'Momma Chang' provides free home to families with sick kids in Xi'an

3 weeks, 4 days ago

Xizang sees significant advances in healthcare

The health levels of residents in the Xizang autonomous region has reached an all-time high in history thanks to a combination of funds and medical aid projects dedicated to boosting the region's healthcare sector, authorities said on Friday. Liu Kui, director of the National Health Commission's finance department, said that a variety of medical aid programs to help Xizang have …

Health Medical Hospital Xizang

3 weeks, 4 days ago

Xizang sees significant advances in healthcare

China Daily

The health levels of residents in the Xizang autonomous region has reached an all-time high in history thanks to a combination of funds and medical aid projects dedicated to boosting the region's healthcare sector, authorities said on Friday. Liu Kui, director of the National Health Commission's finance department, said that a variety of medical aid programs to help Xizang have …

Health Medical Hospital Xizang

China's ageing population fuels 'silver economy' boom, but profits can prove elusive

New Indian Express

HONG KONG: Every Wednesday, retiree Zhang Zhili travels an hour by bus to an education center, drawn by the pulsing rhythms of the African drum she plays there in a classroom filled with fellow retirees whose hands move in unison, every beat lifting her spirits. “To love ourselves.” Many older Chinese are looking beyond traditional nursing homes, afraid of abandonment …

China Services Care Chinese Beijing Older Older Adults

4 weeks, 1 day ago

A home where love and care are paramount

China Daily

The elderly care service center in Shangxi town, Yiwu city, Zhejiang province, pairs up with 102 children in difficult situations to provide companionship and support.On weekends, these children participate in interest group activities together with the elderly. Last month, two days before the Double Ninth Festival, a traditional Chinese occasion honoring senior citizens on the ninth day of the ninth …

Elderly Care Works Zhejiang

1 month ago

Woman returns crowdfunding donations for sick son

China Daily

A woman from Huoshan county of Liuan city, Anhui province, has returned all the money donated through a crowdfunding platform for her son, who was sick with acute leukemia five years ago, Wuhan-based Jimu News reported. "Now we have made it through the toughest days, so we returned the money to donors with gratitude," Hu, the boy's mother said. Shuidichou, …

Money Her Son Crowdfunding Platform Woman Returns

1 month ago

Woman returns crowdfunding donations for sick son

China Daily

A woman from Huoshan county of Liuan city, Anhui province, has returned all the money donated through a crowdfunding platform for her son, who was sick with acute leukemia five years ago, Wuhan-based Jimu News reported. "Now we have made it through the toughest days, so we returned the money to donors with gratitude," Hu, the boy's mother said. Shuidichou, …

Money Her Son

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Shanxi enhances access to quality healthcare for residents

China Daily

North China's Shanxi province is pushing forward its comprehensive healthcare enhancement project to ensure residents have access to superior medical services locally. Focusing on public medical institutions, the project aims to expand and balance high-quality medical resources, including regional medical centers, clinical specialties, medical talents, and medical research. Efforts will be made to enhance county-level hospitals' capabilities and strengthen the …

Medical Shanxi

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Shanxi enhances access to quality healthcare for residents

China Daily

North China's Shanxi province is pushing forward its comprehensive healthcare enhancement project to ensure residents have access to superior medical services locally. Focusing on public medical institutions, the project aims to expand and balance high-quality medical resources, including regional medical centers, clinical specialties, medical talents, and medical research. Efforts will be made to enhance county-level hospitals' capabilities and strengthen the …

Medical Shanxi

4 months, 1 week ago

Economists advocate direct support to consumers

China Daily

By ZHOU LANXU and OUYANG SHIJIA | China Daily | Updated: 2024-08-13 09:25 Tourists visit a cultural block in Xiangyang, Hubei province, June 10, 2024. China's central government should consider additional direct support to consumers worth at least 1 trillion yuan — either cash or vouchers — in the rest of the year to effectively address the pressing challenge of …

China Consumer Economic Growth Consumption Zhang Direct Direct Support

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Belgians harvest the good life in Guizhou

China Daily

GUIYANG — Nestled in the heart of the mountains in Xiasi village, Dushan county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, there is a unique ecological family farm. During this year's May Day holiday, Yang collaborated with the family to produce a short video showcasing the local folk culture, which was well-received and helped attract more attention to Guizhou, a province that has …

Family China Yang Ecological Belgian Guizhou Farm

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Belgians harvest the good life in Guizhou

China Daily

GUIYANG — Nestled in the heart of the mountains in Xiasi village, Dushan county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, there is a unique ecological family farm. During this year's May Day holiday, Yang collaborated with the family to produce a short video showcasing the local folk culture, which was well-received and helped attract more attention to Guizhou, a province that has …

