Wang Shuhui is a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China's top political advisory body, and general manager of Xi'an Ancient Capital Trusted Breakfast Engineering Co., Ltd., in northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
When interviewed during this year's two sessions, Wang said food is the primary necessity of people, and ensuring the elderly eat well is crucial. As a result, meal-assistance services for the elderly have emerged. The services not only enhance the happiness of the elderly, but also help promote the development of the "silver economy," and create more job opportunities.
Wang has conducted in-depth research into meal-assistance services for the elderly over the past three years. Significant progress has been made in the development and implementation of meal-assistance services for the elderly across China in recent years, but bottlenecks remain, especially in terms of policies, service models and enterprise operations, Wang says.
Therefore, during this year's two sessions, Wang suggested a sound policy system of meal-assistance for the elderly should be established, and a long-term development plan should be formulated. Moreover, a government-guided, enterprise-sponsored and market-oriented model of meal-assistance services for the elderly should be explored. She also proposed the establishment of a reasonable-pricing system for meal-assistance services for the elderly, to ensure the enterprises engaged in the field achieve sustainable development.
Wang also called for strengthening the publicity of meal-assistance services for the elderly. She said she hoped the media will report on stories focusing on scientific-dietary information, in an easy-to-understand manner, and help the elderly focus on nutrition and food quality.
Wang has closely monitored the "homeboundness" phenomenon, especially as it pertains to children. "Homeboundness" refers to the trend in society of people increasingly making their home the center of their lives, including relying on the Internet to complete their daily activities. While she noted the Internet is changing the lifestyles and values of children, Wang suggested improving the school-family-society-cooperation mechanism, guiding children to value labor and love their families, helping enhance children's sense of responsibility to families and society, and promoting fine traditional Chinese virtues.
"To help the elderly enjoy their later years, children grow up healthily, and families relieve their burdens is not only about family happiness, but also a matter of national concern," Wang says.
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(Source: Women of China)
Editor: Lei Yang
