"Xingfuli" Elderly Helping Restaurant in Jixian County, Shuangyashan, Heilongjiang warmly serves the elderly

China News Service, Shuangyashan, October 5th (Yang Xinyu) During the National Day Golden Week, the "Xingfuli" elderly care restaurant in Kangle Community, Jixian County was filled with warmth and the food was fragrant. At noon, community workers, volunteers and residents gathered around the dining table. A hot meal brought the neighborhood closer and brought the warmth of grassroots governance to the hearts of the people.

73-year-old Aunt Sun Shuzhen chooses her meals among the steaming dishes, including braised pork, mosu pork, ground three delicacies, and spicy tofu. Aunt Sun Shuzhen said: "Today's order of two meat and vegetables and a bowl of rice only costs 8 yuan." Jixian County focuses on the needs of special groups and continues to upgrade its measures to help the elderly and benefit the people. Elderly people over 60 years old are 8 yuan per person, lunch and dinner for special support groups are only 7 yuan, and lunch and dinner for low-income groups are 7.5 yuan. Affordable and delicious meals reduce the dining burden of people in need. The dishes take into account both nutrition and taste, and are light and palatable to suit the eating habits of the elderly. During the festival, the restaurant also specializes in festive meals. Many elderly people and people in need come to dine and feel the strong festive atmosphere amid the fireworks.

Yang Bo, director of the Jixian County Community Guidance Center, introduced that the "Xingfuli" elderly-helping restaurant adopts government guidance, social participation, and a market-oriented operation model, focusing on solving the problems of difficulty in cooking and worry about eating for the elderly, living alone, and disabled elderly. During the trial opening period, ordinary residents dine for 10 yuan per person. After the official opening, they can apply for a dining stored-value card and enjoy more discounts.

At the dining site, volunteers guided and helped prepare meals in an orderly manner. Community staff and residents chatted about daily life and listened to everyone's opinions and suggestions on meal assistance services. There are no strangers, only warm greetings from neighbors, and the harmonious atmosphere of the community is everywhere. Some elderly people dining at the restaurant lamented that it was inconvenient to cook as they got older, but now in "Happiness" they can eat hot meals at a low cost, and there are also festive meals during the holidays. The community really thinks about the elderly.

Small dining tables are closely related to people's livelihood issues, and meal assistance services for the elderly are a vivid practice of refined grassroots governance. The "Xingfuli" elderly-helping restaurant is one of Jixian County's key livelihood projects in 2026. At present, the local government has successively promoted and constructed a number of similar meal stations in qualified communities throughout the county, continuously improving the level of community elderly care services and effectively enhancing the sense of gain, happiness, and security of the elderly group. (over)