{"id":56409,"date":"2026-11-06T14:03:29","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T06:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.china-aid.com\/%e6%9c%aa%e5%88%86%e7%b1%bb\/latest-release-the-ministry-of-civil-affairs-and-3-other-departments-jointly-issue-a-notice-to-deeply-carry-out-the-silver-age-action-in-community-level-governance-and-social-services.html"},"modified":"2026-11-06T14:03:29","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T06:03:29","slug":"latest-release-the-ministry-of-civil-affairs-and-3-other-departments-jointly-issue-a-notice-to-deeply-carry-out-the-silver-age-action-in-community-level-governance-and-social-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.china-aid.com\/en\/industry-news-en\/latest-release-the-ministry-of-civil-affairs-and-3-other-departments-jointly-issue-a-notice-to-deeply-carry-out-the-silver-age-action-in-community-level-governance-and-social-services.html","title":{"rendered":"Latest Release! The Ministry of Civil Affairs and 3 Other Departments Jointly Issue a Notice to Deeply Carry Out the ‘Silver Age Action’ in Community-Level Governance and Social Services"},"content":{"rendered":"

Notice on Deepening the ‘Silver Age Action’ in Community-Level Governance and Social Services<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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To the Civil Affairs Departments (Bureaus), Social Work Departments of Party Committees, and Aging Offices of all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government; and to the Civil Affairs Bureau, Social Work Department of the Party Committee, and Aging Office of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u3000\u3000In order to thoroughly implement the national strategy of actively responding to population aging, further leverage the positive role of older adults in participating in community-level governance and social services, and promote the expansion, upgrading, quality improvement, and efficiency enhancement of the ‘Silver Age Action,’ the relevant matters are hereby notified as follows.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u3000\u3000I. General Requirements<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u3000\u3000Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Party and all subsequent plenary sessions, thoroughly study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important expositions on aging work and volunteer service work, innovate and explore effective ways for the ‘Silver Age Action’ to support community-level safety construction and social development, encourage and guide older adults who are able and willing to participate in community-level governance and social services in the form of volunteer service, and contribute ‘silver-haired strength’ to improving people’s quality of life and promoting social harmony and stability.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u3000\u3000By 2030, oriented toward the active participation of older adults in community-level governance and social services, promote a more robust working mechanism for the ‘Silver Age Action,’ continuously enrich service content, steadily grow the service workforce, effectively enhance service capacity, develop more distinctive brand projects, and broadly strengthen social consensus in support of productive aging.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u3000\u3000II. Supporting Older Adults’ Participation in Community-Level Governance<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

(1) Participate in community-level ideological and moral development. Encourage older volunteers to participate in publicizing and promoting the Party’s innovative theories, advance the reach of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era into communities, rural villages, and households, and explain the Party’s innovative theories clearly and thoroughly in accessible, popular language, so as to enhance the appeal and guiding power of the theories. Participate in publicizing and educating on the core socialist values, carry forward the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, and promote a social atmosphere and folk customs characterized by harmony among relatives and neighbors, mutual help and support, assistance to the weak and disabled, honesty and trustworthiness, and respect for propriety. Guide family members, relatives, and friends to embrace such concepts as respecting the elderly and caring for the young, equality between men and women, and neighborhood harmony, and foster a new trend of socialist family civility.<\/span><\/p>\n

(2) Participate in community-level rule-of-law development. Encourage older volunteers to participate in rule-of-law publicity and education in key areas such as marriage and family, inheritance, housing rental, and labor relations, enhance the public’s awareness of the rule of law and legal literacy, and promote the formation of a sound environment in which people handle matters in accordance with the law, turn to the law when encountering problems, use the law to resolve issues, and rely on the law to settle disputes. Support qualified older volunteers in providing legal consultation and other services on common legal issues.<\/span><\/p>\n

