Sep 17, 2021 11:15 AM (GMT+8) · EqualOcean
The State Council Information Office held a press conference to do a solid job of civil affairs in building a well-off society in an all-round way. Minister of Civil Affairs Li Jiheng introduced that from 2012 to 2020, the central government invested 27.1 billion yuan to support the construction of elderly care service facilities. By the end of 2020, in terms of developing elderly care services, the total number of various elderly care institutions and facilities had reached 329000 and 8.21 million beds, an increase of 97% over 2012. The old age allowance for the elderly, the pension service subsidy and the care subsidy for the disabled elderly benefited 31.044 million, 5.35 million and 813000 elderly respectively.