On April 6th, the Shanghai Municipal Government held a press conference to make it clear that the regulations on the protection of the rights and interests of the elderly in Shanghai will be officially implemented on May 1st. For this reason, many people have questions about how to receive subsidies.

The regulations implement the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly, and comprehensively revise the Shanghai Regulations on the Protection of the Elderly promulgated in 1998, which covers all aspects of the rights and interests of the elderly. The regulations provide institutional arrangements for implementing the strategic deployment of the CPC Central Committee in the State Council to actively respond to the aging population. It provides legal protection for the realization of the five old people's sense of security, namely, a sense of security, a sense of worthiness, a sense of learning and a sense of happiness. In order to promote the sustained and healthy development of the cause of aging in this city, the legal basis has been clarified.

generally speaking, the regulations are based on the reality of Shanghai's aging development, focusing on social security, social services, social preferential treatment, family support and other contents, and embody institutional innovation in many aspects.

focus on the social security system and enhance the economic security ability of the elderly.

after years of efforts, the city has built a basic old-age insurance system with the basic old-age insurance for employees and the basic old-age insurance for urban and rural residents as the core.

the urban and rural endowment insurance system has basically achieved full coverage. A normal pension adjustment mechanism has been established, and the basic pension level of retirees has been improved year by year.

The basic pension standard in urban and rural areas reaches 66 yuan every month, ranking first in the country. At the same time, the level of medical security for urban and rural residents has been gradually improved. From now on, the basic medical insurance for urban and rural residents has been merged. Among them, 8% of rural residents are directly reimbursed for medical treatment in village health clinics, and 2% of elderly people over 6 are reimbursed for hospitalization.

in terms of housing security, elderly families without children in this city can give priority to renting low-rent housing if they meet the application conditions of low-rent housing in this city and submit an application.

many provisions in the regulations on guaranteeing the basic living and basic medical needs of the elderly according to law will surely promote the improvement of Shanghai's security.

In view of the current situation that the elderly have insufficient ability to pay and the financing level of old-age services is low, the regulations propose to explore the establishment of an old-age insurance system, which will be a major innovation in social security in this city.

Since July 1, 213, the Municipal People's Insurance Bureau has launched a pilot program for the protection of the elderly, which has been gradually pushed forward. On this basis, the city is studying the establishment of a long-term care insurance system linked with the basic medical insurance system, the old-age service subsidy system and the commercial insurance system.

to formulate systematic schemes such as fund-raising, evaluation, payment and service supervision. Ensure the long-term care needs of the elderly. In accordance with the requirements of the state on the pilot of the long-term insurance system, the city actively does the relevant pilot work.

Build a comprehensive social pension service system to meet the multi-level and diversified needs of the elderly. Social service is an important part of the regulations, with a heavy weight and a high degree of social concern.

according to some opinions issued by the general office of the municipal government at the end of last year on encouraging social forces to participate in the construction of the old-age service system in this city, the Civil Affairs Bureau and the Municipal Administration for Industry and Commerce will jointly issue the measures for the registration and management of enterprises in the old-age service industry in the near future, so as to promote the classified registration of enterprises in the old-age service industry, lower the registration threshold, facilitate the registration and promote the full liberalization of the old-age service. The Municipal Health and Family Planning Commission will also comprehensively issue policies to support social forces to participate in the service.

Effectively implement social preferential treatment measures, create a social atmosphere of respecting and respecting the elderly, add a chapter on social preferential treatment to the regulations, and make detailed provisions on preferential treatment for the elderly.

The relevant departments of this Municipality are actively implementing various preferential measures such as health care, transportation, cultural leisure, business services and rights protection services. For example, in health care, medical institutions provide the elderly with the convenience of giving priority to medical treatment and hospitalization, as well as convenient measures such as medical treatment, laboratory tests, examination and taking medicine. In terms of rights protection services, eligible elderly people over the age of 8 can come to their homes to provide legal advice and accept materials, and can provide free probate notarization services.

In terms of transportation, the first batch of 5 barrier-free taxis were put into use to serve special groups such as the disabled and the elderly. 146 urban parks have been opened free of charge, and 19 of them offer different price concessions to people over 6, except for those over 7.

Recently, the Municipal Bureau of Greening is stepping up preferential measures, and it is planned that from May 1st, the elderly over 65 will be admitted to six parks free of charge. We believe that with the promotion of the regulations, there will be more social resources to provide more preferential services to the elderly.

supervise the implementation of family support obligations and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the elderly. In terms of spiritual support, we reiterate the rule that family members often go home to visit, and further clarify that elderly family members who live in old-age care institutions should often visit. In real life, children in tort cases often fail to fulfill their maintenance responsibilities, and the law needs to be further refined.