Family China Yang Ecological Belgian Guizhou Farm

6 months ago

Jinyun introduces innovative elderly care model

China Daily

A youth plays chess with an elderly resident at a nursing home in Jinyun county, Lishui, Zhejiang province. Jinyun county in Lishui, Zhejiang province has launched a pioneering elderly care initiative that integrates youth housing with volunteer services. Completing 10 hours of volunteer service per month earns a 200-yuan rent reduction, 20 hours result in a 500-yuan reduction, and 30 …

Elderly Elderly Care Rent Lishui Jinyun

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Efforts to make travel to China easier result in uptick in visits

China Daily

A tour guide introduces the stories of Dazu Rock Carvings to foreign visitors in Chongqing on March 27. TANG YI/XINHUA British travel vloggers the Hutchinsons said China "shocked" them, after embarking on a three-month tour of the country. "When visiting China, you'll realize that cashless pay is a part of everyday life, from local fruit stores to bars, restaurants, cafes …

China

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Efforts to make travel to China easier result in uptick in visits

China Daily

A tour guide introduces the stories of Dazu Rock Carvings to foreign visitors in Chongqing on March 27. TANG YI/XINHUA British travel vloggers the Hutchinsons said China "shocked" them, after embarking on a three-month tour of the country. "When visiting China, you'll realize that cashless pay is a part of everyday life, from local fruit stores to bars, restaurants, cafes …

China

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Efforts to make travel to China easier result in uptick in visits

China Daily

A tour guide introduces the stories of Dazu Rock Carvings to foreign visitors in Chongqing on March 27. TANG YI/XINHUA British travel vloggers the Hutchinsons said China "shocked" them, after embarking on a three-month tour of the country. "When visiting China, you'll realize that cashless pay is a part of everyday life, from local fruit stores to bars, restaurants, cafes …

China

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Efforts to make travel to China easier result in uptick in visits

China Daily

A tour guide introduces the stories of Dazu Rock Carvings to foreign visitors in Chongqing on March 27. TANG YI/XINHUA British travel vloggers the Hutchinsons said China "shocked" them, after embarking on a three-month tour of the country. "When visiting China, you'll realize that cashless pay is a part of everyday life, from local fruit stores to bars, restaurants, cafes …

China

10 months ago

Guiyang and Gui'an set goals to improve people's well-being in 2024

China Daily

At the Fourth Session of the 15th Guiyang Municipal People's Congress, which opened in Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province, on Jan 31, the work report of the Guiyang Municipal People's Government was released, setting 10 goals to further improve people's well-being in 2024. Increase the monthly nursing subsidy for level 1 and 2 severely disabled people to 130 …

Public Guiyang

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Villages profit from lucid waters, lush mountains

China Daily

Visitors enjoy the beautiful scenery at Tongji weir in Lishui, Zhejiang province, in September. Home to lucid waters and lush mountain ranges, the Ancient Weir-Home of Painting scenic area in Lishui, a prefecture-level city in Zhejiang province, attracts some 1.9 million visitors a year. Currently, the scenic spot has become a typical model in Zhejiang for practicing the concept that …

Scenic Mountains State Grid Homestay Lucid Waters Zhejiang Electric

11 months ago

Young lodgers bring joy to elderly nursing home residents' lives

China Daily

A volunteer teaches a senior to use the smartphone at the Xiyangfu Nursing Home in Jilin city, Jilin province. After his final exam on Jan 11, Wang Yatao immediately moved into the Xiyangfu Nursing Home in Jilin city, Jilin province, becoming a special lodger among the group of seniors. "In the video, the owner of the nursing home was recruiting …

Volunteer Elderly Young Nursing Young People Jilin Wang

11 months ago

Young lodgers bring joy to elderly nursing home residents' lives

China Daily

A volunteer teaches a senior to use the smartphone at the Xiyangfu Nursing Home in Jilin city, Jilin province. After his final exam on Jan 11, Wang Yatao immediately moved into the Xiyangfu Nursing Home in Jilin city, Jilin province, becoming a special lodger among the group of seniors. "In the video, the owner of the nursing home was recruiting …

