4. What are the policy designs in the “Guiding Opinions” to promote the quality and expansion of inclusive old-age services? A: Affordable, quality assurance, and sustainable operation of inclusive pension services are the core concerns of the general public, and they are also the policy focus of this “Guiding Opinions”. The overall consideration is to guide the increase in the supply of inclusive pension services and reduce the payment burden for the elderly through “scope+preferential support+price guidance”. Specifically, there are four aspects of design. First, for the first time, the specific scope of inclusive support pension institutions has been clarified at the national level. Eligible public construction, public construction and private pension institutions, and pension institutions organized by public medical and health institutions are all clearly defined as inclusive support institutions, and provincial civil affairs departments are required to work with relevant departments to formulate specific certification measures. Civil affairs departments at prefectural level and above, together with relevant departments, are responsible for certifying specific tasks, publishing the list of institutions, and updating them regularly. The second is to encourage all types of pension institutions to provide inclusive old-age services. Guide undercover pension institutions to actively open up vacant beds to the community and provide inclusive services; encourage fully market-based pension institutions to provide inclusive services and provide corresponding policy support in line with local realities; and encourage central enterprises and local state-owned enterprises to establish and organize new pension institutions to expand inclusive services. The third is to guide all types of support policies to focus on inclusive support institutions. Strengthen support for the construction of inclusive old-age service facilities and site supply, promote the transformation of idle public service facilities into old-age service facilities to provide inclusive pension services; give full play to the driving role of central budget investment, ultra-long-term special treasury bonds, and local government special bonds, and focus on supporting the facility renovation and equipment renewal of inclusive support institutions; make good use of locally reserved lottery community funds according to regulations to support the improvement of the service capacity of inclusive support pension institutions. Fourth, strengthen price guidance for inclusive services. For inclusive pension services provided by underwriting institutions and inclusive support institutions, government guidance prices or fee standard reference ranges are formulated in accordance with the principle of “cost compensation and reasonable profit”. In the pricing process, on the one hand, government subsidies, free social donations, etc. reduce pricing costs as required, reduce service prices, and truly spread policy dividends to the public; on the other hand, considering reasonable profit levels, sending clear signals to guide all parties to increase investment and stabilize operating expectations, thus achieving the dual goals of institutional sustainability and affordability for the elderly.

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