On 12th March, Li Liguo, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, said that the Ministry of Civil Affairs is now at the early stage of preparing the elderly care service scheme under the “13th Five-Year Plan”. The elderly care service industry is receiving more and more attention as the ageing population becomes a more and more serious problem. According to the relevant policy documents currently released by the state and local governments, supporting social forces to set up elderly care establishments and promoting the development of elderly care service informatization are the focuses. Listed companies are also actively making plans around these focused areas. Practitioners in the industry indicate that informatization will be a main direction for future development and those companies with the resources of portal, health and medical services will enjoy more advantages.

Apple officially introduced its first-ever smart wearable, Apple Watch, at its first new product release in 2015, showing that Apple has advanced with a stride in the health and medical area.

On the day before yesterday, the Evening Show of March 15th (the World Consumer Rights Day) revealed the story of Aunt Wang, who was fooled and asked to buy a number of "amazing" medical equipment products without any approval document numbers. The issue relating to the medical equipment for elderly is again pushed to the eye of the storm.

Published by Chinanews in Guangzhou on 9th February (By Cai Minjie and Yin Rui) According to the news published by the Bureau of Civil Affairs of Guangzhou Municipality, Guangzhou plans to inject a fund of nearly RMB 4 billion in 2015 for increasing investment in the undertakings for people’s livelihood, strengthening protection of the baseline of people’s livelihood and lifting the minimum living standard, and over 50% of the fund will be used for the program of improving elderly care services and reforming the elderly care service sector.

Nanfang Daily (Reporter/Zhang Xilu) The Implementation Plan for Accelerating the Development of Modern Insurance Service Industry was adopted on the at the standing meeting of the municipal government on 3rd this month. This Plan suggests supporting the investment in real economy with insurance funds, utilizing the insurance mechanism to strengthen protection of people's livelihood, and supporting insurance institutions to invest in health and elderly care industry.

Chengdu steps up its campaign to further take care of its senior citizens. It is a city that has always been concerned about living conditions of its senior citizens.

BEIJING - China announced Wednesday it would encourage private investment in the elderly care service industry to help with its aging population.

The existence of millions of senior residents makes creating an all-round elderly care industry in Central China’s Hunan province both a necessity and a lucrative business for economic and social reasons.

A package of measures designed to improve care for the elderly has been introduced in Zhejiang province.

BEIJING -- Beijing has passed a regulation on home-based old-age care, stipulating that children are obliged to support their aged parents. The bill was passed during a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress on Thursday. The regulation, scheduled to take effect on May 1, is the country's first local legislation on home-based old-age care.

As Beijing's top legislature issued a regulation on home-based care for the aged in the municipal two sessions, deputies urged the government to take supporting measures to ensure its effectiveness.

BEIJING, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities published a regulation on Wednesday to encourage homes for the elderly to insure against risks in their services.

Senior living providers in the U.S. have yet to substantially tap into the Asian market for senior housing development, though many have explored the potential there.

BEIJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- A nationwide campaign has been launched in China to promote intelligent elderly care services, according to a Monday statement from the China National Committee on Aging (CNCA).

Nursing homes serving China's growing aging population have witnessed great opportunities for expansion, yet have a long way to go to come close to meeting the increasing demand.