Volunteer Elderly Young Young People Jilin Wang Zhou

11 months, 1 week ago

每日一词|家庭养老床位 home-based care beds for senior citizens

China Daily

1月14日召开的2024年全国民政工作会议公开的一组数据显示，我国目前已累计建成家庭养老床位23.5万张、为41.8万老年人提供居家养老上门服务。 Statistics released on the sidelines of the national civil affairs work conference held on January 14, 2024 showed that a total of 418,000 senior people had been provided with home-based care services. China has provided over 235,000 home-based care beds for senior citizens nationwide according to the statistics. 2023年12月26日，浙江省绍兴市越城区塔山街道社区卫生服务中心的家庭医生上门为家庭病床建床的93岁老人金阿花进行巡诊并配药。图片来源：新华社【知识点】家庭养老床位就是把养老服务机构专业照护服务向家庭延伸，从而缓解老人特别是失能老人家庭养老难题。在我国，九成以上老年人倾向于居家养老。但对于一些失能、半失能老人来说，在家虽有儿女环绕，却少了专业照护，翻身、吃饭、洗浴等“小事”成了一家人的“难事”。另据统计，我国60周岁及以上老年人口有2.8亿人，截至2023年三季度全国各类养老机构和设施床位820.6万张。仅靠养老机构无法满足需求。在这一背景下，家庭养老床位的诞生，让老年人不出家门就能享受到专业机构的服务，减轻了家人照护负担，缓解“一人失能、全家失衡”局面。家庭养老床位是“十三五”时期国家开展居家社区养老服务改革试点中产生的创新举措。“十四五”时期，民政部、财政部联合开展居家和社区基本养老服务提升行动项目，拿出“真金白银”为项目地区符合条件的经济困难的失能、部分失能老年人建设家庭养老床位，鼓励探索失能老年人居家养老专业照护模式。家庭养老床位这一服务模式送来的服务由养老护理员等具有专业资质的服务人员提供，更符合失能老人需求。老人生活场所也将进行专门的适老化、智能化改造。【重要讲话】实施积极应对人口老龄化国家战略，发展养老事业和养老产业，优化孤寡老人服务，推动实现全体老年人享有基本养老服务。 We will pursue a proactive …

11 months, 1 week ago

每日一词|家庭养老床位 home-based care beds for senior citizens

China Daily

1月14日召开的2024年全国民政工作会议公开的一组数据显示，我国目前已累计建成家庭养老床位23.5万张、为41.8万老年人提供居家养老上门服务。 Statistics released on the sidelines of the national civil affairs work conference held on January 14, 2024 showed that a total of 418,000 senior people had been provided with home-based care services. China has provided over 235,000 home-based care beds for senior citizens nationwide according to the statistics. 2023年12月26日，浙江省绍兴市越城区塔山街道社区卫生服务中心的家庭医生上门为家庭病床建床的93岁老人金阿花进行巡诊并配药。图片来源：新华社【知识点】家庭养老床位就是把养老服务机构专业照护服务向家庭延伸，从而缓解老人特别是失能老人家庭养老难题。在我国，九成以上老年人倾向于居家养老。但对于一些失能、半失能老人来说，在家虽有儿女环绕，却少了专业照护，翻身、吃饭、洗浴等“小事”成了一家人的“难事”。另据统计，我国60周岁及以上老年人口有2.8亿人，截至2023年三季度全国各类养老机构和设施床位820.6万张。仅靠养老机构无法满足需求。在这一背景下，家庭养老床位的诞生，让老年人不出家门就能享受到专业机构的服务，减轻了家人照护负担，缓解“一人失能、全家失衡”局面。家庭养老床位是“十三五”时期国家开展居家社区养老服务改革试点中产生的创新举措。“十四五”时期，民政部、财政部联合开展居家和社区基本养老服务提升行动项目，拿出“真金白银”为项目地区符合条件的经济困难的失能、部分失能老年人建设家庭养老床位，鼓励探索失能老年人居家养老专业照护模式。家庭养老床位这一服务模式送来的服务由养老护理员等具有专业资质的服务人员提供，更符合失能老人需求。老人生活场所也将进行专门的适老化、智能化改造。【重要讲话】实施积极应对人口老龄化国家战略，发展养老事业和养老产业，优化孤寡老人服务，推动实现全体老年人享有基本养老服务。 We will pursue a proactive …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Family in China trades home for over ₹11,000 per day hotel stay. Here’s why

Hindustan Times

A family in China gave up living in a flat and has been living in a hotel for over seven months now. The family pays 1,000 yuan per day, which is over ₹ 11,000. According to the South China Morning Post, the family of eight from the city of Nanyang in the central province of Henan shares a suite with …

Family South China Hotel Suite

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Giving stories flow

China Daily

A bird's-eye view of the jade-colored Jiuqu River at Wuyishan National Park. Tea seeps into her narrations onboard the rafts, as do other local cultural legacies like Song Dynasty philosopher Zhu Xi's neo-Confucian thought, and numerous cliff carvings and hanging coffins dating back over 3,000 years. Nearly 1.3 million travelers took the raft tours from January to November, a 36 …

