Nanmazhuang Village in Xiliu Township has been successfully recognized as a National Model Elder-Friendly Community, marking another national-level honor for Xiliu Township in its efforts on rural elderly care services and elder-friendly village development.

In recent years, Xiliu Township has attached great importance to the development of elderly care programs, adhering to a demand-oriented approach focused on the needs of the elderly population and treating elder-friendly community development as a key livelihood priority. Using Nanmazhuang Village as a pilot, the township has pooled resources from village collectives, civilization practice stations, and social assistance programs to continuously improve rural elderly care service provision. It has focused on addressing the practical needs of rural elderly residents in areas such as dining, daily care, and cultural enrichment, striving to build a rural elderly care model that keeps seniors in their villages with services delivered at their doorsteps.

With support from higher-level departments and guidance from the township Party committee and government, Nanmazhuang Village has focused on the most pressing concerns of elderly residents and launched a range of beneficial projects including an elderly dining hall, a senior university, and a traditional Chinese medicine clinic. The elderly dining hall primarily provides convenient meal services for elderly residents who are advanced in age, living alone, or left behind, effectively solving the difficulty of meal preparation and allowing seniors to enjoy hot, tasty meals at their doorstep. The traditional Chinese medicine clinic plays a role in grassroots medical services, offering basic consultations, health education, and wellness guidance to protect the health of elderly residents. Relying on the senior university platform, the village regularly offers tai chi and calligraphy classes to enrich the leisure and cultural life of elderly residents. Through the civilization practice station, the village also regularly organizes themed activities honoring the elderly such as handicraft experiences, holiday visits, and health checkups, delivering comprehensive elderly care services spanning daily care, health protection, and cultural entertainment, and fostering a strong village culture of filial piety, respect for elders, and moral virtue.

From infrastructure improvements to warm-hearted services, from material support to spiritual care, Nanmazhuang Village has aligned with development standards across living environment, elderly care services, social participation, and cultural life, addressing shortcomings item by item to truly achieve the goals of elderly residents being cared for, supported, and enjoying their later years. This recognition as a National Model Elder-Friendly Community is both an affirmation of Xiliu Township's elderly care efforts and a new impetus for further progress. Next, Xiliu Township will use Nanmazhuang Village's exemplary experience as a benchmark, summarize and promote a replicable rural elderly care model, continue improving elderly care service facilities across all villages in its jurisdiction, expand and enhance elder-friendly development, and wholeheartedly safeguard the happy later years of elderly residents, continuously boosting their sense of fulfillment, happiness, and security.