At the 2026 Two Sessions, China’s largest annual legislative meeting, pharma exec Wu Xiangjun makes policy suggestions on how to keep China’s overall consumption numbers up, even as the population ages.
2026年全国两会期间，全国人大代表、以岭药业董事长吴相君接受新华网采访时表示，随着老龄化加速，养老服务需求呈现全方位、多层次、个性化特征，银发经济已成为拉动内需的重要引擎。发展养老产业，需要系统性地解决养老服务中的痛点、堵点。
为此，吴相君提出四点建议。一是健全体系，实现“老有所养”。 推动医养深度融合，提升护理型床位占比，加强失能失智老人照护中心建设；将适老化改造纳入城市更新，对特殊困难家庭给予补贴；加快长护险全民覆盖并逐步扩大服务保障目录范围；推广“物业+养老”“家政+养老”模式，支持社区增设助餐、日间照料设施；加快补齐农村短板，推动县、乡、村养老服务机构扩容提质。
二是优化供给，实现“老有所助”。鼓励开发功能服饰、适配食品，推广适老代步车、助行器等出行产品的研发应用；推动康复辅具产业升级，深化智能轮椅、健康监测设备等产品的功能开发；支持企业开发操作简便、功能实用的智能护理机器人、家庭服务机器人、智能防走失终端等产品，加快智能设备在居家、社区、机构养老场景的应用；推动各类展会设立银发经济专属展区，在线上线下消费场景设银发专区便捷窗口。
三是激活产业，实现“老有所美”。鼓励升级保健品、轻医美等传统抗衰老品类，提供全流程健康管理；加速前沿抗衰老技术临床转化；推动中西医协同抗衰老发展，加大中医药抗衰老科研与成果转化，推广中医药康养服务；推动抗衰老与慢病管理融合。
四是升级服务，实现“老有所乐”。增加大字本、有声读物供给，社区增设文娱场所，发挥老年大学、养老服务中心的社交功能；扶持文化团体，举办文体活动；完善心理服务体系，将老年心理健康评估纳入老年人健康体检范围，建立省、市、县三级平台开展常态化心理咨询、心理疏导服务；针对孤寡、失独等特殊群体加强情感关怀；鼓励开发融合康养、文化、医疗的复合型旅游产品。
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老龄化 | lǎolínghuà | aging (of population) |
| 银发经济 | yínfà jīngjì | silver economy (elderly-focused economy) |
| 内需 | nèixū | domestic demand |
| 医养融合 | yīyǎng rónghé | integration of medical and elderly care |
| 失能失智 | shīnéng shīzhì | disabled and cognitively impaired |
| 适老化 | shìlǎohuà | age-friendly (adaptation) |
| 长护险 | chánghùxiǎn | long-term care insurance |
| 康复辅具 | kāngfù fǔjù | rehabilitation assistive devices |
| 抗衰老 | kàngshuāilǎo | anti-aging |
| 孤寡 | gūguǎ | solitary/widowed elderly |
| 年 | Nián | surname Nian; grain; harvest (old); variant of 年[nian2] |
| 全国 | quán guó | whole nation; nationwide; countrywide; national |
| 两会 | Liǎng huì | National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference |
| 期间 | qī jiān | period of time; time; time period; period; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 人大 | Rén dà | Renmin University of China (abbr. for 中國人民大學|中国人民大学[Zhong1 guo2 Ren2 min2 Da4 xue2]) |
| 代表 | dài biǎo | representative; delegate; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4],名[ming2]; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of |
| 以 | yǐ | old variant of 以[yi3]; abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4] |
| 岭 | líng | used in 岭巆|岭𫶕[ling2 ying2]; mountain range; mountain ridge |
| 药 | yào | leaf of the iris; variant of 藥|药[yao4]; medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4]; to poison |
| 业 | Yè | surname Ye |
| 董 | Dǒng | surname Dong |
| 事 | shì | matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2] |
| 长 | cháng | long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4]) |
| 吴 | wū | surname Wu; name of states in southern China at different historical periods |
| 相 | Xiāng | surname Xiang |
| 君 | jun | monarch; gentleman |
| 接受 | jiē shòu | to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce |
| 新华网 | Xīn huá Wǎng | Xinhua News Network |
| 采访 | cǎi fǎng | to interview; to gather news; to hunt for and collect; to cover |
| 时 | shí | old variant of 時|时[shi2]; surname Shi |
| 表示 | biǎo shì | (of sb) to express; to state; to show; (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show; expression; manifestation |
| 随着 | suí zhe | along with; in the wake of; following |
| 加 | Jiā | Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]); surname Jia |
| 速 | sǔ | fast; quick |
| 养老 | yǎng lǎo | to provide for the elderly (family members); to enjoy a life in retirement |
| 服务 | fú wù | to serve; service; CL:項|项[xiang4] |
| 需 | xū | to require; to need; to want; necessity; need |
| 求 | qíu | to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech |
| 呈 | chēng | to present to a superior; petition; to assume (a shape) |
| 现 | xiàn | to appear; present; now; existing; current |
| 全方位 | quán fāng wèi | all around; omnidirectional; complete; holistic; comprehensive |
| 多层 | duō céng | multilayered; multilevel; multistory |
| 次 | cì | next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chemistry); classifier for enumerated e… |
| 个 | gě | used in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]; variant of 個|个[ge4] |
