A few days ago, the information accessibility research team of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology released the "Information Accessibility Dynamics" (2024.).1）。"Information Accessibility Dynamics" focuses on the progress of information accessibility promotion work of **ministries, commissions and localities**, and gathers the latest developments and information in the field of information accessibility by enterprises and social organizationsIt provides an important reference for promoting the development of information accessibility.
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Li Qiang presided over the executive meeting to study the policy measures to develop the silver economy and improve the well-being of the elderly
Premier Li Qiang presided over an executive meeting on January 5 to study policies and measures to develop the silver economy and improve the well-being of the elderly.
The meeting emphasized that the development of the silver economy is an important measure to actively respond to the aging of the population and promote high-quality development, which is beneficial to both the present and the long-term. It is necessary to earnestly fulfill the responsibility of ensuring the basic and bottom line, strengthen the basic livelihood protection of the elderly, and increase the supply of basic public services. It is necessary to make good use of the market mechanism, give full play to the role of various business entities and social organizations, better meet the multi-level and diversified needs of the elderly, and jointly promote the development and growth of the silver economy. It is necessary to continue to improve relevant policies and measures, focusing on solving the urgent and difficult problems of the elderly such as home care, medical drugs, and health care, so that the elderly can enjoy a happy old age.
The General Office issued the "Opinions on Developing the Silver Economy and Improving the Well-being of the Elderly".
On January 15, the General Office of ** issued the "Opinions on Developing the Silver Economy and Improving the Well-being of the Elderly" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions").
For the first time, the Opinions clarified the connotation of the "silver economy" in a policy document, which is the sum of a series of economic activities such as providing products or services to the elderly and preparing for the aging stage. It includes two aspects: "aging economy in the old age stage" and "preparing for the old economy in the pre-old stage", involving a wide range, long industrial chain, diversified business formats and huge potential. The "Opinions" put forward 26 measures from 4 aspects, emphasizing the acceleration of the scale, standardization, clustering, and brand development of the silver economy, and cultivating high-end products and high-quality service models.
The first is to develop people's livelihood and solve emergencies. Guide catering enterprises and elderly care institutions to carry out meal assistance services for the elderly. Expand home-based services for the elderly, develop community convenience services, guide the rational layout of physical stores for daily products for the elderly, and develop community embedded service facilities. Optimize health services for the elderly, strengthen the construction of geriatric departments in general hospitals and traditional Chinese medicine hospitals, and promote the integration of medical care and elderly care. Intensify the construction and renovation of elderly care institutions, and improve the capacity of care services for the disabled elderly. Enrich cultural and sports services for the elderly, and organize and carry out all kinds of sports events suitable for the elderly. Improve rural elderly care services.
The second is to expand the supply of products and improve the quality level. Give full play to the leading and exemplary role of state-owned enterprises and the role of the new force of the private economy. Promote industrial agglomeration and exhibition, and plan and lay out about 10 high-level silver economic industrial parks. Improve the efficiency of industry organizations and support the establishment of industrial cooperation platforms or consortiums. Promote the development of branding and cultivate leading enterprises in the field of silver economy. Carry out high-standard pilot actions, and carry out standardized pilots in the fields of elderly care services and age-appropriate transformation. Broaden consumer supply channels, guide e-commerce platforms and large supermarkets to hold themed shopping festivals, and support the establishment of special areas for silver consumption.
The third isFocus on diversified needs and cultivate potential industries. Strengthen the innovation of elderly products, create a new format of smart health care for the elderly, promote the application of intelligent nursing robots and home service robots, and vigorously develop the first-class assistive device industry. Develop the anti-aging industry, promote the deep integration of biotechnology and delayed geriatric diseases, and develop early geriatric screening products and services. Enrich the development of pension financial products, and strengthen the connection between the research and development of pension financial products and health, pension care and other services. Establish a nationwide cooperation platform for the sojourn and pension industry to cultivate sojourn and pension destinations. Promote the construction of a barrier-free environment, carry out home renovation for the elderly, and carry out digital capacity improvement projects for the elderly.
