On the 31st day of the month, the reporter learned from China Disabled Persons’ Federation that the blue paper Report on Development of Cause of Chinese Disabled Persons (2017) published by the People’s Publishing House indicates that there are 85 million persons with disabilities and of them near 50 million have a demand for rehabilitation.
Yaskawa Electric Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer of industrial robots, will cooperate with Chinese market in Chinese Midea Group to produce and sell nursing and rehabilitation robots. Both sides will make use of the robot control technologies of Yaskawa and the sales channels of Midea and plan to roll out 10-15 models by 2019. By 2025, the population of Chinese elderly above 65 years will exceed 200 million. In China where the elderly market is expanding rapidly, Yaskawa and Midea will expand the business of industrial robots and consumer robots at the same time.
We will introduce and implement the plan for developing elderly services and building the elderly care system during the 13th Five-Year Plan period. We will improve the system for elderly services， and implement the plan to train elderly-care workers. We will introduce and carry out the national population development plan， and work to ensure the implementation of the policy of allowing couples to have two children. We will， more effectively， safeguard the rights and interests of women， minors， people with disabilities， and other social groups.