| 性 | xǐng | nature; property; attribute; sex; suffix forming adjective from verb; essence |
| 化 | huā | variant of 花[hua1] |
| 特征 | tè zhēng | characteristic; diagnostic property; distinctive feature; trait |
| 已 | yǐ | already; to stop; then; afterwards |
| 成为 | chéng wéi | to become; to turn into |
| 拉 | lā | to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels |
| 动 | dòng | (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2], verb |
| 的 | de | of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to… |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major |
| 引 | yǐn | to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for… |
| 擎 | qīng | to raise; to hold up; to lift up |
| 发展 | fā zhǎn | development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand |
| 产 | chǎn | to give birth; to reproduce; to produce; product; resource; estate; property; variant of 產|产[chan3] |
| 需要 | xū yào | to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs |
| 系 | xì | to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary); system; department; faculty; to tie; to fasten; to button up |
| 统 | tóng | to gather; to unify |
| 地 | de | -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 解决 | jiě jué | to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) |
| 中的 | zhòng dì | to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head |
| 痛点 | tòng diǎn | pain point; sore point |
| 堵 | dú | to block up (a road, pipe etc); (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress; (classifier for walls) |
| 点 | diǎn | to touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list); to order (food etc); to select; to mention; to bring up (a topic or person); to hint at; to imply; to admini… |
| 为此 | wèi cǐ | for this reason; with regards to this; in this respect; in order to do this; to this end |
| 提出 | tí chū | to raise (an issue); to propose; to put forward; to suggest; to post (on a website); to withdraw (cash) |
| 四 | sì | four; 4 |
| 建 | jiàn | to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct |
| 议 | yǐ | to comment on; to suggest |
| 一 | yī | one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out … |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion); variant of 是[shi4] |
| 健 | jiàn | healthy; to invigorate; to strengthen; to be good at; to be strong in |
| 全体 | quán tǐ | all; entire |
| 实现 | shí xiàn | to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about |
| 老 | lǎo | prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerabl… |
| 有所 | yǒu suǒ | somewhat; to some extent |
| 养 | yǎng | to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth |
| 推动 | tuī dòng | to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to |
| 医 | yī | medical; medicine; doctor; to cure; to treat |
| 深 | shēn | old variant of 深[shen1]; (lit. and fig.) deep |
| 度 | dù | to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrences |
| 融 | róng | to melt; to thaw; to blend; to merge; to be in harmony; old variant of 融[rong2] |
| 合 | gě | 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗; variant of 合[he2] |
| 提升 | tí shēng | to promote (to a higher-ranking position); to lift; to hoist; (fig.) to elevate; to raise; to improve |
| 护理 | hù lǐ | to nurse; to care for |
| 型 | xīng | mold; style |
| 床位 | chuáng wèi | bed (in hospital, hotel, train etc); berth; bunk |
| 占比 | zhàn bǐ | variant of 占比[zhan4 bi3] |
| 强 | qiāng | strong; powerful; vigorous; better; to force (qiang3); stubborn (jiang4); surname Qiang |
| 老人 | lǎo rén | old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents |
| 照护 | zhào hù | care; treatment (e.g. nursing care); to look after |
| 中心 | zhōng xīn | center; heart; core |
| 建设 | jiàn shè | to build; to construct; to establish; to develop; to institute |
| 将 | jiāng | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3]) |
| 改 | gǎi | to change; to alter; to transform; to correct |
| 造 | zǎo | to make; to manufacture; to fabricate; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); classifier for crops |
| 纳入 | nà rù | to bring into; to channel into; to integrate into; to incorporate |
