Children are busy with their work and have no time to accompany themselves. Is it lonely to eat alone? After getting older, it is inconvenient to move. It is very difficult to buy food and cook for yourself. The problem of eating for the elderly needs to be solved. Guangzhou has prepared a community “big meal” for the elderly, and the elderly canteen is open at home.

The 2017 China (Guangzhou) International Geriatric Health Industry Expo and the 2017 Guangzhou Geriatric Diet Health Expo opened yesterday, setting up 7 featured exhibition areas and 350 booths. The Guangzhou Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau has set up a special publicity exhibition area to display the “big meal” map and the food and food distribution service for the community home care. The reporter was informed at the scene that the community elders dining hall was gradually covered in Guangzhou. As of the end of July this year, the city had a total of 392 food-assisting points, accounting for 82.4% of social operations, covering 137 streets (towns) in the city. Yuexiu, Haizhu, Huangpu, Baiyun, Nansha and Panyu Districts have successively realized the full coverage of the food-saving street (town).

As of the end of 2016, the number of elderly households registered in Guangzhou reached 1,456,100, accounting for 17.76% of the total registered population. To meet the growing needs of the elderly, it is necessary to vigorously promote the development of the aged service industry and industry. The Guangzhou Municipal Development and Reform Commission recently asked the “Guangzhou City Health Promotion and Pension Industry Development Action Plan (2017-2020) to propose opinions. By 2020, the scale of Guangzhou's health and pension industry development is expected to exceed 500 billion yuan.