Chinese IT giant Tencent announced on August 25 fifteen practice projects under the '2025 Silver Technology Partner Program'. This program was jointly announced by the Shanghai Science and Technology Commission, Civil Affairs Bureau, Minhang District Government, and Tencent Shanghai at the opening ceremony of the Shanghai Elderly Technology Industry Park in June 2025. It focuses on four core needs: elderly safety, health management, home care, and emotional support, and sought innovative and practical technology solutions from across the nation. The selected fifteen practice projects include products such as care robots that can also be used as electric wheelchairs and lighting fixtures equipped with millimeter-wave radar that detect abnormal behaviors like falls by elderly people living alone and issue alerts. Wang Nan, the program's manager at Tencent, announced that Tencent will invest 100 million yuan (approximately 2.1 billion yen, 1 yuan ≈ 21 yen) over the next three years to support the 'Silver Technology Partner Program' competition in Shanghai. The focus will be on seven areas including smart monitoring, early prediction of abnormalities, and AI emotional support to promote innovative product development. Matching events between companies and elderly care facilities will also be held, introducing more than 10 care facilities to each project to encourage practical demonstration experiments. According to China's National Bureau of Statistics, as of the end of 2024, China's population aged 60 and above exceeded 310 million, accounting for 22% of the total population, while the population aged 65 and above exceeded 220 million, accounting for 15.6% of the total population. Shanghai released the 'Shanghai Elderly Care Technology Innovation and Development Promotion Action Plan (2024-2027)' in July 2024, aiming to build an 'anywhere elderly care service system' by 2027.
China's Tencent Announces '2025 Silver Technology Partner Program' Practice Projects, Investing 100 Million Yuan to Promote Shanghai's Elderly Care Industry
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