Ministry of Civil Affairs: Targeting to cultivate new momentum in the silver hair economy, supporting localities to create industry clusters for elderly care and senior services according to their actual conditions.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs has issued the "Guiding Opinions on Further Promoting Technological Innovation in Civil Affairs", which proposes to promote innovation and development in related industries. Relying on the industrial, financial, technological, and talent advantages of city clusters such as Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and Chengdu-Chongqing, we will build a highland for innovation and development in the civil affairs science and technology industry. We aim to cultivate new driving forces for the silver economy, support the construction of clusters of elderly care and retirement service industries based on actual conditions in various regions, and strengthen the elderly care and retirement service industries focusing on intelligent elderly care service robots and smart elderly care products. We will vigorously develop the rehabilitation assistive devices industry, broaden the scope of application of new technologies and products, improve the service network, and promote the upgrading of the rehabilitation assistive device industry chain and service chain. By effectively utilizing policy tools such as loan interest subsidies and risk compensation, we will support innovation and development in related industries in the civil affairs sector.