9. Beijing will improve its elderly care services

The 13th Five-Year Plan is an important period for the city to deal with population aging. Beijing needs to establish an elderly care service system including home-based care for the aged, community interactions, elderly care institutions, and social organizations. The city will increase care for the aged, strengthen efforts in government purchase and support, encourage non-profit organizations, enterprises, and private business to be involved in the sector, facilitate the combination of health care and elderly care service, and explore a new model of social provision for the aged with professional involvement.

A man tests a brain disease treatment device at an international expo for the industry for seniors in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province. The country faces an unprecedented challenge, with about 212 million aged 60 years or above.Hang Tao / For China Daily