Fresh osmanthus blossoms—Hangzhou’s city flower, renowned for their beauty and fragrance—are drawing crowds of tourists to the capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province with this sense of autumn ritual.
With more than 7,000 osmanthus trees of different varieties in bloom, Hangzhou's Manjuelong Village has drawn the most visitors.
Hangzhou City has launched a special bus line for enjoying the osmanthus flowers.
The line will operate until November 11.
Osmanthus blossoms usher in autumn rituals in Hangzhou
Beijing is planning to increase 30,000 new home-based elderly care beds over the next three years as part of efforts to improve its elderly care system, the Beijing Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau has announced.
By the end of 2025, the city had 5.288 million permanent residents aged 60 and above, accounting for 24.3 percent of its total permanent resident population.
That figure is projected to surpass 6 million by 2030, creating enormous demand for elderly care services.
In response, Beijing has been expanding its elderly care infrastructure.
Beyond relying on home-based care services, the city is planning to develop and certify 60,000 inclusive and affordable care beds at elderly care institutions, raise the share of nursing beds in the institutions to 73 percent, and add special care units for dementia patients during the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), according to the municipal civil affairs bureau.
At the same time, Beijing will continue to expand community-based elderly care facilities and improve the city's elderly care service system, the bureau said.
Beijing to add 30,000 home-based elderly care beds with professional services
