SHANGHAI， March 28 (Xinhua) -- Elderly people in Shanghai now make up 31.6 percent of the eastern metropolitan's population.

MACAO -- Macao's statistic department on Saturday published the detailed results of 2016 population by-census carried out in the special administrative region (SAR), showing an accelerated population growth coupled with continued population aging in recent five years.

BEIJING, May 10 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank announced Wednesday that it had approved a loan of 600 million U.S. dollars to China to help improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare services in Anhui and Fujian provinces.

Senior citizens in Jiading district of Shanghai will get better care after a new social welfare institute is completed, local media reported on May 8.

BEIJING - Minister of Civil Affairs Huang Shuxian has called for more efforts to provide higher quality public services for senior citizens amid mounting pressure posed by the growing elderly population.

New programs subsidized; government to keep lid on healthcare cost increases

TOKYO - The International Monetary Fund called on Asian economies to learn from Japan's experience and act early to cope with rapidly aging populations

Qingdao Kaken Health Co Ltd reached an agreement with Buurtzorg Nederland, Europe’s best known supplier of domestic services on April 18 in Qingdao, to bring in the world’s most advanced home-care model for the elderly.

BEIJING -- The number of registered nurses in China reached 3.5 million at the end of 2016, the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) announced Wednesday.

BEIJING -- Twenty seven provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities across China have issued guidelines or plans for promoting family doctor services, according to the top health authority.

BEIJING, April 28 (Xinhua) -- A research institute on eldercare under the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs launched a website providing online services for senior citizens Friday.

We will introduce and implement the plan for developing elderly services and building the elderly care system during the 13th Five-Year Plan period. We will improve the system for elderly services， and implement the plan to train elderly-care workers. We will introduce and carry out the national population development plan， and work to ensure the implementation of the policy of allowing couples to have two children. We will， more effectively， safeguard the rights and interests of women， minors， people with disabilities， and other social groups.

The second-stage construction of the Jiading No 1 Social Welfare Institute in Shanghai got underway recently and is slated to be completed in June 2018.

Xi'an Jiaotong University held a publicity seminar on the Silk Road Robotics Innovations Competition 2017 on Friday. The event marked the official launch of the competition with its theme, "Bringing together the Intelligent Technologies and Leading Innovation Along the Silk Road".

Could a "wearable robot" one day help paraplegics and disabled people walk in the same way shortsighted people simply put on a pair of glasses to correct their vision? That is the hope of one Chinese company which is designing exoskeletons that people can wear.