An elderly woman has her hair trimmed at one of the new aged care centres in Beijing on Dec 1, 2016. [Photo/VCG] Home-based aged care facilities and services are being promoted in Beijing, with a range of care options available in residential communities. According to a plan published by the Beijing Bureau of Civil Affairs on on Tuesday, 1,000 aged care centers will be developed in Beijing by 2020. Daycare as well as food, health and psychological consultation will be provided to elderly residents living within the radius of a kilometer from each center. Each facility will be expected to cover a population of up to 10,000 people, and, as stated in the plan, the facilities will also be built in the countryside. The Beijing government committed to provide the premises to operators free of charge, along with financial support. In last year, 150 such facilities have been developed. The plan said that the amount of elderly people living alone, or suffering with disabilities or dementia, in Beijing is on the rise. As a result, the demand for home-based age care services is growing. By the end of 2015, more than 2 million residents, or 10 percent of the total population in Beijing, were aged 65 and above. According to a 2015 report on the senior support industry in Beijing, residents only had access to more than 400 nursing homes across the city, with about 80 percent of the facilities far away from central areas. personalised silicone wristbandspac wristbandspersonalized wristbandscheap rubber wristbandsuv bracelet
SHENZHEN -- The South China city of Shenzhen, known for its high concentration of hi-tech companies, plans to open two self-driving bus routes by the end of 2017, Shenzhen Bus Group announced earlier this week. Four smart buses will be put into operation on the routes. The first route, with ten stops stretching about three kilometers, will pass the campus of the Southern University of Science and Technology. The second route is yet to be confirmed. Yu Gang, chairman of the group, said technicians are becoming familiar with the navigation and safety control system, and there will still be drivers on the buses to monitor operation during the early stages. The smart self-driving technology was jointly developed by Shenzhen Bus Group, National Intelligent Transport Systems Center of Engineering and Technology, and Huawei as a test for future smart transportation systems. The electric buses are expected to significantly lower emissions and alleviate traffic jams.