Fourth, strengthen the guarantee of factors and optimize the development environment. Focusing on key areas such as assistive devices and smart health care for the elderly, a number of forward-looking and strategic scientific and technological research projects are planned. Ensure the demand for pension service facilities and land for the silver economy industry, and support the use of stock sites to renovate pension service facilities. Encourage all kinds of financial institutions to increase support for the construction of pension service facilities and silver economic industrial projects. Promote the construction of talent teams, improve the support of data elements, and severely crack down on fraud related to the elderly in accordance with law.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China introduced the "Opinions on Developing the Silver Economy and Improving the Well-being of the Elderly" at the regular policy briefing
On January 22, the Information Office held a regular briefing on the policy, inviting the relevant persons in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Ministry of Commerce to introduce the "Opinions on Developing the Silver Economy and Improving the Well-being of the Elderly" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions").
Country***This paper introduces the connotation of the silver economy, the necessity of developing the silver economy, and the new opportunities contained in the silver economy.
Ministry of Civil AffairsOn how to do a good job in pension services, it is proposed to do a good job in the implementation of policies from three aspects. The first is to increase the supply of pension services. The second is to cultivate new forms of elderly care services, develop smart elderly care services, carry out the construction of national intelligent social governance experimental elderly care characteristic bases and pilot demonstrations of smart and healthy elderly care, formulate industry standards such as smart nursing homes, smart restaurants for the elderly, and family elderly care beds, and create intelligent solutions. The third is to strengthen the guarantee of pension service elements.
Ministry of Industry and Information TechnologyIt is proposed to make full use of digital technology to empower the silver economy, promote the "three-product strategy" of the consumer goods industry, and enrich the supply of elderly users and services. In terms of continuously improving digital empowerment methods and breaking the "digital divide" of the elderly. One isCultivate and expand the smart health care industry. The second isSolve the application problems of digital products and services for the elderly. The third isIntensify the publicity of digital assistance for the elderly. In terms of improving the variety richness, quality satisfaction and brand recognition of elderly products. One isIncrease the supply of high-quality products for the elderly, successively issued two batches of products for the elderly product promotion catalog, compiled 9 batches of upgraded and innovative consumer goods guides, and encourage and support local cultivation of traditional advantageous food production areas and special food industries, especially to increase the supply of food for the elderly, special products. The second isWe will do everything possible to provide quality and excellent services, expand consumption channels for the elderly, strengthen standard guidance, adhere to people-oriented, and guide enterprises to provide high-quality and applicable services according to the needs of the elderly in different scenarios and high quality.
Ministry of CommerceThis paper proposes solutions to two problems: how to promote the convenience of consumption for the silver-haired group and how to promote the quality and expansion of the domestic service industry. In terms of promoting the convenience of consumption for the silver-haired group, the first is to optimize the development environment for the development of silver-haired consumption. Second, international cooperation should be strengthened. The third is to promote the quality and expansion of the domestic service industry and strengthen development support. In terms of promoting the quality and expansion of the domestic service industry, the first is to continuously improve the policy support system of the domestic service industry. The second is to continue to promote the expansion of the supply of domestic services. The third is to establish and improve the credit information system for domestic services.
The Information Office held a press conference on the development of industry and information technology in 2023
On January 19, Zhao Zhiguo, spokesperson of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said at the press conference of the State Council Information Office that the quality of information and communication services has been upgraded, economic and social development and people's livelihood have been continuously improved, and the digital experience for the elderly has been continuously optimized2,577 ** and APPs have completed age-appropriate and barrier-free transformation, and "one-click manual customer service" has served more than 300 million elderly users.
Next, willCarry out digital technology for the elderly20 escalation actionsWe will promote a number of new functions for the elderly and the disabled, promote the inclusive sharing of digital technologies for the elderly, and actively use innovative technologies such as big data and artificial intelligence models to help agile, accurate and efficient supervision.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) held a publicity and implementation meeting on the high-quality development of digital technology for the elderly
On January 10, the Information and Communication Administration of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology was held in BeijingWork Plan for Promoting the High-Quality Development of Digital Technology for the Elderly(hereinafter referred to as the "Work Plan") national publicity and deployment of the television ** meeting. Summarize the main achievements of digital technology for the elderly, interpret the key content of the "Work Plan", exchange advanced experience and practices of local and enterprises, deploy the whole system to further raise awareness, pay close attention to implementation, and promote the adaptation of digital technology for the elderly from "from scratch" to "from existence to excellence", and build a barrier-free environment with smooth information, comfortable experience, and people's satisfaction.
