90% of the elderly in Zhongshan are covered by accidental injury insurance, the highest in Guangdong Province, according to the conference on Zhongshan’s civil affairs held on Jan.22. Vice mayor Yuan Yongkang attended the meeting.

As of Nov.2016, there is a record high of 252,500 local senior residents in ZS. To address the challenges coupled with an aging population, the municipal government steps up efforts to boost services for the elderly with innovation as an impetus. In Torch Development Zone, a new mode of private operation has been tried in 5 town-funded care homes for the elderly. In Xiaolan, Sanxiang and other 8 towns, homecare services are available as a supplement to old people’s homes. Now 90% of the old people in Zhongshan enjoy accidental injury insurance.