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Measures on Cultivating Diverse Scenarios to Promote Consumption of Age-Friendly Products

关于培育多元场景促进适老用品产品消费的若干措施

国家发展改革委·Published 2026-11-10·Checked by 管理员 on 2026-11-10

Six Chinese agencies including the Ministry of Civil Affairs and NDRC jointly issued measures to promote consumption of age-friendly products, using major national S&T projects to drive the application of embodied AI, large language models, brain-computer interfaces and exoskeletons in elderly care. At a Nov 10 press conference, NDRC outlined expanding age-friendly consumption scenarios, silver-economy services, and age-friendly technology R&D.

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What it means for you

Elderly care becomes a key landing market for embodied AI and LLMs, with national S&T projects as a channel for policy resources and promotion

Smart care devices (disability care, rehabilitation, companionship, toileting-care robots) are named for accelerated rollout, creating procurement and scenario-matching opportunities for vendors

E-commerce platforms must add silver-economy sections and stores must set up age-friendly product zones, lowering channel entry barriers for age-friendly products

What to do

ProductMap your AI products to elderly-care scenarios (care, rehab, monitoring) and prepare for national S&T project applications

ComplianceTrack local implementation rules and procurement catalogs under the six-agency measures and assess age-friendly device certification requirements

EngineeringAssess age-friendly adaptation needs for LLM products (simplified interaction, accessibility, safety)