Guangzhou elderly accounted for nearly 18%

According to figures from the Guangzhou Municipal Committee on Aging, as of the end of 2016, the number of elderly households in Guangzhou reached 1,456,100, accounting for 17.76% of the total registered population. According to the estimates of the Office of Old Age, by 2020, the number of elderly people in Guangzhou will reach 1.85 million, that is, 2 out of every 10 people in Guangzhou are elderly. The 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 health and pension industry development is expected to exceed 500 billion yuan.

When the old man is in trouble, no one is negotiating

The reporter saw at the exhibition site that the exhibition area set up a community-based “big meal” service and health publicity publicity exhibition area, and also set up the theme of the elderly's diet health and anti-fraud theme. It is reported that the deception of the elderly is a hot issue in the society and a difficult point in social security management. In particular, telecommunication network fraud and illegal fund-raising activities are even more embarrassing, causing some people, especially the elderly, to suffer major economic losses.

According to reports, the six types of fraud crimes that are easy for the elderly are: telecommunications networks, cheap travel, feudal superstitions, street fakes, health care and investment financing fraud.