Research on How the Digital Economy Contributes to Achieving A High-Level and Balanced Development of the Elderly Care Service Industry  

作　　者：Jiechang Xia Ting Chen 

机构地区：[1]Business School,University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences [2]Research Institute of E-commerce and New Consumption,Zhejiang Finance College

出　　处：《China Finance and Economic Review》2024年第3期113-128,F0003,共17页中国财政与经济研究（英文）

基　　金：Hangzhou Social Science Planning Topic Base project“Research on High-Quality Development Strategies of Hangzhou New E-commerce from the Perspective of New Quality Productivity”(24JD034).

摘　　要：China's aging population has gained significant attention.Population aging implies that the demand for elderly care services will be on the rise.However,China's aging exhibits a notable characteristic of getting old prior to achieving affluence,which directly constrains the enhancement of the level of elderly care services.The Communist Party of China and the government attach considerable importance to the issue of population aging and pensions.The Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee adopted the Decision of the CPC Central Committee on Further Comprehensively Deepening Reform and Promoting Chinese-Style Modernization,emphasizing that“we should actively respond to population aging and improve the development of elderly care and elderly care industry policy mechanisms.”Regarding the supply of pension services,due to the professional and long-term nature of pension services,the supply cost remains high.The contradiction between the low level of demand and the high cost of supply might lead to the“low-level equilibrium trap”of the elderly service industry.The digital economy has achieved remarkable effects in promoting the elderly care service industry.It has played a vital role in optimizing the allocation of elderly care resources,reducing the cost of elderly care services,and creating a superior elderly care ecosystem.In this context,it holds considerable academic value and practical significance to study the impact of the digital economy on the development of pension service industry,to analyze the digital divide and bridge the path for the development of the pension service industry,and to explore the countermeasures and ideas of the digital economy to facilitate the highlevel,balanced,and high-quality development of the pension service industry.

关 键 词：digital economy elderly care service industry high-level equilibrium 

分 类 号：F49[经济管理—产业经济] F719[政治法律—政治学] D669.6[政治法律—中外政治制度]