(3) Participate in community-level mass self-governance activities. Encourage older volunteers to take the initiative to participate in public affairs, support township (subdistrict) governments and villagers’ (residents’) committees in performing their duties in accordance with the law, and cooperate with community-level officials and community workers in carrying out their work. Attend symposiums, hearings, and other deliberative and consultative activities as representatives of the community-level masses, and reflect the opinions and demands of the public. Participate in formulating and revising, and take the lead in complying with, village rules and conventions, residents’ conventions, and other norms of conduct for community-level mass self-governance; lead the people around them in promoting the transformation of outdated customs, eliminating outdated practices such as exorbitant bride prices, vulgar wedding pranks, comparisons of social gifts, lavish funerals but meager care for the living, and extravagance and waste; oppose superstitious activities; and promote civilized trends such as holding weddings in a new, simple way, simplifying funerals, and practicing diligence and thrift.<\/span><\/p>\n

(4) Participate in community-level safety development. Encourage older volunteers to participate in activities such as disaster prevention and mitigation, hidden danger investigation, and anti-fraud and anti-deception publicity, so as to improve the public’s safety awareness and capabilities. Participate in resolving community-level conflicts and disputes, regularly strengthen communication and exchanges with the public, promptly identify hidden risks of conflicts and disputes, and work together with community workers, grid workers, and people’s mediators to resolve them through persuasion, education, advice, and guidance. Participate in public security prevention and control, carry out voluntary patrols, traffic safety publicity and guidance, and promptly report problems of illegal and criminal conduct such as counterfeit and shoddy goods, false advertising, telecom and online fraud, illegal fundraising, acts endangering food and drug safety, and environmental pollution.<\/span><\/p>\n

III. Support older people in participating in the provision of social services<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

(5) Help ensure and improve basic livelihoods. Encourage older volunteers to participate in publicizing policies such as social insurance, social assistance, and long-term care insurance. Support younger and healthy older volunteers, under the guidance of social organizations and professional social workers, in carrying out home visits and care services for special groups such as older people with special difficulties, persons with disabilities, left-behind children, and children in difficult circumstances, as well as social assistance recipients such as those receiving minimum living allowances and persons in extreme poverty; understand and reflect their difficulties in areas such as food, clothing, housing, transportation, and medical care; and help them contact relevant departments or institutions to provide services such as daily care, rehabilitation nursing, and psychological counseling. Support retired medical personnel in participating in popularizing health knowledge such as chronic disease prevention and control, nutritious diet, scientific exercise, and safe medication, and in providing medical and health services in accordance with laws and regulations through forms such as free clinics. Support retired teachers in participating in volunteer teaching and educational assistance activities to promote educational equity. Support retired scientific and technological workers in participating in agricultural technology demonstration, training, and publicity activities to help increase farmers’ incomes.<\/span><\/p>\n

(6) Help improve the quality of life of the people. Encourage senior volunteers to carry out services such as guided tours and consultation, reading promotion, exhibition curation, and cultural training at public cultural institutions such as public libraries, museums, cultural centers (stations), art galleries, and revolutionary memorial halls. Provide tour commentary, civilized guidance, and other services at tourist attractions. Participate in organizing mass cultural activities such as artistic performances, themed exhibitions, and film screenings around themed education, festival folk customs, and cultural entertainment. Participate in the development of learning resources for senior education, course teaching, and other work to expand the supply of senior education services. Participate in organizing mass sports events, popularize scientific fitness methods, and promote sports that the masses enjoy. With villages (communities) as the main setting, provide convenient services such as voluntary repairs, mending, and haircuts. Participate in the construction of barrier-free and age-friendly environments, improvement of human settlements, ecological protection, resource recycling, and other work, and play a positive role. Participate in mutual-aid training for seniors in the use of smart technology to help seniors improve their ability to use smart technology.<\/span><\/p>\n

