Recently, the National Public Service Platform for Standards Information announced“Basic Specifications for Elderly Care Institutions” and “Criteria for Determining Major Accident Hazards in Elderly Care Institutions”two mandatory national standards, which will be implemented on August 1, 2027.
Among them,“Basic Specifications for Elderly Care Institutions”is the first adjustment in 13 years since the standard was implemented on May 1, 2013. The core change is upgrading the “Basic Specifications for Elderly Care Institutions” from a recommended standard to a mandatory national standard. The “Criteria for Determining Major Accident Hazards in Elderly Care Institutions” is the first mandatory national standard issued afterthe release of the “Standards for Determining Major Accident Hazards in Elderly Care Institutions” (Minbanfa [2023] No. 13) in November 2023.
Below are the full texts of the two standards and download links:
Basic Standards for Elderly Care Institutions
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As of the end of 2025, there are 41,700 elderly care institutions in China, but some institutions have issues such as non-standard service procedures, inadequate quality control, and loopholes in safety management. The original recommended standards are difficult to support regulatory authorities in carrying out effective law enforcement supervision. Through this revision, the aim is to change the basic service requirements for elderly care institutions from ‘optional’ to ‘mandatory’,ensuring that elderly people receive more standardized services through mandatory binding force, effectively preventing risks, and promoting the industry’s transformation from ‘voluntary compliance’ to ‘mandatory compliance’.The revised standards will complement standards such as the ‘Basic Safety Standards for Services in Elderly Care Institutions’ to jointly improve the legal system for elderly care services.
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https://openstd.samr.gov.cn/bzgk/std/newGbInfo?hcno=50EC206EC538AFD35915878F6D70972A
Criteria for Determining Major Hazards in Elderly Care Institutions
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The “Criteria for Determining Major Accident Hazards in Elderly Care Institutions” strictly follows the principle of ‘strengthening what should be strengthened and enhancing what can be enhanced,’transforming the most core and critical requirements for determining major accident hazards in the safety field of elderly care institutions into mandatory national standards, filling the gap in the existing standards system and complementing standards such as the “Basic Specifications for Service Safety in Elderly Care Institutions.”At the same time, the implementation of this standard can push elderly care institutions to fulfill their primary safety responsibilities, proactively conduct self-inspection and self-correction of major accident hazards, drive the industry’s transformation from ‘passive rectification’ to ‘active prevention’, further improve regulatory efficiency, effectively reduce the incidence of major safety accidents, decrease casualties and property losses, promote the sustained and healthy development of the elderly care service industry, and maintain social harmony and stability.
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https://openstd.samr.gov.cn/bzgk/std/newGbInfo?hcno=6740F17AF0CF92B75A13C898AB01683C
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