Recently, the "Guiding Opinions on Further Promoting Technological Innovation in Civil Affairs" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions") were issued. The issuance and implementation of the document will help firmly grasp the opportunities of the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, innovate the concepts and methods of civil affairs work, continuously improve the civil affairs science and technology innovation system, and lead the development of new quality productive forces in the civil affairs field. "At the regular press conference of the first quarter of 2026 held by the Ministry of Civil Affairs on the 29th, Li Yongxin, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Deputy Director of the Personnel Department of the directly affiliated organs of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, interpreted the" Opinions ". The "Opinions" is the first comprehensive policy document on civil affairs science and technology innovation issued for the "15th Five Year Plan". It proposes 14 specific measures from five aspects: overall requirements, strengthening key core technology research and development in civil affairs, promoting the transformation and application of civil affairs science and technology achievements, enhancing civil affairs science and technology support capabilities, and strengthening organizational guarantees. Li Yongxin pointed out that currently, China's technology assistance in improving the quality and efficiency of elderly care services is facing technological bottlenecks. The deep integration of elderly care service technology equipment products and service scenarios is insufficient, and the combination of technological innovation and industrial innovation is not close enough. In response to the above issues, the Opinion has made key deployments. The Opinion proposes to widely apply cutting-edge technologies such as humanoid robots, brain computer interfaces, and artificial intelligence to carry out key technology and equipment research and development in areas such as disability and dementia prevention and anti-aging, life care and rehabilitation nursing, spiritual comfort and social participation promotion, safety risk monitoring and emergency rescue, elderly livable environment construction, and aging adaptation. In terms of strengthening the scenario driven innovation paradigm, the "Opinions" clearly state the need to vigorously promote the deep integration of elderly care service technology and equipment products with typical service scenarios such as home, community, and institutions, and form a comprehensive solution for multi scenario and all-round care of the elderly. In addition, the Opinion supports various regions to build aging and elderly care service industry clusters based on actual conditions, optimize and strengthen the aging and elderly care service industry with a focus on intelligent elderly care service robots and smart elderly care products, and vigorously develop the rehabilitation assistive device industry. The Opinion also proposes a series of measures to promote the construction of a national level scientific and technological innovation platform base for elderly care and elderly care services, an international scientific and technological innovation exchange and cooperation platform, and the establishment of a sound technical standard system in the field of elderly care and elderly care services, in terms of platform base, standard formulation, project layout, etc. We sincerely welcome various universities, research institutes, leading technology enterprises, and elderly care service institutions to form innovation consortia, actively participate in the development trend of promoting technological innovation in aging and elderly care services, and develop more iconic technological equipment products that are popular among the elderly. ”Li Yongxin said. (New Society)