China issues measures to expand elderly-care product consumption
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ITHome reports that the Ministry of Civil Affairs, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Commerce, State Administration for Market Regulation and National Working Commission on Ageing jointly issued the "Several Measures on Cultivating Diverse Scenarios to Promote Consumption of Elderly-Friendly Products." The measures direct ministries to accelerate embodied-intelligence, large-language-model, brain-computer-interface and exoskeleton applications in elder care, encourage e-commerce platforms to create silver-hair consumption sections, and promote rental models for assistive devices. [1]
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- 工信部等六部门：加快推进具身智能、大语言模型、脑机接口、外骨骼等在养老领域应用，鼓励电商平台设立银发消费板块
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