Shaanxi launches the Golden Autumn and Silver Age · Enjoy consumption subsidies for elderly care residents living in Sanqin. Elderly people traveling across counties can receive a subsidy of up to 500 yuan.

China News Service, Xi'an, October 4 (Reporter Alina) Shaanxi Province launched the "Golden Autumn and Silver Age·Enjoy the Three Qins" consumption subsidy activity for residential care. From October 1st to December 31st, senior citizens aged 60 and above living in cross-county areas of Shaanxi can enjoy special consumption subsidies of 30 yuan to 50 yuan per person per day, and the maximum subsidy for a single person shall not exceed 500 yuan.

It is understood that this subsidy is not limited to household registration, and can be enjoyed by seniors aged 60 and above who live in Shaanxi from home and abroad, as well as those who live across counties in Shaanxi Province. The subsidy is divided according to the length of stay and location: short-term stay subsidy of 3 days to 7 days (excluding 7 days) is 30 yuan/person/day; long-term stay subsidy of 7 days and above is 40 yuan/person/day; those who stay in the 30 sojourn pilot counties (districts) residence institutions, the subsidy is 50 yuan/person/day.

The subsidy funds adopt the method of "immediate consumption and immediate replenishment, first consumption and first replenishment". After the travel itinerary, the travel agency submits valid vouchers and the subsidy funds will be cashed to the supplier from a dedicated account. There is no need for the elderly to apply for it themselves.

The activities are required to be organized and implemented by travel agencies with tourism business qualifications in Shaanxi Province and other market entities that meet the regulations. Travel agencies from other provinces are not supported for the time being, and individual self-driving tours cannot be applied for.

It is understood that in September this year, the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Civil Affairs, the Provincial Department of Finance, the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, and the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism jointly issued the "Ten Measures to Promote the Development of Residential Care in Shaanxi Province", relying on the history and humanity of Guanzhong, ecological health care in southern Shaanxi, and red cultural resources in northern Shaanxi to create a "one county, one characteristic, one region, one brand" residential care pattern. This consumption subsidy, combined with aging-friendly transformation, standardized construction, and group services, aims to make the elderly not only "affordable to live in" but also able to "live well", further stimulate the vitality of the silver economy, and enhance the happiness and sense of gain of the elderly group. (over)