Recently, the subject of public bidding has been launched to the society, and relevant departments are conducting special investigations to improve the elderly rights protection network and improve the efficiency of handling cases involving the elderly. The above are the main contents and highlights of the regulations.

At the beginning of December last year, on the basis of previous repeated research, the preliminary plan of the comprehensive allowance system for the elderly was publicly solicited for opinions. We listened to the opinions of the society extensively through the media, the Internet, hotlines, symposiums and questionnaires.

on this basis, we have improved the original system plan, which has been reviewed and approved by relevant meetings and will be implemented simultaneously from the date of the official implementation of the regulations on May 1.

The scheme of the comprehensive old-age allowance system to be launched soon is clear: the comprehensive old-age allowance will be paid to the elderly who have registered in this city and are over 65 years old, and will be paid through the Shanghai Respect for the Elderly Card. The standards are divided into five grades according to age groups: 75 yuan per person aged 65-69, 15 yuan per person aged 7-79, 18 yuan per person aged 8-89, 35 yuan per person aged 9-99 and 6 yuan per person aged over 1. It is estimated that the annual financial investment will exceed 4.5 billion yuan.

in order to do a good job in organizing and implementing the comprehensive allowance system for the elderly, in the previous stage, we carefully designed the operation plan according to the requirements of the municipal party Committee and municipal government. Considering that this system involves more than 2.8 million elderly people, the number is huge and the social concern is high, we specially arranged the stage of centralized handling. Eligible elderly people can go to the neighborhood Committee for handling. From April 11 to May 31, all neighborhood committees accepted the consultation, application, processing and obtaining the Shanghai Senior Citizen Card.

at the end of June, the first allowance will be paid into the card at the same time. In the future, eligible elderly people can go to the nearest community affairs acceptance center to handle it. I would like to remind the elderly friends that the centralized acceptance will last from April 11 to the end of May. Please apply in an orderly manner and handle it at the wrong peak.

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This morning, the Information Office of the Municipal Government held a press conference, inviting relevant officials from the Civil Affairs Bureau, the Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, the Municipal Finance Bureau, the Municipal Justice Bureau and the Legislative Affairs Office of the Municipal Government to attend, introducing the upcoming Regulations on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly in Shanghai, as well as the policy points of the comprehensive allowance system for the elderly, and answering questions from reporters.

Shanghai TV reporter: I have two questions. The first is that the comprehensive old-age allowance put forward a preliminary plan last year. What is the biggest change between the final plan and the preliminary plan now? Why is there such a change? In listening to public opinions extensively, which opinions of the public have been absorbed? The second question is how to apply for the new version of the old-age card now, and when it can be applied. Besides the function of bank debit card, what additional functions are there?

Civil Affairs Bureau:

The comprehensive allowance for the elderly is an important measure to implement the regulations on the protection of the rights and interests of the elderly in this city, and it is also a major livelihood policy related to the vital interests of the elderly. This system has increased the welfare of the elderly and allowed them to enjoy the fruits of economic and social development. The second is to realize the equalization of welfare, and the standard is unified throughout the city. The third is cash payment, which is dominated by the elderly, reflecting the greatest respect for the rights and interests of the elderly.

in the process of studying and formulating the comprehensive old-age allowance system, the municipal party Committee and municipal government repeatedly studied and made careful decisions, and solicited opinions from the CPPCC National Committee and other relevant parties for many times.

In December last year, after the media reported the preliminary plan to the society, districts, counties and towns organized 635 grass-roots symposiums in a month, with 12,328 elderly people, grassroots cadres living in villages, deputies to district and county people's congresses and CPPCC members attending.

A questionnaire survey was conducted among 15,114 elderly people through the neighborhood committee, and it was summarized in time. Analyze the opinions and suggestions of all sectors of society.

At present, we are following the principle of adopting the reasonable opinions of the majority as much as possible. We mainly proceed from two aspects: improving the gradient of policies and raising standards to further optimize this plan, and announce it to the society after legal procedures. Compared with the preliminary plan, there are three major changes. First, the division of age groups is adjusted from four grades to five grades.