IV. Strengthen safeguard measures<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

(7) Expand the participating workforce. Give play to the exemplary and leading role of the ‘Five Elders’\u2014retired cadres, retired soldiers, retired experts, retired teachers, and retired model workers\u2014as well as advanced senior role models and key figures in mass activities for seniors, and support the building of strong volunteer service teams for the ‘Silver Age Action.’ Encourage Party and government organs at all levels, enterprises and public institutions, mass organizations, and social organizations to guide and promote senior volunteers in their fields, industries, and units to participate in grassroots governance and social services. Encourage volunteer service organizations, grassroots senior associations, and others to hold study and training for senior volunteers to help them master relevant professional knowledge and skills.<\/span><\/p>\n

(8) Strengthen service guarantees. Improve services for ‘Silver Age Action’ senior volunteers such as registration and certification, organization and scheduling, service records, and issuance of certificates, and use the ‘Silver Age Action’ service platform to improve service efficiency. Give play to the role of organizations such as the committees on the work of the elderly, women, and children of village (resident) committees and grassroots senior associations to assist in the management and service of senior volunteers. Relying on the construction of age-friendly communities, support senior volunteers in participating in volunteer service activities nearby and conveniently. Adhere to the principle that whoever uses, recruits, and guarantees is responsible, and guide organizers of volunteer service activities to reasonably arrange volunteer service content according to the physical condition of senior volunteers and provide necessary materials and equipment, safety guarantees, and corresponding insurance. Broaden channels for social fundraising, encourage public welfare donations from social forces, and guide social funds to provide support under the premise of legality and compliance. Explore the establishment of a commendation mechanism suited to the characteristics of the ‘Silver Age Action’ in the fields of grassroots governance and social services, with spiritual incentives as the main focus.<\/span><\/p>\n

(9) Guide standardized development. Establish and improve a dynamic adjustment mechanism for ‘Silver Age Action’ volunteers, volunteer service organizations, and brand projects, and promote the orderly withdrawal of those who do not meet the conditions. Standardize the use of the ‘Silver Age Action’ logo, team flag, slogan, and publicity terms, and prevent arbitrary tampering, distortion, or use for commercial purposes. Prevent social organizations, enterprises, and others from falsely using the name of ‘Silver Age Action’ to invite retired cadres to participate in relevant social activities, or using the identity or influence of retired cadres to ‘endorse’ or ‘vouch for’ enterprises and products. Strictly crack down in accordance with the law on illegal and criminal activities carried out under the guise of ‘Silver Age Action.’<\/span><\/p>\n

V. Ensure implementation of organization<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

(10) Strengthen organizational leadership. All localities shall raise their political stance, take supporting older volunteers’ participation in grassroots governance and social services as an important lever for promoting the realization of productive aging, establish and improve working mechanisms, advance the implementation of all tasks, and create conditions for older adults to play their role. Civil affairs departments shall give play to the functional role of the offices on aging, coordinate and promote information sharing, resource sharing, joint consultation on problems, and jointly organized activities among member units of the committees on aging, and build synergy in their work. Social work departments of Party committees shall, based on their functions, support the carrying out of the ‘Silver Age Action’ and promote better integration of elderly volunteer services into grassroots social governance and social service work. The China Association on Aging shall do a good job in organizing and implementing the ‘Silver Age Action’ and promote innovative development of elderly volunteer services.<\/span><\/p>\n

(11) Strengthen publicity and guidance. All localities shall step up publicity efforts, actively showcase the outstanding deeds of older volunteers participating in grassroots governance and social services, summarize and promote typical experiences and practices, and foster a favorable atmosphere in society for supporting older adults’ social participation. Relevant experiences, practices, and work results shall be reported in a timely manner to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the National Office on Aging.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ministry of Civil Affairs<\/span><\/p>\n

Social Work Department of the CPC Central Committee<\/span><\/p>\n

National Office on Aging<\/span><\/p>\n

China Association on Aging<\/span><\/p>\n

October 22, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n

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Source: China Civil Affairs<\/span><\/p>\n

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