[China currently has 233,000 rural elderly care service facilities] On September 23, Sun Shuopeng, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, introduced at the "Starting the 15th Five-Year Plan" series of themed press conferences held by the State Council Information Office on September 23 that China currently has 13,000 rural nursing homes and 233,000 rural elderly care service facilities. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will focus on the goal of "people, facilities, mechanisms, and sustainability" for rural elderly care, accelerate the improvement of the three-level elderly care service network in counties and rural areas, and target different types of elderly people and increase the supply of inclusive, basic, and comprehensive elderly care services based on demand.