7 to 79 years old and 8 to 89 years old have been increased from 7 to 89 years old, which makes this gradient more reasonable. Second, the minimum age limit has been raised from 5 yuan to 75 yuan. Third, the standard of each file has been improved. By the end of the year, there are 2.83 million elderly people with household registration over 65 years old in this city. According to preliminary calculations, the required financial funds are probably close to 4.5 billion yuan. This is the first question. The second issue is the release of the first batch of old-age cards, because it involves more than 2.8 million old people and covers a large area. In order to organize the application work smoothly and orderly, we will apply in two stages.

the first period is from April 11th to May 31st, which is the stage of centralized processing. It mainly accepts the situation of a large number of elderly people. Before June 31st, the application of elderly people who have reached the age of 65 with household registration, eligible elderly people can apply to the neighborhood committee nearby, which is a stage.

after June 1st, our work has entered the routine processing stage. Eligible elderly people can apply to the community affairs acceptance center in the neighborhood one month before their age.

At the same time, in the centralized processing stage, elderly people who have not applied for various reasons can also apply in the regular processing stage. Since the implementation of the system, the comprehensive old-age allowance is paid monthly and quarterly according to the applicable standards from the month when the elderly meet the requirements. It is paid in January, April, July and October every year. This work covers a wide range and involves many elderly people. So starting from this afternoon, we will hold deployment meetings and training meetings in districts, counties and towns.

every street and town will ensure that the mobilization deployment and training meeting of neighborhood committees will be completed before April 1th. In the centralized acceptance stage, please apply in batches from April 11 according to the deployment arrangements of each neighborhood Committee.

At the beginning of May, all the neighborhood committees successively issued cards for respecting the elderly. Due to the production of the card for the elderly and the development and construction of the payment system of bank funds, it will take some time. The first batch of allowances will be unified into the card for the elderly in late June. After entering the conventional processing stage, it will take about 2 working days from the application for the card to the payment of allowances.

Jiefang Daily: Are there any specific statistics on the situation of the elderly getting legal aid? With the promulgation of the new regulations, will the judicial administrative department take new measures to further simplify the procedures and provide convenience? Some elderly people need other legal services, such as notarization and keeping of wills. Are there any other measures?

Judicial Bureau:

It is the responsibility of the government to provide free legal services and assistance to the public, especially the eligible social vulnerable groups, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the the State Council Legal Aid Regulations and the provisions of the Ministry of Justice. Therefore, Shanghai's judicial administrative system has special statistical standards and work requirements for legal aid for the elderly.

For example, by the end of March this year, the city's legal aid agency * * * had received 17,896 legal aid consultations for the elderly, which refers to the consultation at the city's legal aid center site.

In addition, you can call the telephone hotline 12348, and we have a special lawyer to answer the call 24 hours a day.

By the end of March, 216, we counted 4,57 people calling for advice. During this period, we provided 867 cases of various legal aid to the elderly in the city.

after the implementation of the regulations on the protection of the rights and interests of the elderly in Shanghai, as the judicial administrative system in Shanghai, we will take further practical measures to fully safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the elderly, mainly in the following aspects.

the first is to further improve the legal network covering the whole city to facilitate the elderly to obtain legal aid.

The second is to continuously expand the coverage of service assistance for the elderly, lower the threshold for identifying financial difficulties in legal aid and adjust the low-income line every year. According to the State Council's legal aid regulations, the standard of meeting financial difficulties refers to 1.5 times of the minimum living standard, and Shanghai has made local adjustments on this basis.

We have adjusted the minimum living allowance line to the low income line. That is to say, for example, this year's standard is 226 yuan. If this income is lower than this figure, it is regarded as meeting the standard of economic difficulties, and such elderly people can be included in the orientation of legal aid. To ensure that eligible elderly people can be included in time, and then provide them with relevant legal help.

the second is to strengthen the standards and procedures for the scope of legal aid, so that more elderly friends can get such help, so as to help them as much as possible. Just now, our reporter friend also asked a question, besides legal aid, what other conveniences can Shanghai judicial administrative system provide for legal services for the elderly?

In fact, in recent years, the old people's applications for notarization and keeping of wills are increasing year by year. Therefore, from October 213 to October 213, we used these two years to try to carry out the two-free service in the city. That is to say, for eligible elderly people who apply for notarization of wills or for keeping wills, we will be free of service charges during these two months. After this initiative was launched, it was welcomed by the elderly friends in the city. So since October, we have carried out this exploratory work in a normal way. That is to say, from now on, as long as qualified elderly friends apply for the two-free service, we can provide help in this regard.

In addition, for the elderly who meet the conditions of legal aid in this city and are over 6 years old, if they apply for notarization matters such as maintenance agreement, support agreement and property division agreement, the notarization industry in this city is now free of service fees. We mainly take the above measures for the better implementation of this regulation in the city.

Xinmin Evening News: According to the latest published data, there are more than 2.83 million registered elderly people over 65 years old in Shanghai, and these elderly people can apply for comprehensive old-age allowance. I would like to ask about the application work of such a large group of people.