| 城市 | chéng shì | city; town; CL:座[zuo4] |
| 更新 | gēng xīn | to replace the old with new; to renew; to renovate; to upgrade; to update; to regenerate |
| 对 | duì | right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to sui… |
| 特殊 | tè shū | special; particular; unusual; extraordinary |
| 困难 | kùn nan | difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation |
| 家庭 | jiā tíng | family; household; CL:戶|户[hu4] |
| 给 | gěi | to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier) |
| 予 | yú | (archaic) I; me |
| 补 | bǔ | to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement |
| 贴 | tie | to stick; to post (e.g. on a blog); to fit snugly; allowance (e.g. money for food or housing); classifier for sticking plaster: strip |
| 快 | kuài | rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant |
| 全民 | quán mín | entire population; all the people (of a country or society) |
| 覆 | fǔ | to cover; to overturn |
| 盖 | gǎi | to cover; to build; a lid; since; approximately; surname Gai |
| 并 | bìng | and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge; to combine; to amalgamate; short name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]; variant of 並|并[bing4] |
| 逐步 | zhú bù | progressively; step by step |
| 扩 | kuǒ | to enlarge |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 保 | báo | Bulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4]) |
| 障 | zhǎng | to block; to obstruct |
| 目录 | mù lù | catalog; table of contents; directory (on computer hard drive); list; contents |
| 范 | fǎn | pattern; example |
| 围 | wéi | to encircle; to surround; all around; to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl) |
| 推广 | tuī guǎng | to extend; to spread; to popularize; generalization; promotion (of a product etc) |
| 物 | wù | (bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself |
| 家政 | jiā zhèng | housekeeping |
| 模 | mō | to imitate; norm |
| 式 | shì | type; form; pattern; style |
| 支持 | zhī chí | to be in favor of; to support; to back; support; backing; to stand by; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 社区 | shè qū | community; neighborhood |
| 增设 | zēng shè | to add to existing facilities or services |
| 助 | zhù | to help; to assist |
| 餐 | cān | meal; to eat; classifier for meals |
| 日间 | rì jiān | daytime |
| 照料 | zhào liào | to tend; to take care of sb |
| 设施 | shè shī | facilities; installation |
| 齐 | Qí | (name of states and dynasties at several different periods); surname Qi |
| 农 | Nóng | surname Nong; variant of 農|农[nong2] |
| 村 | cūn | village; (dialect) to scold; rustic; boorish; variant of 村[cun1] |
| 短板 | duǎn bǎn | short stave of the barrel (which allows the contents to escape); (fig.) shortcoming; weak point |
| 县 | xiǎn | county |
| 乡 | xiang | country or countryside; home village or town |
| 机 | Jī | surname Ji |
| 构 | gǒu | to reach by stretching |
| 容 | Róng | surname Rong |
| 提 | dī | used in 提防[di1 fang5] and 提溜[di1 liu5] |
| 质 | zhǐ | character; quality; to pawn; hostage; Taiwan pr. [zhi2] |
| 二 | èr | two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid |
| 优 | you | excellent |
| 供 | gong | to provide; to supply |
| 鼓励 | gǔ lì | to encourage |
| 开发 | kāi fā | to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop |
| 功 | gōng | meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics) |
| 能 | Néng | surname Neng |
| 服 | fú | clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); m… |
| 饰 | shǐ | decoration; to decorate; to hide; excuse (to hide a fault); to impersonate |
| 适配 | shì pèi | adaptation |
| 食品 | shí pǐn | foodstuff; food; provisions |
| 适 | kuò | see 李适[Li3 Kuo4]; surname Shi |
| 代步车 | dài bù chē | vehicle; (esp.) mobility vehicle (mobility scooter, electric wheelchair, Segway etc) |
| 行 | háng | (bound form) row; line; (bound form) line of business; trade; profession; (bound form) commercial firm; (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in … |
| 器 | qì | device; tool; utensil; CL:臺|台[tai2] |
| 等 | děng | to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (… |
