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The Institute held the first meeting of its Academic Committee to review the 2027 research guidelines.

The meeting set out the Institute's academic review mechanism and publication standards, and discussed research designs for two priority areas: silver consumer demand and proactive health services.

Research project launched on the Shanghai Silver Consumption Demand Observation Report, focusing on consumption segmentation among the new older generations.

Combining questionnaires with in-depth interviews, the project covers older people of different ages, incomes and living arrangements, and seeks to build a demand-observation framework that can be tracked over time.

The Institute signed a framework agreement on silver-economy research cooperation with universities and financial institutions in Shanghai.

The parties will cooperate over the long term on joint research, data sharing, talent development and the publication of findings, advancing knowledge production and application in the silver economy.

Age-friendly renovation and smart care: field notes from a Hongqiao community

In visits to three sub-districts we found that what really determines usage is often not the technology itself, but whether the chain of installation, training and after-sales maintenance is complete.

The spatial ledger of the silver economy: how elderly-care facilities can match real demand

The mismatch between the number of facilities and the distribution of demand is a common problem in urban elderly care. This article proposes three observation dimensions from the perspective of spatial supply.

The proactive health management research group was established, initially focusing on coordination of community chronic-disease management services.

The team will study how community health service centres, elderly-care institutions and health management companies work together, identifying breaks in the service chain.

A Yangtze River Delta silver-industry delegation visits the Institute to discuss regional coordination.

The two sides exchanged views on silver tourism, wellness services and industrial assets, and reached a preliminary intention to conduct joint research.

The Institute's official website went live, with its visual identity system formally released.

The official website and visual identity system were launched together. Drawing on the imagery of Hongqiao and silver hair, the logo uses deep purple and silver grey as its primary colours, expressing an institutional character that is both professional and warm.

The Shanghai Hongqiao Silver Economy Research Institute is formally established, giving Shanghai its first specialised city-level research institute for the silver economy.

The Institute was registered and approved by the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau, with the Administrative Committee of the Shanghai Hongqiao International Central Business District as its supervising authority. It conducts interdisciplinary, applied research across five research directions and is building a new type of think tank integrating the whole chain of government, industry, academia, research, finance, services and application.

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