The meeting pointed out that in recent years, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has made four breakthroughs in effectively solving the difficulties of the elderly in using intelligent technology. In terms of the system, "from scattered to unified", a number of policy documents have been issued and implemented, guiding the formulation of a number of pioneering and leading standards and specifications for the elderly, and building a long-term working mechanism with overall planning and linkage between ministries and provinces, so as to make the foundation for the development of the elderly more solid and solid; On the supply side, "from broad to precise", 2,577 ** and mobile apps closely related to the lives of the elderly have completed the transformation, more than 1400 million smartphones and smart TVs have completed functional optimization, and the "one-click call manual customer service" dedicated line for the elderly has served more than 300 million people, making products and services suitable for the elderly more intimate and accessible; In terms of technology, "from single to multi-dimensional", new technologies and solutions such as 5G** customer service, "wave a wave" verification code, and "digitalization of elderly care meals" continue to emerge, and cross-field and cross-industry application scenarios such as "smart health care for the elderly" and "smart tourism" are becoming more and more abundant, and the development momentum of the aging industry is more powerful; In terms of publicity, "from shallow to deep", the excellent cases selected at the ministerial and provincial levels have effectively promoted advanced experience, and the activities such as "mobile phone classrooms" and "anti-fraud theme lectures" organized by various localities and enterprises have been carried out enthusiastically, and the products and services for the elderly are felt, known and used by the elderly, and the atmosphere of the whole society to build the elderly is more warm and strong.
The meeting emphasized that all units and enterprises should improve their political positions, fully implement the requirements of the "Barrier-free Environment Construction Law", further enhance the awareness of the overall situation and responsibility, and implement the tasks of the "Work Plan", so that the elderly can have a more satisfying sense of gain, a more sustainable sense of happiness, and a more secure sense of security in their digital life. It is necessary to keep in mind the "people first", deeply understand the importance and urgency of promoting digital technology for the elderly, anchor the elderly's yearning for a better digital life, and embark on a development path suitable for the elderly that is suitable for China's national conditions. It is necessary to focus on the main line of tasks, focus on "consolidating the foundation, strengthening supply, providing excellent services, and promoting industry", strengthen forward-looking thinking and overall planning, strengthen the scientific overall scheduling of tasks, and effectively promote the implementation of various tasks and measures to achieve practical results. It is necessary to strengthen coordination and linkage, strengthen horizontal cooperation, and be consistent vertically to the end, build a work pattern in which all departments work together, all links are orderly connected, and the whole society participates, so as to work together to solve new problems encountered in development. It is necessary to strengthen follow-up and efficiency, go deep into the frontline to evaluate and inspect the progress of work, take the satisfaction of the elderly as the "first yardstick" for the implementation of tasks, draw inferences from one case to solve the blockages in policy implementation, and promote the system-wide digital technology for the elderly to achieve new achievements.
More than 700 people attended the meeting at the main venue and branch venues, including representatives of provincial (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) communications administrations, competent departments of industry and information technology, the Internet Society of China, the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, representatives of basic telecommunications enterprises, key Internet enterprises, terminal enterprises, and relevant departments and bureaus of the ministry.
Six departments, including the Ministry of Transport, have deployed to improve barrier-free travel services for the elderly
Recently, the Ministry of Transport, the State Railway Administration, the Civil Aviation Administration of China, the State Post Bureau, the China Disabled Persons' Federation, and the Office of the National Working Committee on Aging issued the "Notice on Further Strengthening the Work of Barrier-free Travel Services for the Elderly" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"), requiring a full understanding of the importance of implementing the "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Construction of a Barrier-free Environment" and fully implementing the requirements for the construction of a barrier-free travel environment for the elderly.
