The NDRC and two other ministries issued guidance to improve price formation and expand quality inclusive elderly‑care services. Local development and reform departments are instructed to process project approvals, provide investment support and set fees, and to fully leverage central budgetary investment, ultra‑long special treasury bonds and local government special bonds to prioritise renovation and equipment upgrades at inclusive supportive elderly‑care institutions. The guidance requires nu

The NDRC and two other ministries issued guidance to improve price formation and expand quality inclusive elderly‑care services. Local development and reform departments are instructed to process project approvals, provide investment support and set fees, and to fully leverage central budgetary investment, ultra‑long special treasury bonds and local government special bonds to prioritise renovation and equipment upgrades at inclusive supportive elderly‑care institutions. The guidance requires nursing homes’ water, power, gas and heat to be charged at residential rates. The Ministry of Civil Affairs will use locally retained lottery public‑welfare funds and deploy training and subsidy support to raise service capacity and strengthen the elder‑care workforce.