Chen Mountains Zhu Wuyi

1 year ago

Blueprint for building a modern metropolis

China Daily

By putting the people at the center and making their aspirations for a better life the goal, Qingdao is improving residents' well-being and making solid progress in the construction of a modern international metropolis under socialism with Chinese characteristics. At the recent Happy Cities of China Forum 2023 in Chengdu, Sichuan province, Qingdao was hailed for having one of the …

China Qingdao Modern Metropolis

1 year, 1 month ago

For Xu Li, home is where the heart is

China Daily

Xu and Liu in Hengyang. The documentary unfolds as Xu Li, a distinguished anchor born in Hunan province, sets out on a journey to visit 10 accomplished fellow townspeople from diverse fields, probing into the profound ways in which memory, experience, and a sense of connection to their hometown persistently shape and define the very fabric of their being. These …

Your Hometown

1 year, 2 months ago

Lin Lin: Advocating good family traditions, healthy social practices

China Daily

"I felt honored that I was elected a delegate to the 13th National Women's Congress of China. As every family promotes its good family traditions, healthy social practices will be established," says Lin Lin, president of the Full-time Mothers Women's Federation, in Nanxiang, a town in Jiading District, in Shanghai. During the past few years, Lin has led the members …

Family Federation Lin Traditions Healthy Traditions Healthy Social Healthy Social

1 year, 2 months ago

Nannies opt to go back to the classroom

China Daily

Students are having a class at Shanghai Open University. Clients' overall requirements for housekeepers, especially those relating to children's education, are increasing," said Xu, adding that she wanted to "take a step further" in the prime of her life. Lu Qi, dean of Shanghai Open University's School of Public Administration, said: "Household management is a profession that has been misunderstood …

Education Family Students University Management Work Service

1 year, 3 months ago

School pairing benefits relocated workers

China Daily

Xiong'an Shijia Hutong Primary School has played an important role in creating tangible benefits for workers who have transferred to Xiong'an New Area, Hebei province, from Beijing. Most of the students are children of employees at State-owned enterprises and their subsidiaries who have been relocated from Beijing to the new area, according to Hua Guohui, assistant to the school's president. …

School Beijing Area Jiang

1 year, 3 months ago

Hotels

China Daily

Changjiang Hotel Changjiang Hotel is located in the heart of Yangzhong. Xingchengyuan Hotel Covering an area of 22,000 square meters, Xingchengyuan Hotel is a three-star hotel located in the south gate of Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone. In 1992, the Houcheng town government invested 13 million yuan in building Xingchengyuan Hotel. At present, the hotel has five villa-style buildings, 80 standard …

Hotel Million Yuan West Zhangjiagang Xingchengyuan Hotel

1 year, 6 months ago

Part-time cook finds recipe for success in home services

China Daily

Jin Weijie cooks at a client's home in Changzhou, Jiangsu province. Jin Weijie brought a chef with him to a customer's home in Changzhou, Jiangsu province, at around 9 am one Saturday in May to make a meal for the customer's housewarming party. Jin first posted short videos of himself cooking in December last year, and people soon contacted him …

Business Cooking China Services Jiangsu Jiangsu Province Zhang

1 year, 6 months ago

Spring Bud Project Nourishes Yunnan Woman's Dream

China Daily

With the support of the Spring Bud Project, Xiang Wenyan, a young woman from Southwest China's Yunnan Province, recently graduated from university and secured a job in Kunming, capital of the province. The family had run up a debt of 30,000 yuan –– but only raised a mere 5,000 yuan by selling three head of cattle –– when Xiang was …

Received Her Parents Kunming Xiang Her Studies Bud Project

1 year, 7 months ago

A complex family legacy

China Daily

Ancient ritual expert Peng Lin discusses Chaoshan's sacrificial rites with other scholars in the study on Nov 7, 2020. CHINA DAILY Descendant restores his clan's former homestead while promoting regional traditions, Fang Aiqing reports in Shantou, Guangdong. Around the ancient port of Zhanglin, in Chenghai district of Shantou, once known as Swatow, in Guangdong province, lush camphor, banyan, papaya and …

Chen Guangdong Shantou

1 year, 7 months ago

A complex family legacy

China Daily

Ancient ritual expert Peng Lin discusses Chaoshan's sacrificial rites with other scholars in the study on Nov 7, 2020. CHINA DAILY Descendant restores his clan's former homestead while promoting regional traditions, Fang Aiqing reports in Shantou, Guangdong. Around the ancient port of Zhanglin, in Chenghai district of Shantou, once known as Swatow, in Guangdong province, lush camphor, banyan, papaya and …

