Actively cope with the aging of the population to become a national strategy, and 1.03 billion people across the country participated in basic pension insurance

The National Health and Health Commission held a press conference on the 20th to introduce the progress and effectiveness of aging work since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Wang Haidong, director of the National Health and Health Commission, introduced that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the work has made significant progress and results. As of the end of 2021, a total of 1.03 billion people in the country participated in basic pension insurance. The total number of national pension service agencies and facilities has reached 360,000, with 8.126 million beds, and the number of beds is nearly twice the end of 2012.

Wang Haidong introduced that the active response to the aging of the population has been determined as a national strategy. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council have issued the "National Active Coperly Coperly Prepare Plan for Population" and "Opinions on Strengthening the Work of Aging in the New Era". The first national work conference on the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has been held, and the work system of the aging work policy in the new era has continued to improve.

my country's multi -level social security system is continuously improved. As of the end of 2021, a total of 1.03 billion people across the country participated in basic endowment insurance. Basic medical insurance covers 1.36 billion people, and the participation rate is stable at more than 95%, and medical insurance for the whole people is basically realized. There are 49 pilot cities for long -term care insurance and 145 million participants.

The construction of the elderly service system has also been strengthened. The State Health and Health Commission has continuously improved the support policy of pension services, enhanced the supply capacity of pension services, supplemented the shortcomings of shortcomings for pension services, and improved the quality of pension services. As of the first quarter of 2022, the total number of nationwide pension service agencies and facilities reached 360,000, with 8.126 million beds, and the number of beds was nearly twice the end of 2012. The construction of the elderly health service system has been promoted solidly. The combination of health and medical care and care for the elderly has been included in the basic public health service projects. The promotion of elderly health promotion has continued to carry out the development of the health management and service of the elderly. As of the end of 2021, there were a total of 6,492 medical and nursing institutions in the country, with a total of 1.75 million beds, and nearly 79,000 medical care contracting.

In addition, the state vigorously develops elderly education and sets more than 40,000 senior education learning points at the grassroots level. Public cultural facilities at all levels have been opened for free for the elderly. Tourist attractions in various places have implemented preferential policies for ticket reduction and exemptions for the elderly. The country also actively carried out the appropriate transformation of families in the old and old communities and special difficulties, promoted the construction of the livable environment for the elderly, launched the creation of national demonstration elderly friendly communities, and introduced policies and measures to solve the problem of using intelligent technology for the elderly to help The elderly crossed the "digital gap" and vigorously created the social atmosphere of the elderly, filial piety, and respect for the elderly.

Wang Haidong said that in the future, the State Health and Health Commission will implement a national strategy of actively responding to the aging of the population with various departments, integrate the concept of active aging and healthy aging into the entire process of economic and social development, and accelerate and improve the social security system, pension service system, and pension service system, and the pension service system. The health support system, vigorously promote the traditional virtues of filial piety and respect for the elderly, implement the policy of treating the elderly, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the elderly, and play a positive role in the elderly, so that the elderly will share the results of reform and development, and enjoy healthy and happy old age.

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