| 出行 | chū xíng | to go out somewhere (relatively short trip); to set off on a journey (longer trip) |
| 产品 | chǎn pǐn | goods; merchandise; product; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 研发 | yán fā | research and development; to develop |
| 应用 | yìng yòng | to put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc); application; practical use; (computing) app |
| 升级 | shēng jí | to go up by one grade; to be promoted; to escalate (in intensity); (computing) to upgrade |
| 智 | zhì | (literary) wise; wisdom |
| 轮 | lūn | wheel; disk; ring; to take turns; to rotate |
| 椅 | yǐ | chair |
| 康 | Kāng | surname Kang |
| 监 | jiān | to supervise; to inspect; jail; prison |
| 测 | cě | to survey; to conjecture |
| 设备 | shè bèi | equipment; facilities; installations |
| 企 | qǐ | (bound form) to stand on tiptoe and look; to anticipate; to look forward to; (bound form) company; firm; enterprise; corporation (abbr. for 企業|企业[qi3 ye4]); Taiwan pr. [qi4] |
| 操作 | cāo zuò | to work; to operate; to manipulate |
| 简 | jiǎn | simple; uncomplicated; letter; to choose; to select; bamboo strips used for writing (old) |
| 便 | biàn | plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards |
| 实用 | shí yòng | to apply in practice; practical; functional; pragmatic; applied (science) |
| 人 | rén | person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] |
| 防 | fāng | to protect; to guard against |
| 走 | zǒu | to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]); to change (shape, form… |
| 失 | shī | to lose; to miss; to fail |
| 终 | zhong | end |
| 端 | duān | (bound form) tip; end; extremity; (bound form) aspect; facet; (bound form) upright; proper; to hold sth level with both hands; to carry; to eliminate; to wipe out; old variant of 端[duan1]; start; origin |
| 在 | zài | to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 居家 | jū jiā | to live at home; to stay at home; home (schooling etc); in-home (care etc); household (repairs etc); living (environment etc) |
| 场 | cháng | threshing floor; classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout; variant of 場|场[chang2] |
| 景 | Jǐng | surname Jing |
| 各 | gè | each; every |
| 类 | lěi | kind; type; class; category; (bound form) to resemble; to be similar to |
| 展会 | zhǎn huì | exhibition event; expo; trade fair |
| 设立 | shè lì | to set up; to establish |
| 专 | zhuan | for a particular person, occasion, purpose; special; particular (to sth); specialized |
| 属 | shǔ | category; genus (taxonomy); family members; dependents; to belong to; subordinate to; affiliated with; be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals); to be; to prove to be; to con… |
| 展 | Zhǎn | surname Zhan |
| 区 | Oū | surname Ou |
| 线上 | xiàn shàng | online |
| 线下 | xiàn xià | offline; below the line |
| 消 | xiāo | to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take |
| 费 | Fèi | surname Fei |
| 设 | shè | to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if |
| 银发 | yín fà | silver hair; gray hair |
| 捷 | jiē | nimble |
| 窗口 | chuāng kǒu | window; opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window); computer operating system window; fig. medium; intermediary; showpiece; testing ground |
| 三 | Sān | surname San |
| 激 | ji | to arouse; to excite; sharp; violent |
| 活 | huó | to live; alive; living; work; workmanship |
| 美 | Měi | (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1]); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2]) |
| 品 | pǐn | (bound form) article; commodity; product; goods; (bound form) grade; rank; kind; type; variety; character; disposition; nature; temperament; to taste sth; to sample; to criticize; … |
| 轻 | qīng | light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage |
| 医美 | yī měi | aesthetic medicine |
| 传 | chuān | to pass on; to transmit; to transfer; to conduct (electricity) |
| 全 | Quán | surname Quan |
| 流 | líu | to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade |
| 程 | Chéng | surname Cheng |
| 管理 | guǎn lǐ | to supervise; to manage; to administer; management; administration; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 前沿 | qián yán | (military) forward position; frontier; cutting-edge; forefront |
