Whether the elderly can enjoy their old age is one of the criteria to measure the happiness of the city. On August 16, the reporter learned from the press conference held by the Information Office of Guangzhou Municipal People's government that the 30th Guangzhou Expo (hereinafter referred to as "Guangzhou Expo") will be held from August 26 to 29, 2022. As a key professional exhibition incubated by the platform of Guangzhou Expo, Guangzhou Old Expo (hereinafter referred to as "old Expo") will also be held from August 26 to 28 in hall 4.2, zone a, China Import and export commodities trade exhibition center.

Figure: press conference site

Providing for the aged is a life stage that everyone will experience. Population aging is not only a national event, but also a matter of concern to the people. According to the data of the Bureau of statistics, China has entered a deep aging society, and it is expected to enter a heavily aging society in 2025. The old-age problem has become a social problem that needs to be solved urgently, and the old-age industry has become a new trend. Under the guidance of Guangzhou Civil Affairs Bureau, what will be the highlights of this year's old Expo?

Figure: Li Shaobin, director of family economic verification and elderly care service guidance center of Guangzhou Civil Affairs Bureau

"Technology empowers the elderly and wisdom leads the future"

"This year is a new starting point for the exhibition." Li Shaobin, director of the family economic verification and elderly care service guidance center of Guangzhou Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau, said that the Guangzhou old age Expo has become the first professional exhibition of the elderly care and health industry in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Bay area that has passed the international UFI certification, and has been selected into the "Guangdong trade nationwide" series of brand exhibitions of Guangdong Provincial Department of Commerce, which indicates that the old age Expo has been recognized and affirmed by international professional institutions in terms of exhibition contents, exhibition organization, internationalization and specialization.

It is reported that the theme of this year's old-age Expo is "science and technology empowers old-age care and wisdom leads the future". The exhibition covers the fields of old-age care services, smart old-age care and barrier free life. Nearly 200 brand enterprises and institutions bring thousands of latest old-age health products, services and technologies to the exhibition, and set up an old-age service display area, a smart old-age product display area, a home-based elderly care model room experience area, a smart old-age health detection experience area The consultation and negotiation area and other sections comprehensively interpret the high-quality elderly life scene and display the achievements of the elderly care in Guangzhou. It is an important exhibition for enterprises in the elderly care industry to promote products, promote image, build sales channels, and enhance popularity.

During the same period of the exhibition period, government leaders, industry experts, enterprise leaders, heads of elderly care institutions, etc. will also be invited to hold more than 10 summit forums and theme activities with distinct themes and rich contents, such as the opening ceremony of the exhibition, the aging environment improvement summit, the medical and nursing integration Summit Forum and the community pharmacy International Summit Forum.

The pattern of "big city and big endowment" in Guangzhou has basically taken shape

In recent years, Guangzhou has focused on the needs of the elderly for a better life, actively explored the "big city big old-age care" mode with Guangzhou characteristics, replicated and promoted the construction of the basic old-age service system, the dining hall for the elderly and other experiences throughout the country, and the level of old-age care services has been significantly improved.

There are more than 290 old-age service institutions, 178 health centers, 16000 family old-age beds, 17000 old-age families, 1089 old-age dining halls, and 24 basic old-age services in 5 categories for all the elderly, achieving full coverage of service facilities, elderly groups and old-age services.

On June 9, the general office of the State Council printed and issued a circular. Guangzhou has achieved remarkable results in supporting the elderly, developing inclusive elderly care services, and improving the community home-based elderly care service network. It was named and praised. The State Council will publicize and promote Guangzhou's experience and practices at the national level in 2022.

What are Guangzhou's plans to promote the construction of infrastructure for the elderly in the next step? Li Shaobin said in an interview with the aoyi news reporter: "at present, Guangzhou is vigorously promoting the construction of health care centers in streets and towns. By 2023, at least one health care center will be established in each street and town, and each community (Village) At least one health service station shall be set up to form a "1 + n" service network and increase the supply of embedded, comprehensive, multi-functional and inclusive high-quality elderly care services. I believe that in the future, under the mode of "big city and big endowment", the elderly in Guangzhou will have a strong sense of happiness. "

Nandu aoyi news reporter Guan Yuhui