A caretaker attends to a senior resident who lives alone at a residential community in Huangpu district in Shanghai, on April 9, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]

China has accelerated the development of its elderly care services, with more than 8 million beds available for the elderly, a 7 percent increase from the year of 2019, said the Ministry of Civil Affairs recently.

民政部近日表示，中国加快了养老服务的发展，为老年人提供了800多万张床位，比2019年增加了7%。

There were 254 million people aged 60 or above in China at the end of 2019, and the number will grow to 300 million in 2025, said Li Jiheng, minister of civil affairs, at a national conference on civil affairs work on Dec. 26, 2020.

2020年12月26日，民政部部长李纪恒在全国民政工作会议上表示，截至2019年年底，我国60岁及以上人口为2.54亿，到2025年，这一数字将达到3亿。

Boosting the development of basic elderly care services will be one of the ministry's key tasks in 2021, according to the conference.

会议指出，促进基本养老服务的发展将是2021年民政部的关键任务之一。

In the next five years, the ministry will improve the overall design of the country's basic elderly care services, advance the coordinated development of home and community-based elderly care service institutions, and promote innovation at the grassroots level.

未来5年，民政部将完善我国基本养老服务体系的总体设计，推进居家及社区养老服务机构协调发展，推进基层创新。

graying society  老龄化社会

silver economy  银发经济

caretaker/caregiver  护工

Collected and edited by Lv Yun

Source: Xihua, China Daily

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