The notice proposes to strengthen the planning and construction of barrier-free transportation facilities for the elderly, increase the allocation and transformation of barrier-free transportation equipment for the elderly, improve the transportation experience of barrier-free cities for the elderly, and continue to optimize the comprehensive transportation barrier-free travel services for the elderlyImprove and enhance barrier-free travel information services for the elderlyand other five aspects of specific requirements.
Seven departments, including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, jointly issued implementation opinions on promoting the innovation and development of future industries
On January 29, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Communications, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences jointly issued the "Implementation Opinions on Promoting the Innovation and Development of Future Industries" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions").
Opinions" proposes to create iconic products and break through the next generation of intelligent terminals. The development of large-scale, wide-ranging, intelligent, convenient, and immersive consumer-level terminals to meet the new needs of digital life, digital culture, public services, etc. Build an intelligent medical and health terminal suitable for the elderly to improve the quality of life and health of the people.
The Social Welfare Center of the Ministry of Civil Affairs launched a collection of cases of smart elderly care services
On January 12, the Social Welfare Center of the Ministry of Civil Affairs (hereinafter referred to as the "Center") plans to carry out the collection of excellent cases of smart pension services, openly solicit application cases of smart pension services from the public, fully explore the good practices and good experiences formed in the field of smart pension service platform construction in all regions of the country, and share the development achievements of smart pension services.
The cases include elderly care institution service and management platform, community home service and management platform, comprehensive service and management platform, professional application platform (including but not limited to elderly ability assessment, home care bed, home renovation for the elderly, elderly meal system, volunteer service management, etc.), intelligent hardware and artificial intelligence applications. In order to formulate and revise the relevant standards of national smart elderly care in the next step, enrich the application case database of smart elderly care, guide outstanding enterprises to help the coordinated development of the elderly care industry and the elderly care industry, and jointly promote the high-quality development of the smart elderly care service industry.
The people of Hainan Province held a special meeting to study and introduce a three-year action plan for the construction of a barrier-free environment
On January 16, Hainan Province held a meeting of the Provincial Working Committee for Disabled Persons to study the construction of a barrier-free environment, and deliberated and issued the "Three-Year Action Plan for the Construction of a Barrier-free Environment in Hainan Province (2024-2026)" to promote the high-quality development of the construction of a barrier-free environment in Hainan Province.
At the meeting, Vice Governor Gu Gang received the "Law on the Construction of a Barrier-free Environment" and deployed the study and publicity work, and the participants discussed and exchanged the "Three-Year Action Plan for the Construction of a Barrier-free Environment in Hainan Province (2024-2026)" and adopted the plan. The action plan has four highlights: first, for the first time, "adhere to innovation and moderate forward-looking" as the basic principle; the second is to further refine the "five synchronizations" of barrier-free facilities; the third is to clarify the proportion of new barrier-free buses purchased by relevant cities and counties; Fourth, it is the first time to propose to carry out academic education for barrier-free management professionals in our province. Finally, it is emphasized that it is necessary to establish an information publicity system and an annual supervision system for the construction of a barrier-free environment, and to implement the specific measures of the Ministry of Transport and other 6 departments of the People's Republic of China to implement the "Notice on Further Strengthening the Work of Barrier-free Travel Services for the Elderly", and integrate them into the three-year action plan for the construction of a barrier-free environment in Hainan Province to promote the implementation of the action plan.
*: CAICT, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology
Information Accessibility Forum
In order to comprehensively display the efforts and achievements of leading departments, enterprises and social organizations in promoting information accessibility and the development of digital technology for the elderly, and help the inclusive development of the digital society, the 2024 China International Information and Communication Exhibition is specially establishedInformation Accessibility and Digital Technology for the Ageing Development Achievements Exhibition ZoneICT China 2024 High-Level ForumDigital Technology for Ageing Forum", showFacilitate inclusive telecommunication services, intelligent hardware products, Internet application adaptation for the elderly, barrier-free services and applications, development of age-appropriate industries and related service solutionsWe sincerely invite ** departments, scientific research institutions, social organizations, colleges and universities, enterprises and institutions to attend, and look forward to your participation!