昨天，中国政府网发布国务院印发的《中国老龄事业发展“十二五”规划》。规划提出，“十二五”时期，全国60岁以上老年人将由1.78亿增加到2.21亿。为解决老年人的养老问题，今后我国将进一步完善老年人口户籍迁移管理政策，老年人将有望随着子女迁移户口，以便于子女赡养老人。 Continue reading
(原载2011年9月16日《老年周报》第一版)
9月9日，省老龄办在南通市召开全省居家养老服务工作推进会，围绕贯彻落实省政府《关于加快构建社会养老服务体系的实施意见》，总结经验，分析形势，部署 下一步全省居家养老服务工作。与会代表参观学习了南通市崇川区任港街道、观音山街道和虹桥街道虹桥社区居家养老服工作。南京市鼓楼区等6个单位做了经验介 绍。省民政厅党组成员、省老龄办主任张建平出席会议并讲话。
据悉，近几年在党政领导重视下，坚持政府主导，不断加大财政投入，突出社会化发展方向，全省居家养老服务得到较快发展。 Continue reading
BEIJING, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) — For this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival, Wang Yutian had more cash to spend on the festival dinner as a new pension program has boosted his income.
The 70-year-old farmer and his wife, living at a village of north China’s Hebei Province, have received a monthly pension of 55 yuan (8.6 U.S. dollars) since December 2009, a considerable contribution to this family’s cashbox.
“Before the pension program started, our total family income was about 1,000 yuan from land lease every year plus a monthly government allowance for low-income families, which was 59 yuan for each of us,” Wang said. Continue reading
