Currently, China is in a stage of deep population aging, which poses a severe challenge to people’s livelihood security but also offers a major opportunity for industrial structural transformation and upgrading. The ’15th Five-Year Plan’ has elevated the silver economy to a strategic level, and the State Council executive meeting has clearly released the policy direction of stimulating consumer demand and expanding inclusive supply. As one of the mega-cities with the highest degree of aging in the country, Shanghai, in the role of a pioneer, continues to explore the ‘Shanghai Solution’ to cope with population aging. In response to the call of the times and policy deployment, the 2026 AID Silver Industry Innovation and Development Conference, hosted by the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau, was born, aiming to gather wisdom from all sides and jointly plan the high-quality development path of the silver economy.

The conference is divided into two halves. In the second half, representatives from academia, testing institutions, multinational corporations, local benchmarks, technology platforms, and health care operation institutions will take the stage one after another to share in-depth insights on industrial upgrading and standard construction.Wu Ruijun, Counsel of Shanghai Municipal Government and Executive Dean of the Institute of Aging Studies at East China Normal Universitywill give the first speech. Based on the actual development of Shanghai’s elderly products industry, he will deeply discuss the transformation path and upgrading direction of the future industry towards scenario-based, intelligent, and precise directions, comprehensively empowering Shanghai’s silver economy with high-quality industrial development. Following him,Tan Jun, Deputy Director of the National Health and Elderly Care Intelligent System and Equipment Quality Inspection and Testing Centerwill take the stage. Facing core pain points such as lack of trust and insufficient standards in the silver industry, he will systematically elaborate on how to build a solid credibility foundation for state-owned silver brands with national authoritative standards, providing solid support for the healthy and orderly development of the industry.

From Fourier Intelligence, which focuses on rehabilitation robot technology R&D and industrialization, to Danone, a global health leader deeply involved in medical nutrition; from Shanghai Silver Store, a local innovation benchmark that first broke the time-space barrier between ‘exhibits and commodities’, to Ant Affu, which relies on the Alibaba ecosystem and drives elderly care services with technology, and then to CITIC Pension, which has over 20 years of full-chain operational experience—the representatives of five major brands gather here, bringing frontline sharing of cutting-edge practices in the silver economy from five directions: intelligent rehabilitation robots, scientific nutrition, physical scenario innovation, technology-empowered elderly care, and health care asset operation.

Yang Zhihao, Product Director of the Rehabilitation Innovation Project at Shanghai Fourier Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd., willshare how intelligent robots inject new momentum into rehabilitation and elderly care, showcasing new possibilities for silver-age life empowered by technology.Jiang Yifei, General Manager of Danone Adult Medical Nutrition Business Unitwill systematically elaborate on a full-lifecycle scientific nutrition solution from cognitive health to functional nutrition, revealing the fundamental role of nutritional intervention in healthy aging.Li Zhengwei, Chairman of Shanghai Silver Economy Trade Development Co., Ltd.will decode the four innovative models: ‘scenario as medium, C2M demand co-creation, policy-service integration, and industry router’, providing replicable Shanghai experience for the physical operation of the silver economy; from the technology dimension,Li Peng, Deputy General Manager of Ant Health AI Health Management Business Unitwill showcase technical capabilities and exploratory practices in the smart health care field, presenting a platform-based solution for elderly care driven by the dual engines of ‘technology + ecology’; at the asset operation level,Kong Zhiming, Deputy General Manager of CITIC Pension Business Development Departmentwill deeply interpret the full-cycle management system of health care projects ‘fundraising, investment, management, and exit’, sharing how to achieve stable operation and value maximization of health care assets through professional operation and refined management.

The blueprint of the silver economy is becoming clearer in practice, and every exploration is accumulating upward momentum for the industry.June 4Afternoon,Shanghai Pudong Kerry Hotel, we sincerely invite you to gather in Shanghai, listen to cutting-edge voices, gain insights into industry trends, and witness the solid steps of the silver era from blueprint to reality.

First Half

Second Half

*Final agenda is subject to on-site announcement