What measures has the country taken to address the "digital divide" problem among my country's elderly?

During this period, many elderly people were refused boarding because they could not show their health codes; a 94-year-old man was carried into the bank because he wanted facial recognition; an elderly man paid for medical insurance in cash. And being rejected? From these incidents, we can see that the elderly are abandoned by high technology. These things have to attract our attention.

The number of elderly people in our country is increasing, and the “digital divide” problem faced by the elderly is becoming more and more serious. Most elderly people do not know how to access the Internet or use smartphones. encountered a lot of inconveniences in scenarios such as , consumption and so on. This may seem like a trivial matter in daily life, but in fact, it is related to the vital interests of hundreds of millions of elderly people in China.

In order to solve the difficulties encountered by the elderly in using smart technology and solve the inconveniences encountered by the elderly in daily travel, medical treatment, consumption and other occasions, the General Office of the State Council issued the "On Effective Solutions for the Elderly" "Implementation Plan for Difficulties in Applying Intelligent Technology" proposes that our country will help the elderly cross the "digital divide", so that the majority of elderly people can successfully ride on the express train of intelligent technology and fully enjoy the fruits of informatization development. The "Implementation Plan" puts forward four basic principles: adhere to the combination of traditional services and intelligent innovation, adhere to the combination of universal application and classification promotion, adhere to the combination of online services and offline channels, adhere to the combination of solving outstanding problems and forming a long-term mechanism . ?

The "Implementation Plan" will do all the work to serve the elderly, seek benefits for all the elderly, and allow the elderly to have a greater sense of gain, happiness, and security in the development of information technology. .

The "Implementation Plan" also proposes to increase efforts to ensure that all traditional services are ensured and in place, and introduce and implement a number of measures to solve the problems of the elderly using intelligent technology to fully meet the basic living needs of the elderly. It solves the service scenarios for the elderly’s travel, medical treatment, consumption, entertainment, errands, etc., so that the elderly can better enjoy intelligent services more conveniently, and the traditional service methods are more complete. Comprehensively solve the "digital divide" problem faced by the elderly.

According to statistical data, at the end of 2019, the number of elderly people aged 60 and above in China reached 254 million, accounting for 18.1% of the total population, and the elderly population aged 65 and above reached 176 million, accounting for 1.26% of the total population. From these data, our country is aging more and more.

In our country, we can see that digitalization, informatization, and intelligence are developing faster and faster. The elderly do need attention and care, and we need to help the elderly cross the "digital divide". ?Solving this problem is actually not difficult. It requires us to combine traditional service methods with intelligent applications, so that we can move forward steadily and go far.

For this situation, the "Implementation Plan" includes retained traditional services and important scenarios, which mainly include many matters involved in the daily life of the elderly, such as epidemic prevention and control, transportation, and medical treatment. , consumer payment, amusement park fitness, service certification, etc.

In order to allow the elderly to better integrate into the smart society, in order to allow the elderly to live with peace of mind, comfort and convenience, and enjoy a happy old age. Let us work together.