China’s Insurers Try Novel Approach to Elderly Care: Building Retirement Homes
Industry has spent more than $10 billion building retirement communities to address aging population’s needs
About an hour’s drive from downtown Shanghai sits a resort-like community housing hundreds of senior citizens. It is an ambitious experiment in retirement care in China.
The multistory complex, which can house up to 2,000 households, has a hospital, places of worship, a cinema and a gym. Residents gather to eat buffet meals, play mahjong and sing folk songs. To gain a spot in this luxury development, people have to buy a life insurance policy from Taikang Life Insurance Co., a privately held Chinese company.
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