Yingshan, Sichuan: Bringing Key Livelihood Matters to the Hearts of the People

On May 19th, the author visited the Yingshan County Elderly Care Service Center located on the southeast side of Sui'an Avenue in Yingshan County, Nanchong City, Sichuan Province. The workers were busy renovating the park's greenery. Entering a standardized elderly care room, facilities such as anti slip flooring, aging friendly handrails, emergency call bells, and air conditioning are readily available.

Yingshan County has always adhered to the original intention of "civil affairs for the people, civil affairs for the people", solved problems through reform, warmed the hearts of the people through service, and continued to make efforts in areas such as elderly care security, social assistance, and promoting new trends. We have achieved practical goals for people's livelihoods and deepened the foundation of happiness.

From "retirement" to "enjoying old age", life in old age is full of flavor

We are intensifying various finishing projects and expect to officially operate in June, "said Zou Gang, director of Yingshan County Elderly Care Service Center. As the first public and state-owned specialized elderly care service unit in the county, the center has four independent main buildings with a total construction area of 12000 square meters, supporting the creation of an 8000 square meter ecological garden, more than 3000 square meters of fruit and vegetable planting area, and plans to have 300 elderly care beds. The center also has a deep cooperation with Yingshan County Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, a national tertiary Grade A traditional Chinese medicine hospital, to strengthen the health defense line and simultaneously establish a senior university, fully covering various needs of the elderly such as daily life, health care, spiritual comfort, cultural entertainment, etc.

The upcoming county elderly care service center is a landmark achievement of deepening the reform of public elderly care institutions in Yingshan County. In response to the pain points of scattered management, inefficient resources, and uneven services in rural elderly care institutions in the past, Yingshan County has reshaped a new pattern of elderly care in the county with a "one game" thinking. In accordance with the principle of "retaining the backbone, merging the weak and optimizing the layout", the original 18 township nursing homes were integrated into 12 regional elderly care service centers, which were handed over to the county elderly care service center for direct management at the county level, and the "six unifications" model of unified rules and regulations, unified meal standards, unified personnel management, unified institution construction, unified financial management, and unified safety inspection was implemented.

After the reform, we invested nearly 12 million yuan to carry out fire and aging friendly renovations of regional elderly care service centers, "Zou Gang introduced. Nowadays, the occupancy rate of public elderly care institutions in the county has jumped from less than 40% to 67%, and the quality of life of extremely poor dependents has greatly improved.

Recently, I saw at the regional elderly care service center in Xindian that doctors from the township health center were measuring the blood pressure of the elderly. We work closely with township health centers, conduct regular visits, and establish health records for the elderly, achieving 'not leaving the hospital for minor illnesses and quick referral for major illnesses', "said Zhou Chenghui, Executive Vice President of the center.

Not only that, some elderly care service centers also utilize idle land in the surrounding area to develop agriculture and animal husbandry. Healthy elderly people voluntarily participate in low paying labor, which not only ensures self-sufficiency but also generates income to improve their lives. "Here, people are responsible for eating and watching when they are sick. They can also grow vegetables and raise fish, making life rich and fulfilling." Long Yunzhi, an elderly resident of Xindian Regional Elderly Care Service Center, said with a smile.

In 2025, some elderly care institutions in Yingshan County will also establish 12 interest groups, including choir and dance teams. Combining traditional festivals such as Double Ninth Festival and Spring Festival, we have carefully organized more than 50 cultural performances and fun sports events, greatly enriching the spiritual and cultural life of the elderly and transforming them from "elderly care" to "enjoying old age".

From 'people looking for policies' to' policies looking for people 'to ensure that no one is left behind

Thanks to the timely assistance from the civil affairs department, our family really didn't know what to do, "said Ms. Wang, who was struggling due to her husband's serious illness

In 2025, the Civil Affairs Bureau of Yingshan County will vigorously promote the expansion and efficiency improvement of social assistance, shifting from "people seeking policies" to "policies seeking people". By actively seeking and cross referencing, a total of over 142000 people were monitored throughout the year, ensuring early detection, intervention, and assistance for disadvantaged groups. At the same time, we will further improve the data sharing mechanism with departments such as social security, health, and the Disabled Persons' Federation, strengthen the comparison of information on the number of deaths, promptly clear out unqualified objects, recover illegal funds, and ensure accurate and fair assistance.

We have cancelled the village level signature and seal process for assistance applications and implemented a "dual commitment" mechanism for townships. We have also conducted special training on social assistance in townships to help grassroots cadres understand policies and operate effectively, "said Li Jialin, head of the Assistance Unit at the County Civil Affairs Bureau. By 2025, a total of 260 million yuan in various types of relief funds will be distributed throughout the county, ensuring the safety of over 150000 people in need and truly achieving the goal of "providing all necessary protection and rescue".

In order to strengthen the welfare protection of disabled persons, by 2025, the county will provide more than 35 million yuan in "two subsidies" for disabled persons, and cooperate with Chengdu's professional medical team to adapt hearing aids, prosthetics and other assistive devices for 127 disabled persons. We have built community rehabilitation stations for mental disorders in Xindian Town, Dongsheng Town, and Huayuqiao Community in Sui'an Street, completing 1163 rehabilitation training sessions and achieving a standardized service rate of 100%.