| 技 | jì | skill |
| 术 | shù | method; technique |
| 临床 | lín chuáng | (medicine) clinical |
| 转化 | zhuǎn huà | to change; to turn; to convert; (genetics) to transform; (chemistry) isomerization |
| 中西医 | zhōng xī yī | Chinese and Western medicine; a doctor trained in Chinese and Western medicine |
| 协同 | xié tóng | to cooperate; in coordination with; coordinated; collaborate; collaboration; collaborative |
| 加大 | jiā dà | to increase (e.g. one's effort) |
| 中医 | zhōng yī | traditional Chinese medical science; a doctor trained in Chinese medicine |
| 科研 | kē yán | (scientific) research |
| 与 | yú | variant of 歟|欤[yu2] |
| 成 | Chéng | surname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1] |
| 果 | guǒ | fruit; result; resolute; indeed; if really |
| 慢 | màn | slow |
| 病 | bìng | illness; CL:場|场[chang2]; disease; to fall ill; defect |
| 乐 | Lè | surname Le |
| 增加 | zēng jiā | to raise; to increase |
| 字 | zì | letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China |
| 本 | běn | (bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; origina… |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional) |
| 声 | shēng | sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds |
| 读物 | dú wù | reading material |
| 文娱 | wén yú | cultural recreation; entertainment |
| 场所 | chǎng suǒ | location; place |
| 发 | fā | to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds); hair; Taiwan pr. [fa3] |
| 挥 | hui | to wave; to command; to scatter |
| 老年 | lǎo nián | elderly; old age; autumn of one's years |
| 大学 | Dà xué | the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianism |
| 社 | shè | (bound form) society; organization; agency; (old) god of the land |
| 交 | jiāo | to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; (of lines) to intersect; variant of 跤[jiao1] |
| 扶持 | fú chí | to help; to assist |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture; civilization; cultural; CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3] |
| 团体 | tuán tǐ | group; organization; team; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 举 | jǔ | variant of 舉|举[ju3]; to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed |
| 办 | bàn | to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event); to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise); (law) to handle; to investigat… |
| 文体 | wén tǐ | genre of writing; literary form; style; literary recreation and sporting activities |
| 完善 | wán shàn | (of systems, facilities etc) comprehensive; well-developed; excellent; to refine; to improve |
| 心理 | xīn lǐ | psychology; mentality |
| 体系 | tǐ xì | system; setup; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 评 | píng | to discuss; to comment; to criticize; to judge; to choose (by public appraisal) |
| 估 | gu | to estimate |
| 老年人 | lǎo nián rén | old people; the elderly |
| 体 | tī | used in 體己|体己[ti1 ji5]; Taiwan pr. [ti3] |
| 检 | jiǎn | to check; to examine; to inspect; to exercise restraint |
| 建立 | jiàn lì | to establish; to set up; to found |
| 省 | shěng | to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government) |
| 市 | shì | market; city; municipality (administrative unit); (literary) to trade; to buy and sell goods |
| 三级 | sān jí | grade 3; third class; category C |
| 平台 | píng tái | platform; terrace; flat-roofed building |
| 开展 | kāi zhǎn | to launch; to develop; to unfold; (of an exhibition etc) to open |
| 常 | Cháng | surname Chang |
| 态 | tài | (bound form); appearance; shape; form; state; attitude; (grammar) voice |
| 咨 | zi | used in 咨嗟[zi1 jie1] |
| 询 | xūn | to ask about |
| 疏导 | shū dǎo | to dredge; to open up a path for; to remove obstructions; to clear the way; to enlighten; persuasion |
| 针对 | zhēn duì | to target; to focus on; to be aimed at or against; in response to |
| 独 | dú | alone; independent; single; sole; only |
| 群体 | qún tǐ | community; colony |
| 情 | qíng | (bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition |
| 感 | gǎn | to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~ |
