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models. By harnessing the “five social forces” of the • Zhongshan facilitates the development
community, namely social workers, community of social security. The government has
organizations, community volunteers, and the ensured that the rural residents have certain
resources of community charities, Zhongshan economic security in terms of receiving elderly
continues to explore different models of elderly care care by coming up with relevant government
services with their mutually reinforcing support. The documents. Finally, the Social Insurance
service model of “internet + elderly care” continues Management Bureau of the Zhongshan
to resonate deeply in Zhongshan’s initiative, as the Municipality and the Government of the Macao
internet platform lends itself to the provision of SAR’s Social Security Fund have set up one
smart elderly care services for the elderly. Finally, Guangdong-Macao Social Insurance Window
professional training of elderly caregivers will raise in each of the three levels of the municipality,
the competence of those serving the elderly. township and community.

Table 4 Recently issued documents and policies concerning cross-border elderly care in Zhongshan

No. Document/policy Issuing authority Date of issue

1 Memorandum of Understanding on the Signed jointly by the Social September 2024
Establishment of the Guangdong-Macao Social Insurance Management Bureau of
Insurance Window (Zhongshan Window) the Zhongshan Municipality and
the Government of the Macao SAR

2 The Implementation Plan of the Establishment of the The People’s Government of 5 July 2023
Senior Canteen on the Streets of the Western District Zhongshan Municipality’s Western
in the Zhongshan Municipality (2023 Amendment) District Streets Office

3 Management Measures for the Credit Assessment Zhongshan Civil Affairs Bureau 12 October 2023
of Elderly Care Services Organizations in the
Zhongshan Municipality

4 Measures on Subsidizing Elderly Care Services Zhongshan Civil Affairs Bureau 22 May 2023
Organizations in the Zhongshan Municipality

5 Management Provisions for Home-based Zhongshan Civil Affairs Bureau 22 December 2021
and Community-based Elderly Care in the
Zhongshan Municipality

2.2.5. Jiangmen and Zhaoqing Policies have been put in place to implement the
practice of allowing newly leased residential land
Jiangmen and Zhaoqing have pressed ahead with to include express provisions in their planning
the establishment of elderly care infrastructures in conditions and leasing proposals for elderly care
facilitating the joint development of elderly care facilities construction, such as the requirements for
organizations and home-based elderly care. additional structures, the standards for transfers
and the recipient department for transfers.
• Jiangmen has taken policy actions in Zhaoqing has made new facility standards for the
planning for the construction of elderly care facilities. construction of elderly care services facilities as

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