This afternoon, the Information Office of the State Council held a special press conference of the Ministry of Civil Affairs on the theme of “Getting Started with the 15th Five-Year Plan” series. The reporter learned that the “Outline” of the “15th Five-Year Plan” makes important arrangements for implementing the national strategy to respond positively to population aging, improving the social assistance system, strengthening the care and protection of children in distress, strengthening the cultivation and management of social organizations, and promoting and standardizing the development of charitable causes. It includes 109 major projects to improve the quality and efficiency of pension institutions, enhance the service functions of child welfare institutions, and public welfare funeral services, and place higher demands on the development of civil affairs during the “15th Five-Year Plan” period. Minister of Civil Affairs Li Changguan said that it will continue to strengthen inclusive, basic, and underpinned livelihood construction based on comprehensive and deepening reforms, and focus on four areas of work. The first is to focus on improving the welfare of the elderly. Deeply implement the national strategy to respond positively to population aging, improve the three-level old-age service network in urban and rural areas, increase the construction of nursing beds in pension institutions to reach 73%, strengthen care services for the disabled and mentally disabled elderly, develop rural old-age services according to local conditions, and at the same time vigorously develop the Yinfa economy and build an age-friendly society. The second is to raise the level of social assistance and social welfare. Improve the institutional mechanism for scientifically and accurately identifying social assistance recipients, and strengthen dynamic monitoring and hierarchical classification of aid assistance. Improve the welfare guarantee system for children in distress, strengthen the care and protection of migrant and left-behind children, promote the “opening of hospitals” for child welfare institutions, improve the social security system and care service system for the disabled, strengthen nursing and care services for the severely disabled, and accelerate the development of the rehabilitation aid industry. The third is to optimize social affairs management services. Consolidate and optimize “nationwide” marriage registration, deepen the reform of marriage customs, and promote civilized and healthy marriage customs and etiquette. Strengthen the public welfare attributes of the funeral industry, establish and improve a basic funeral service system, establish a comprehensive cross-departmental supervision mechanism for the funeral industry, continue to promote the construction of public welfare funeral facilities, and deepen funeral customs. Fourth, strengthen and innovate social governance. Raise the level of legalization and standardization of geographical names management services, and promote the historical and cultural heritage and protection of geographical names in zoning. Optimize the structural layout of social organizations, improve supervision mechanisms, promote and standardize the development of philanthropy, continue to implement the “Sunshine Charity” project, expand the scale of charity, and enhance the credibility of charitable organizations.

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