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This year’s 10 public welfare programs to improve people’s lives, which cover a wide range of areas such as elderly care, health, education and employment, are going smoothly, some having already been completed, the Shanghai authorities announced on Sunday.
Among the targets, there should be 5,000 new beds in the city’s retirement homes, and 2,000 beds should be redeveloped to meet the needs of people with dementia.
As of August, 4,879 new beds were in place and 66% of the 2,000 beds had been refitted for elderly residents with dementia.
Fifty new community full service centers for seniors and 200 new community canteens for the elderly are also on the agenda.
Between January and August, 44 comprehensive service centers for the elderly and 175 canteens were built.
Shanghai residents over the age of 60 make up more than 35 percent of the permanent population. It is estimated that around 300,000 people in the city suffer from dementia, a number that is expected to increase.
A total of 543 “Love Summer Care†camps providing daycare services to elementary school students without adequate supervision during the summer holidays were opened as part of the city life improvement projects, exceeding the target. .
In addition, educational support should be provided to 300 children whose guardianship is absent or inappropriate.
More than 6,000 hours of service had been provided by August.
Ten thousand charging stations for public vehicles are expected to be added across the city, and electric bicycle charging facilities are to be installed in 500 residential complexes.
More than 16,700 of these poles had been installed by August and electric bicycle charging facilities covered 425 residential complexes.
Two hundred breakfast project demonstration sites should be launched and, to fight unemployment, help should be given to 8,000 chronically unemployed young people to find jobs or start their own businesses.
The old target was met and 9,295 unemployed young people had either been employed or had started a business by August.
Six new or renovated first aid stations with ambulances will improve emergency services, and five have been set up.
Thirty new community rehabilitation centers were built, reaching the target. One hundred health service sites had been established in office buildings and industrial areas by August, also meeting the target.
Eighty taxi-waiting zones in downtown Shanghai have been added, up from a target of 100.
Frequent flooding of 11 downtown streets was expected to be addressed, and 92 percent of the program had been completed.
Greenways totaling 200 kilometers should be created and 92% had been completed.
Other life improvement projects include 80 new or renovated fitness tracks and 80 new or renovated sports fields for residents.
Over 92 percent of both had been completed.
One million urban seniors are expected to learn to use smart technologies to help them adapt to the digital age, and the goal has been achieved.
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