World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is celebrated on May 17 every year, since 1969. This year’s theme is “Digital(数字的) technologies for older persons and healthy aging”.
The elderly population has met obstacles. Old people don’t know much about digital technologies, no one guides them and they have short memories and learn things slowly. So most of them don’t use digital services in their lives.
According to research in 2021, less than 20 percent of the elderly thought they were good at using a smartphone, and about 80 percent of them spent as much as three hours on mobile apps. But 80 percent of them said it took 4 to 10 times for them to learn to use the smartphone.
△ These years, China is making some plans and providing advice to help the 264 million old people (over 60 years old) to adapt to(适应) the digital world. In 2020, a plan to encourage all parties(方面) to make life easier for the elderly population was made. As we all know, people need to scan QR codes(扫描二维码) with smartphones before going into public places because of COVID-19. However, that is not easy for old people. So the plan paid special attention to improving health screening procedures(程序). The plan also listed different types of services most often used by the elderly and common problems, such as going to the doctor, traveling, shopping, and so on.
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