A Long and Fulfilling Life

Set against the more than thirty years of development and opening-up in Shanghai's Pudong New Area, this is a moving story of multigenerational households and families with many elderly members overcoming the challenge of elder care. Against the backdrop of China's reform, opening-up, and social progress, it charts the real journey of urban and rural communities deepening reforms to streamline administration, delegate powers, improve regulation, and upgrade services, effectively advancing a people-centered elder care system that is more dynamic and adaptable, and steadily improving older people's sense of fulfillment, happiness, and security. In the 1990s, Ji Cun, Tan Nianshen, Ren Dongjie, Zheng Yajuan, and other young people from different family backgrounds came together by chance in the soon-to-be-demolished shantytown of Lannidu, beneath the newly completed Oriental Pearl Tower. Over the more than thirty years of development and opening-up in Pudong, they witnessed the area change at a breathtaking pace, while also feeling the pressure of an aging population and grappling with one conflict after another. The rapid development of society, the economy, and culture, along with the establishment of a modern elder care system, not only resolves the urgent worries weighing on their minds, but also inspires a generation of young and middle-aged people to seize the opportunity and work together to drive innovation in the elder care industry. When countless older people in urban and rural communities can enjoy their golden years in peace, society's progress takes on a warmer, happier, and more harmonious spirit...