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Building a high-quality basic public service system that respects the elderly and cares for the young(PDF)

《长安大学学报（社科版）》[ISSN:1671-6248/CN:61-1391/C]

Issue:
2023年02期
Page:
89-102
Research Field:
社会学
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Title:
Building a high-quality basic public service system that respects the elderly and cares for the young
Author(s):
MU Guangzong;  ZHANG Yalu;  HOU Mengshun;  ZHANG Yuqi;  MU Yuhan
(Institute of Population Research, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China)
Keywords:
population aging;  low birth rate;  age-friendly;  birth-friendly;  old-age care responsibility;  childbearing responsibility;  community service
PACS:
D669
DOI:
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Abstract:
In the context of low birth rate and aging population, in order to achieve security in old age and caring for the growth of young people, the country's systematic high-quality old-age care public service system needs to be further improved. This paper analyzes the population situation of the elderly and the young and the reasons behind the decline in the willingness to have children, and studies the path to establish a sound old-age care system. According to the research, building a high-quality public service system should emphasize respecting the elderly and caring for the young; create an elderly-friendly society and a birth-friendly society; focus on the four aspects of high quality, namely the welfare nature, effectiveness, accessibility, and timeliness of services. The elderly of advanced age, the elderly living alone, the empty-nest elderly and the disabled elderly are the key populations of the old-age care service industry. The old-age care responsibilities of an age-friendly society include the basic care, inclusive care, fair care and quality care for these groups, and the public service system construction includes value-friendly, culture-friendly, policy-friendly, environment-friendly and service-friendly for the elderly; childbearing responsibilities of a birth-friendly society include responsibilities for moderate childbearing, optimized childbearing, childbearing services and childcare security, and the public service system construction should reflect the value of childbearing(cultural)friendliness, welfare friendliness, marriage friendliness and service friendliness. In the all-round construction of a modern unified policy, institutional, and social public service system that “respects the elderly and cares for the young”, the community is the key link. It requires the coordination of top-level design and classification promotion to achieve the dual goals of balanced population development and high-quality national development.

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