>China releases 5-year plan on elderly care
'十四五'健康老齡化規(guī)劃發(fā)布

China has released a five-year plan on elderly care for the 2021-2025 period, aiming to boost the health of the country's aging population.
《“十四五”健康老齡化規(guī)劃》近日發(fā)布。

Over 78 percent of China's senior population has at least one chronic disease, and the number of incapacitated elderly individuals continues to grow, calling for more institutions, personnel, services and policies to meet their needs.
規(guī)劃說，我國78%以上的老年人至少患有一種以上慢性病，失能老年人數(shù)量將持續(xù)增加。老年人對健康需求的增加，則需要更多健康老齡化機構(gòu)、隊伍、服務和政策的支持。

The plan pledges efforts to improve the preventive health service system for elderly people, reducing or delaying the occurrence of disability and dementia.
規(guī)劃提出，完善老年人預防保健服務體系，減少、延緩老年人失能（智）發(fā)生。

It underlines the accelerated development of barrier-free environments, elderly friendly renovations of residential buildings, and the installation of automated external defibrillators at public venues.
加快無障礙環(huán)境建設和住宅適老化改造。推動在老年人集中場所安裝自動體外除顫儀（AED）。

>China has nearly 300 million students in 2021
教育部：2021全國在校生2.91億

By the end of 2021, there were about 291 million students in school in China, the country's Ministry of Education said, as it released a series of education-related statistics on Tuesday. According to the ministry, in 2021, the country had a total of 529,300 schools and academic institutions of all levels. The ministry added that there were roughly 18.44 million full-time teachers in China by the end of 2021, a 500,000-some increase from 2020.
2021年全國教育事業(yè)統(tǒng)計主要結(jié)果3月1日發(fā)布。截至2021年底，全國共有各級各類學校52.93萬所，在校生2.91億人，專任教師1844萬人，較2020年增加約50萬人。

>China to further optimize government services
國務院：加快推進政務服務標準化規(guī)范化便利化

China is looking to further optimize its government services, standardizing and normalizing the services and making them more convenient, according to a guideline released by the State Council.
《國務院關于加快推進政務服務標準化規(guī)范化便利化的指導意見》日前公布。

The guideline laid out major tasks in the area, including standardizing detailed lists of government service items and their implementation, and modifying the standard system for services.
意見部署了推進政務服務事項和實施清單標準化、健全政務服務標準體系等重點工作任務。

It called for the normalization of services, including those related to examination and approval, those involving intermediaries, and online services, urging efforts to enhance the quality of intelligent, targeted and customized services.
意見提出，推進政務服務規(guī)范化，規(guī)范審批服務行為和中介服務，規(guī)范網(wǎng)上辦事服務，提升智慧化精準化個性化服務水平。

The guideline also stressed the need for efforts to improve the national integrated government services system, and enhance its data sharing capabilities.
加強全國一體化政務服務平臺建設統(tǒng)籌，提升數(shù)據(jù)共享能力。

>Leading cause of trauma-related deaths in US
槍擊成美國人創(chuàng)傷致死的首要原因

Firearm-related deaths are continuing their rapid rise in the US, with a new study finding they have overtaken car crashes as the leading cause of "years of potential life lost" due to trauma.
一項新研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，因美國的槍擊死亡人數(shù)持續(xù)激增，槍擊已經(jīng)超過車禍，成為該國創(chuàng)傷致過早死亡的主要原因。

The study found that suicides accounted for most of the deaths by firearms -- and those deaths had been increasing.
這項研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，自殺占與槍支有關的死亡人數(shù)的大部分，而且這一數(shù)字一直在增加。

The number of suicides by firearm rose from fewer than 19,000 in 2009 to over 24,000 in 2018.
持槍自殺的人數(shù)從2009年的不到19000人上升到2018年的24000多人。

Across the 10 years studied, white men made up the majority of suicide-related firearm deaths, with 4.95 million years of potential life lost.
在研究的10年中，持槍自殺身亡的大多數(shù)是白人男性，他們的潛在壽命損失年數(shù)為495萬年。

Meanwhile, the majority of homicide-related firearm deaths were among Black men, with 3.2 million years of potential life lost, the study found.
同時，該研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，大多數(shù)持槍兇殺案的死者是黑人男性，他們的潛在壽命損失年數(shù)為320萬年。

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