| 关 | Guān | surname Guan |
| 怀 | huāi | bosom; heart; to cherish; to carry (in the mind or womb); surname Huai |
| 医疗 | yī liáo | medical treatment |
| 复 | fù | to go and return; to return; to resume; to return to a normal or original state; to repeat; again; to recover; to restore; to turn over; to reply; to answer; to reply to a letter; …; to repeat; to double; to overlap; complex (not simple); compound; composite; double; diplo-; duplicate; overlapping; to duplicate; variant of 復|复[fu4]; to reply to a letter |
| 旅 | lu:3 | trip; travel; to travel; brigade (army) |
| 游 | Yóu | surname You; to walk; to tour; to roam; to travel |
During the 2026 National Two Sessions, Wu Xiangjun, National People’s Congress representative and chairman of Yiling Pharmaceutical, told Xinhua News that as aging accelerates, elderly care service demands are showing comprehensive, multi-level, and personalized characteristics. The silver economy has become an important engine for driving domestic demand. Developing the elderly care industry requires systematically addressing pain points and bottlenecks in elderly care services.
To this end, Wu Xiangjun proposed four suggestions. First, improve the system to achieve ‘providing for the aged.’ Promote deep integration of medical care and elderly care, increase the proportion of nursing beds, and strengthen construction of care centers for disabled and dementia-afflicted elderly; incorporate age-friendly renovations into urban renewal and provide subsidies for families with special difficulties; accelerate universal coverage of long-term care insurance and gradually expand the service guarantee catalog; promote ‘property management + elderly care’ and ‘domestic service + elderly care’ models, supporting communities in adding meal assistance and daytime care facilities; quickly address rural shortcomings and promote expansion and quality improvement of county, township, and village elderly care service institutions.
Second, optimize supply to achieve ‘assistance for the aged.’ Encourage development of functional clothing and suitable foods, promote R&D and application of mobility products like elderly scooters and walking aids; drive upgrading of the rehabilitation assistive device industry, deepening functional development of products like smart wheelchairs and health monitoring equipment; support enterprises in developing easy-to-operate, practical smart nursing robots, home service robots, and smart anti-wandering terminals, accelerating application of smart devices in home, community, and institutional elderly care settings; promote establishment of silver economy exclusive exhibition areas at various expos, and set up convenient silver-specific zones in online and offline consumer scenarios.
Third, activate the industry to achieve ‘beauty for the aged.’ Encourage upgrading of traditional anti-aging categories like health supplements and light medical aesthetics, providing whole-process health management; accelerate clinical translation of cutting-edge anti-aging technologies; promote coordinated development of Chinese and Western medicine in anti-aging, increase traditional Chinese medicine anti-aging research and achievement transformation, and promote TCM health preservation services; promote integration of anti-aging and chronic disease management.
Fourth, upgrade services to achieve ‘happiness for the aged.’ Increase supply of large-print books and audiobooks, add entertainment venues in communities, and leverage the social functions of senior universities and elderly care service centers; support cultural groups and hold cultural and sports activities; improve the psychological service system by including elderly mental health assessments in elderly health checkups, establishing provincial, municipal, and county-level platforms to conduct regular psychological counseling and guidance services; strengthen emotional care for special groups such as solitary elderly and those who have lost their only child; encourage development of compound tourism products integrating health preservation, culture, and medical care.