National coordinating body
National Committee on Ageing, established in 1999
National policy on ageing
Action plan
Action plan
- 13th Five-Year Plan for the Development of National Aging and the Construction of the Elderly System, 2017 (in Chinese)
- 13th Five-Year Plan for Healthy Aging, issued in 2017 by the former National Health and Family Planning Commission and other 13 departments (in Chinese)
Other policies on ageing
Health and long-term care
- Guidance on the Piloting of the Long-term Care Insurance System, 2016 (in Chinese)
- Regulations on Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities, 2017 (in Chinese)
- Opinions on promoting the Internet + Health care, 2018 (in Chinese)
- Guidance on Establishing and Improving the Geriatric Health Service System, 2019 (in Chinese)
- Health China Action - Health Promotion Action for the Elderly, 2019 (in Chinese)
- Notice on Implementing the Psychological Care Project for the Elderly Nationwide, 2019 (in Chinese)
- Opinions on Promoting the Development of Senior Care Services, issued in 2019 by General Office of the State Council (in Chinese)
- Measures for the Administration of Elderly Institutions, 2020 (in Chinese)
- Opinions on establishing comprehensive management system of senior care service and facilitating the effective and high-quality development, 2020 (in Chinese)
- Opinions on Comprehensively Liberalizing the Senior Care Service Market and Improving the Quality of Senior Care Services, 2016 (in Chinese)
- Guidance on promoting the integration of medical and health care and elderly services, 2022 (in Chinese)
Social protection and employment
- Decision of the State Council on Improving the Basic Pension Insurance System for Enterprise Employees, 2005 (in Chinese)
- Opinions of the State Council on Establishing a Unified Basic Pension Insurance System for Urban and Rural Residents, 2014 (in Chinese)
- Sound Subsidy System for the Economically Disadvantaged Elderly, 2014 (in Chinese)
- Opinions on Comprehensively Establishing a Living Allowance System for Persons with Difficult Disabilities and Care Allowance System for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2015 (in Chinese)
- Opinions on Further Improving the System of Living Allowance for Persons with Difficult Disabilities and Care Allowance for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2021 (in Chinese)
Life-long learning
- Seniors University of China, established 2022
- Development Plan for Senior Education (2016-2020), issued in 2016 by the General Office of the State Council (in Chinese)
Enabling and supportive environments
- Guidance on Promoting the Construction of a Liveable Environment for the Elderly, 2016 (in Chinese)
- Action Plan for the Development of Intelligent Healthy Aging Industry (2017-2020), issued in 2017 by Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the former National Health and Family Planning Commission (in Chinese)
- The Implementation of the Further Strengthening and Improvement of Travel Services for The Elderly and People with Disabilities, 2018 (in Chinese)
- Guidance on promoting the development of the elderly products industry, 2019 (in Chinese)
- Notice on the Practical Solution for the Elderly to Use Intelligent Technology to Facilitate the Daily Transportation of the Elderly, 2020 (in Chinese)
- Smart Help for the Elderly, 2020 (in Chinese)
- The Notice on the Creation of Model National Age-Friendly Communities, 2020 (in Chinese)
- 2021 work plan to facilitate the elderly taxi travel (in Chinese)
- Opinions on facilitating the development of senior care and centre-based kindergarten education service, 2020 (in Chinese)
Digital inclusion
- Implementation Plan on Effectively Solving the Difficulties of Using Smart Technology for the Elderly, issued in 2020 by the General Office of the State Council (in Chinese)