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2.2.2. Shenzhen care services. Government departments have
coordinated financing and collective brainstorming
Shenzhen has worked to enhance convenience for elderly care service provision, supporting
and comfort for cross-border elderly from Hong overall planning and strategizing of projects to
Kong and Macau living in the Chinese mainland. institutionalize the elderly care system. Highly
capable providers with strong backgrounds and
• Shenzhen has implemented urban planning dedication to professional service are selected
policies tailored to the needs of an aging population, for project financing, and are responsible for
including barrier-free access throughout the city. constructing and operating the projects.
Age-appropriate regulations have been established
to address structural requirements for public space • Shenzhen has proposed an action plan for
corridors and rooms on the second floor and above smart and high-quality elderly care services to boost
for elderly use and management. The government the development of elderly care services in certain
has proposed construction specifications for barrier- subdistricts within the city. The overall objective is
free escalators, slopes in addition to stairs, and to develop high-quality services through a series of
handrails, along with legal requirements for higher- actions to implement assistance plans for health
grade fire prevention and safety facilities. care, meals and living, raising the standards of the
elderly care service facilities. The plan envisions
• Shenzhen has promoted infrastructure expanding service coverage with professionalism,
development to support the financing of elderly standardization, and a smart approach, establishing
care services organizations, focusing on increasing a 15-minute home- and community-based elderly
the supply of accessible and affordable elderly care service zone.

Table 2 Recently issued documents and policies concerning cross-border elderly care in Shenzhen

No. Document/policy Issuing authority Date of issue

1 Action Plan for High-Quality Development of Elderly Bao’an District, People’s 28 April 2024
Care Services “Year-Round Elderly Care” (2024—2025) Government, Shenzhen Municipality
2 Trial Implementation Measures for Shenzhen to Initiate Shenzhen Civil Affairs Bureau 12 May 2023
the “0570” Elderly to Live in Age-Appropriate Homes

3 Interim Measures for Implementing “The Four Shenzhen Civil Affairs Bureau 16 October 2023
Synchronized Tracks” of Community-Based Elderly
Care Service Facilities in the Shenzhen Municipality

4 Regulations of the Shenzhen Special Economic Sixth Session of the Standing 23 November 2020
Zone on Elderly Care Services Committee of the Shenzhen
Municipal People’s Congress

2.2.3. Zhuhai between Guangdong and Macau. Zhuhai has
introduced the Regulations on the Facilitation of
Zhuhai promotes the organic integration of Home-Based Elderly Care Services in the Zhuhai
strengths in elderly care services provision within Special Economic Zone, aiming to enhance cross-
the GBA. border elderly care services and align regional
standards. With its innovative approach, Zhuhai
• Zhuhai has developed a regulatory has established close cooperative ties to integrate
framework focused on the needs of districts the elderly care services sector in Guangdong
with a significant population of elderly from and Macau, laying the groundwork for creating
Hong Kong and Macau to promote infrastructure standards for home- and community-based
and development in the deep cooperative zone elderly care services.

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