China.org.cn | November 3, 2020
Xinhua Finance:
Mr. Mao, what is the current development of the smart fitness and elderly care industry, please? What steps will be taken next to support and encourage the growth of the industry? Thank you.
Mao Qun'an:
Since the establishment of the National Health Commission (NHC), providing health services for the elderly as well as infants and children has been a very important task for us. Improving the healthcare service system for the elderly is a significant task at present, and is also the work we should strengthen during the 14th Five Year Plan period. "Fitness and elderly care + internet + smart management is now a new form of business, and is also a promising development model for fitness and elderly care that we have confidence in. In our daily work, we pay very close attention to the explorations made by some enterprises in this regard. We hope that, in the development of the fitness and elderly care industry, the new generation of information and communication technologies can be well applied, and the current mature technologies and approaches of healthcare can be adopted. Additionally, we will vigorously advance the smart fitness and elderly care services as a branch of the health industry in future developments. Thank you.
Shou Xiaoli:
Thank you, Mr. Yu and Mr. Mao, as well as friends from the press. That's all for today's press conference of the State Council Information Office. Goodbye!
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