On February 1, reporters learned from the official website of the National Development and Reform Commission that the General Office of the National Development and Reform Commission, the General Office of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the General Office of the National Health Commission jointly issued the "About Establishing Key Points to Actively Respond to Population Aging" Notice on Contacting the City Mechanism” (hereinafter referred to as the “Notice”).

The "Notice" proposes to strive to develop a number of innovative regions across the country by 2022, with economic and social development that is compatible with the aging of the population, and to cultivate a number of regions with strong motivation and excellent economic and social benefits. The health and elderly care industry cluster has formed a number of distinctive and effective innovative models and typical experiences, and explored a number of universally applicable, pragmatic and effective policy measures to deal with population aging.

The "Notice" proposes five work plans for the establishment of this mechanism. The first is to promote service system innovation. Strengthen the government's bottom-line function of ensuring basic basic needs, strengthen local financial investment guarantees, and ensure that basic public services for the elderly are guaranteed. Coordinate and integrate various funding channels for elderly care services, and establish and improve a cost-sharing mechanism for elderly care services that involves the government, society, and individuals. Incorporate elderly care into the overall national economic and social development plan for overall planning, and formulate a special plan or implementation plan for the construction of the elderly care service system during the "14th Five-Year Plan". Establish a basic elderly care service system and improve the basic elderly care service system. Promote the coordinated development of home, community and institutional elderly care services, support families in assuming the elderly care function, promote the wide coverage of home elderly care services, strengthen the construction of community elderly care service backbone networks, support the full development of institutional elderly care, strive to increase the proportion of nursing beds, and promote medical and health care Services are deeply integrated at home, in communities, and in institutions, and the development of inclusive elderly care services and rural mutual assistance for the elderly are encouraged. Strengthen the construction of the elderly health service system and further promote the development of integrated medical and nursing care. Deepen the reform of public elderly care institutions, adhere to their public welfare attributes, and introduce a comprehensive assessment and waiting system for admission to public elderly care institutions. Improve the management system of public and private elderly care institutions, promote market-oriented reform in the field of elderly care services, and give priority to supporting elderly care service projects oriented to public and private institutions and inclusive elderly care. We will vigorously and orderly promote the transformation of training and nursing institutions of local party and government agencies and state-owned enterprises and institutions into elderly care service facilities, and formulate access, management and other policies and measures.

The second is to promote institutional and mechanism innovation. We will promote the transformation of training and recuperation resources to develop elderly care as a key content of institutional and mechanism innovation, and scientifically and rationally set specific conditions and standards for the transformation of training and recuperation resources into elderly care service facilities based on geographical location, surrounding facilities, infrastructure, operating conditions, etc.; strengthen transformation The operation and management of elderly care service institutions mainly adopts the method of transfer and integration, with state-owned capital operating companies integrating resources and overall planning; during the transformation process, qualified places can adopt authorized operations, capital injection, pricing investment (shareholding), etc. in accordance with laws and regulations. Support the construction of senior care projects through operating subsidies and other means. Establish special funds and increase investment guarantees. At the same time, there are choices in dealing with international cooperation on population aging, expanding enterprise annuities, improving financing mechanisms such as insurance, giving play to the role of social organizations related to the elderly, strengthening social preferential treatment for the elderly, developing infant and child care services, and building a family support system. to carry out reform explorations with rich content and diverse forms.

The third is to promote factors to support innovation. Prepare a construction plan for elderly care service facilities, prioritize the construction of new elderly care service facility land in the annual land use plan, and arrange it in a reasonable location based on actual conditions. Support the use of existing resources to develop elderly care in a variety of ways, coordinate and promote the construction of elderly care service facilities in the construction of urban residential communities and the renovation of old urban communities, and encourage and support the use of vacant public rental housing, state-owned enterprise properties, etc. for free or low compensation for elderly care purposes. On the premise of not violating national mandatory standards and regulations, we should formulate construction standards, guidelines and implementation methods for transforming existing houses and facilities into nursing home facilities based on local actual conditions, and establish and improve a "one case, one discussion" mechanism to regularly dispose of existing houses and facilities in a centralized manner. Facility renovation procedures, NIMBY avoidance and other issues. Innovate financial support for the development of the elderly care industry, expand financing channels for elderly care service institutions, and expand the scope of loan collateral. Improve the multi-level social pension insurance system and enrich commercial pension insurance products. Accelerate the construction of a human resources team to serve the elderly, encourage and guide general universities and vocational colleges to expand the scale of training professional talents in geriatric medicine, rehabilitation, nursing, elderly services and management, etc., and improve the elderly care service training system. Improve the income level and social status of elderly care practitioners, and explore the establishment of a subsidy and honor incentive system for elderly care practitioners.

The fourth is to promote business model innovation.

Clarify the overall idea for the development of the elderly care industry, combine the local industrial foundation, promote the extension and repair project of the elderly care industry chain, develop and expand the elderly care industry cluster, and cultivate new business formats and new models. Support the development of the health and elderly care industry park, support enterprises to develop rehabilitation aids, food and medicine, clothing and apparel, elderly care, smart health and elderly care, nursing care, leisure and entertainment, cultural tourism and other elderly supplies and services, improve the innovative design ecosystem, and promote supplies Manufacturing quality improvement and upgrading. We will vigorously support enterprises with advantages in elderly care and promote the development of branded chains. Promote the development of "Internet + elderly care services" and "Internet + elderly health services", support large Internet companies in introducing elderly care services and elderly health services, support the development of Internet platforms for high-quality elderly care institutions, and better play the enabling role of information technology. Promote the integrated development of the elderly care industry with education and training, health, sports, culture, tourism, housekeeping and other happiness industries, and support qualified areas to create residential and elderly care destinations.

The fifth is to promote innovation in an environment suitable for the elderly. Fully consider the social interaction and daily life needs of the elderly, promote aging-friendly renovation of homes, carry out aging-friendly renovation of old urban and rural communities, old buildings, public places, public transportation and other facilities and equipment to enhance a livable environment. Construction, vigorously build age-friendly communities. Complement and equip community elderly care service facilities and grassroots aging work teams to provide software and hardware support for the elderly to care for themselves nearby in the community. Effectively solve the difficulties for the elderly in using smart technology and adhere to the combination of traditional services and smart innovation. Carry out home and community visits mainly targeting the elderly in empty-nest, left-behind, disabled, severely disabled, and family planning families. Vigorously develop universities for the elderly and support the development of various forms of cultural and sports activities for the elderly. Actively carry out education activities on the national conditions of population aging and education activities on the theme of filial piety and respect for the elderly, creating a good atmosphere in which the elderly, families, society, and the government all participate.