Chen Guangdong Shantou

1 year, 7 months ago

A complex family legacy

China Daily

Ancient ritual expert Peng Lin discusses Chaoshan's sacrificial rites with other scholars in the study on Nov 7, 2020. CHINA DAILY Descendant restores his clan's former homestead while promoting regional traditions, Fang Aiqing reports in Shantou, Guangdong. Around the ancient port of Zhanglin, in Chenghai district of Shantou, once known as Swatow, in Guangdong province, lush camphor, banyan, papaya and …

Chen Shantou Guangdong

1 year, 7 months ago

A complex family legacy

China Daily

By Fang Aiqing | China Daily | Updated: 2023-05-01 10:16 Ancient ritual expert Peng Lin discusses Chaoshan's sacrificial rites with other scholars in the study on Nov 7, 2020. CHINA DAILY Descendant restores his clan's former homestead while promoting regional traditions, Fang Aiqing reports in Shantou, Guangdong. Many households keep well-groomed bonsai in their yards, while an Indian spurge tree …

Chen China Daily Guangdong Shantou Fang Aiqing

1 year, 9 months ago

Elderly care industry expects wide concern

China Daily

Ye Shounan, who had been a long-term resident of Beijing, has relocated to a reasonably-priced nursing home in Sanhe, Hebei province to spend the remainder of his elderly years. According to Ye and his fellow residents, they are content with the daily care and medical services provided by the nursing home. Despite this, the country's wellness industry finds it hard …

1 year, 10 months ago

Mountain residents get high-quality healthcare

China Daily

Rural doctor Xin Ping controls the flow of an intravenous drip for an elderly woman at her home in Longjiao town, Shanxi province. "The clinic was set up in my own house in Xiazhuanghe village until 2015, when authorities funded the establishment of a public rural clinic and improved the working environment quite a lot," he said. "A couple of …

Patients Shanxi Clinic Xin Township Residents

1 year, 10 months ago

Village doctor sets an example of a healthy attitude

China Daily

Xu Qiusheng, 81, often looks out of the window of his clinic when he is not with a patient, as he feels relief when looking up at the luxuriant branches and foliage of an old camphor tree that stays green all year round. Over half a century has passed since Xu graduated from medical school and started work as a …

Villagers Village Doctor

1 year, 11 months ago

Chinese cities declare new childbirth incentives as first dip in more than 6 decades looms

Firstpost

New Delhi: Chinese cities have started announcing new cash incentives to encourage couples to have more children as China grapples with a declining population graph—its first in more than six decades. In Jinan, which is the capital city of eastern Shandong province, women who give birth to a second or third child in 2023 will receive a childcare subsidy of …

China Children City Yuan More Children Child Policy Cities Declare

2 years, 2 months ago

Welfare house director dedicated to improving children's lives

China Daily

Yang Shouwei looks after a child. Yang Shouwei, deputy chief of the Weifang Children's Welfare Institute in East China's Shandong province, bid a tearful goodbye to another child who is going to embrace a new family. After saying goodbye, Yang set out to provide rehabilitation guidance for families of disabled children across Weifang. Yang began her nursing work at the …

Children Yang

2 years, 2 months ago

Yili helps Hohhot fight against virus with supply donations

China Daily

Donations to help fight COVID-19 arrive in Hohhot. Chinese dairy giant Yili Group – based in Hohhot, capital of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region – recently donated supplies to help the city fight the latest outbreak of COVID-19. Yili donated daily necessities to front-line workers and delivered milk, yogurt, cheese, mineral water and other products to the front line …

Hohhot Yili

2 years, 2 months ago

Yili donates supplies for Hohhot's fight against COVID-19

China Daily

Donations to help fight COVID-19 arrive in the city of Hohhot. Chinese dairy giant Yili Group – based in Hohhot, capital of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region – recently donated supplies to help the city fight the latest outbreak of COVID-19. Yili donated daily necessities to front-line workers and delivered milk, yogurt, cheese, mineral water and other products to …

Covid Hohhot Yili

2 years, 2 months ago

Dahua promotes holistic tourism development

China Daily

Dahua Yao autonomous county. For more than two years, Hechi's Dahua Yao autonomous county has made efforts to promote the recovery of the cultural tourism industry from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and create a demonstration area for holistic tourism in Guangxi. In 2021, the county attracted 2.6 million tourists, generating 3.42 billion yuan in total tourism consumption. It …

Tourism Cultural Hechi Dahua Yao Holistic Tourism