence of China's traditional medicine through mutual learning.
Legal Amendments
The meeting discussed and approved in principle the Draft Amendment to 15 Laws Including the Emergency Response Law of the People's Republic of China, and decided to submit the draft to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for deliberation.
Other matters were also discussed at the meeting.
Source: Xinhua News Agency
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