The National Development and Reform Commission and two other agencies issued
guidance to improve the price-formation mechanism for inclusive eldercare
services, aiming to raise quality and expand coverage. Eldercare charges are
defined as: basic service fees (bed and nursing charges); non-basic service fees
(meals and other ancillary fees charged or collected on residents' behalf); and
home-visit service fees (fees for in‑home services). Charging and oversight will
vary by institution and service type; items under government-guided pricing will
have provincial development-and-reform departments, together with industry
regulators, set benchmark fees and allowable fluctuation ranges, or provincial
governments may authorize prefecture-level and above governments to set
standards.
