Disaster-affected residents receive free supplies at a resettlement community in Yibin’s Jinping village, Sichuan province, on Saturday. After a landslide on Feb 8, 2025, local authorities moved quickly to carry out resettlement, enabling residents to settle into new homes before this year’s Spring Festival. Jiang Hongjing/Xinhua The Chinese government is launching a massive safety net…
Insurance care plan for elderly to expand China will continue expanding its long-term care insurance program nationwide and roll out supporting policies in the coming years to meet rising demand for elder and disability care in its rapidly aging society, the National Healthcare Security Administration said. Since 2016, the country has piloted the long-term…
BEIJING, July 7 — China has released a national emergency response plan for elderly care facilities, aiming to better prepare these institutions for unexpected crises and emergencies, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said on Monday. The plan seeks to improve the response mechanism and enhance the ability of civil affairs authorities and elderly care institutions…
China confronts senior cancer surge with early detection, TCM A robot conducts moxibustion therapy on a senior resident at Shenzhen Nursing Home in Shenzhen, South China’s Guangdong province, March 3, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING — With a rapidly aging population, China is facing a pressing new public health challenge: cancer among the elderly. According…
Chinese state councilor calls for expanded services consumption, safeguarded livelihoods NANCHANG, July 9 — Chinese State Councilor Shen Yiqin has called for efforts to expand services consumption in sectors like culture, tourism and elderly care, and to strengthen work on the key issues affecting people’s livelihoods. Shen made the remarks during a research tour…
China aims to raise average life expectancy to around 80 years in 5 years BEIJING, Oct. 24 — China aims to increase the average life expectancy of its people to around 80 years through efforts planned for a five-year period from 2026 to 2030, announced the country’s top health official on Friday. By the…
Dear AID Exhibitors, Visitors and Partners, In view of the severe situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai and in many other provinces in China, and in accordance with the government’s local epidemic prevention and control requirements, in order to protect the lives and health of exhibitors, visitors and partners, as well as to ensure the…
Dear AID Exhibitors, Visitors and Partners, In accordance with the requirements of the new “State Council Notice on Joint Prevention and Containment Measures for the Novel Coronavirus to Further Prevent and Contain New Coronary Pneumonia Outbreaks in Key Locations” (State Edict [2020] No. 16), we are very sorry to inform you that: The 2020 International…
Medical workers from Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University pose for a group photo in “Wuhan Livingroom” makeshift hospital in Wuhan, Central China’s Hubei province, March 7, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua] Timeline of China releasing information on COVID-19 and advancing international cooperation on epidemic response The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic is a major public health emergency that has…
On March 22, 31 provincial-level regions on the Chinese mainland as well as the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 39 new cases of confirmed infections, 47 new cases of suspected infections, and 9 deaths (all in Hubei province). 459 patients were released from hospital after being cured. 661 people who had had close contact…
