On May 18, Shanghai reported that in 2025, the city fully implemented a child-rearing subsidy, with 277,000 parents of infants and young children applying, totaling nearly 900 million yuan distributed. During the “15th Five-Year Plan” period, Shanghai will improve the maternity insurance system, deepen measures such as child-rearing subsidies and differentiated housing for families with multiple children, implement the national policy to steadily expand the scope of free education, and explore extending the duration of compulsory education, to better encourage people’s willingness to have children.
Population is a key element of urban development. Shanghai is one of the cities with the highest degree of population aging in China, and the trend of fewer children is also deepening. During the “15th Five-Year Plan,” Shanghai will focus on practicing a positive view of aging and the concept of healthy aging, on achieving a moderate fertility level, and on building a “two-type society” and improving “two systems.”
In terms of building a fertility-friendly society and improving the fertility support policy system, Shanghai will first reduce the “three-child-rearing costs” of childbirth, childcare, and education, and will expand the supply of childcare services. By the end of the “14th Five-Year Plan,” the number of childcare slots in Shanghai increased to 115,000, more than three times the number in 2020.
Next, Shanghai will adhere to the principles of universal accessibility, safety, and integration of childcare and kindergarten, improve the layout of community childcare points, promote the opening of nursery classes in more than 95% of kindergartens across the city, further increase the enrollment rate of children under three years old, and provide professional care for the “most vulnerable group.” It will create a favorable social environment, actively advocate for a new culture of marriage and childbirth, encourage enterprises and institutions to set up “fertility-friendly positions,” support equal employment and career development for women who give birth, accelerate the child-friendly transformation of communities and other public spaces, and form a good social atmosphere that supports childbirth.
On the other hand, Shanghai will focus on building an age-friendly society and improving the elderly service system. The key is to achieve “four more.” First, elderly care services will be more optimized. Emphasis will be placed on promoting the convenience of “small-space” elderly care services near homes, accelerating the age-friendly renovation of home environments, improving the network of community-embedded elderly care facilities, and perfecting the “15-minute elderly care service circle.” It will also promote the age-friendly transformation of “large spaces” in the city, accelerate barrier-free renovations of subway stations and public buildings, take multiple measures to help the elderly cross the “digital divide,” create a comprehensive barrier-free environment, and promote seamless integration between “small spaces” and “large spaces.”
At the same time, the structure of beds in elderly care institutions will be optimized. By 2030, the proportion of double rooms in the city’s elderly care institutions will increase from 32% to over 40%, and the proportion of nursing beds for care of the disabled and those with dementia will increase from 69% to over 75%.
Second, health security will be more robust. Prevention, health care, and health management for the elderly will be strengthened, early screening and early diagnosis of common diseases in the elderly will be promoted, the supply of services such as unattended care and long-term care insurance will be expanded, and deep integration of medical and elderly care will be promoted, so that the elderly get sick less and improve their quality of life.
Third, the ability to remain active in old age will be strengthened. The experience and wisdom of the elderly are valuable assets. The coverage of education for the elderly will be expanded, activity brands such as the “Silver Age Action” will be promoted, and the elderly, especially active seniors, will be supported to leverage their expertise in community governance and volunteer services, contributing “silver power.”
Fourth, technological empowerment will be deepened. The major trend of deep integration of modern technology and the silver economy will be seized, the spillover and driving effect of the Shanghai Senior Expo will be amplified, and the development and application of elderly care technology products such as elderly care service robots and intelligent rehabilitation aids will be accelerated, to better meet the needs of the elderly in scenarios such as “medical care, rehabilitation, nursing, and care,” making their later years happier.
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