The protection of minors is also being promoted simultaneously. By 2025, Yingshan will implement the "Come for You" assistance project for disadvantaged children, visiting more than 200 disadvantaged children and providing various services such as psychological counseling and academic counseling more than 500 times. At the same time, the construction of county-level comprehensive service centers for the protection of minors has filled the gap of disadvantaged minors without comprehensive service positions. We have joined forces with public security, education and other departments to conduct law enforcement inspections and provide timely assistance to minors who have been violated, "said the person in charge of the county's juvenile protection center. A comprehensive and efficient social assistance network that covers urban and rural areas is becoming increasingly dense.

From 'Big Exercise and Big Office' to 'Simple Civilization', a new trend is blowing on the land of Suishan

On the morning of May 20th, the Civil Affairs Bureau of Yingshan County held an outdoor collective certification event titled "520: True Love for a Lifetime" at the Wuhu Mountain Villa Marriage Registration Outdoor Certification Base in Yudi Village, Dongsheng Town. Twelve couples, witnessed by their relatives, friends, and guests, walked hand in hand into the marriage hall, made a lifelong vow to be together, and opened a new chapter in their lives.

There were no expensive dowries, no luxury car fleets, this wedding was simple yet meaningful, and we will remember it for a lifetime, "said Ms. Tang, the bride who participated in the event with a happy face." We plan to travel with the saved money, which is more meaningful

In recent years, we have taken the reform of marriage customs as a starting point, vigorously promoted the change of customs and traditions, and brought the new civilization to thousands of households, "said Wang Yujia, director of the Yingshan County Marriage Registration Center. The center also has a marriage and family counseling room, equipped with professional psychological counselors. By 2025, more than 200 counseling services will be provided to help couples resolve conflicts and repair relationships.

At the same time, the County Civil Affairs Bureau, in conjunction with the social organization "Galaxy Marriage and Love", launched a pre marital counseling lecture hall to guide young people to establish correct views on love, marriage, and family, and to curb negative practices such as high dowries and extravagance from the source.

In the past, for weddings, dozens of tables had to be set up just for the banquet, and the dowry was skyrocketing. Now, with the Red and White Council in charge, it's worry free and cost-effective, "sighed Xiong, a villager from Xingyun Village, Lujing Town.

From emphasizing grandeur to emphasizing civilization, the rural areas of Yingshan are undergoing a profound conceptual transformation. By 2025, Yingshan will guide all 364 villages (communities) in the county to establish Red and White Councils, and establish a full process service mechanism of "pre intervention, mid process persuasion, and post feedback", effectively curbing the negative atmosphere of extravagance, waste, and blind comparison.

From elderly care to assistance, from marriage customs to new trends, one reform measure after another has taken root, and one practical matter for people's livelihood has blossomed and borne fruit. Yang Xianjun, member of the Standing Committee of Yingshan County Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee, stated that the county will continue to adhere to the spirit of the early Republic of China, deepen reform and innovation in the field of civil affairs, and make every effort to improve the quality of elderly care services, provide precise social assistance, and deepen the transformation of customs and traditions. With greater efforts and more practical measures, we will do a good job in people's livelihood, let the sunshine of happiness shine into every family, and make the sense of gain, happiness, and security of the people more fulfilling, guaranteed, and sustainable.

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I used to hear that funeral parlors charge a lot of fees, and my heart was pounding. This time, when my elderly family passed away, I looked at the list and found that there were fewer items and the prices had also decreased. The whole process cost thousands less than expected. "Recently, Mr. Chen, a citizen who had just finished his family's funeral at the Yingshan County Funeral Service Center, sighed.

In 2025, Yingshan County will take the special action to rectify corruption and chaos in the funeral industry as the starting point, and make real efforts to reduce costs and expenses. The county funeral service center took the initiative to terminate the contract with a third-party service company, comprehensively optimized and adjusted the service items and fee standards, cancelled 22 extended service items, streamlined the fee items from 49 to 27, and reduced the average price of funeral supplies and related services with inflated prices by 41%.

We also implement the 'basic funeral service fees' that can be processed and reduced immediately, so that the public no longer needs to hold receipts to claim reimbursement everywhere, truly realizing the' maximum one visit 'policy. "Huang Guobo, Deputy Director of the Civil Affairs Bureau of Yingshan County, introduced that by 2025, 678 people in the county will enjoy funeral subsidies for the benefit of the people, with a subsidy amount of 359600 yuan. In the special survey on public satisfaction with funeral services in Nanchong City in the first half of the year, Yingshan County Funeral Parlor achieved 7 first place and 2 second place in 9 single indicator evaluations.

In terms of standardizing the management of corpses, the County Civil Affairs Bureau, in conjunction with health and public security departments, has established a rigid system for the transfer of corpses, strictly prohibiting illegal vehicles from entering hospitals for transportation and illegal funeral services. Each medical institution posts funeral policies and fee standards at key locations such as emergency departments and inpatient departments, and distributes body handover notices to bereaved families to ensure standardized body handover and transparent destination. By 2025, the county will conduct 7 joint inspections, interview more than 10 illegal intermediaries, significantly improve the standardized transfer rate of bodies, and effectively curb chaos such as illegal transportation and information trafficking. (Peng Chuanheng)