beijing, jan. 9 (xinhua) -- vice premier sun chunlan on thursday called for greater efforts to put in place an elderly care * to * senior citizens live a happy life.
sun gave the instructions in a research tour to beijing's changping district. while commending measures taken by beijing municipal authorities in this regard, sun said a com*nation of elderly care *s that are based on families, supported by community-l*l institutions and supplemented by other elderly care centers is in line with the conditions and people's ha*ts in china.
sun noted that china is a country with * than 166 million elderly people aged above 65.
she underscored efforts to streamline policies to facilitate the entry of various forces of society into the elderly care areas and the integration of spanerse elderly cares *s available at communities and elderly care institutions.
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