CHINA-BEIJING-ELDERLY POPULATION-CARE SERVICE (CN)

(241101) -- BEIJING, Nov. 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Senior residents learn calligraphy at an elderly care service center in Dongcheng District in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 31, 2024. Beijing has entered a moderate aging society, with the permanent elderly population in the city reaching 4.95 million by the end of 2023, accounting for 22.6 percent of the city's total permanent population, according to the municipal civil affairs bureau.

The city has developed a community-based nursing service model and plans to establish 100 elderly care service centers at subdistrict and township levels. As of Sept. 20, 60 of them had been completed.

In addition, the city has stepped up professional home care to serve the bedridden elderly at home. (Xinhua/Li Xin)