Yifei Li

Yifei Li

14 June 2023

Mutual support for the aged, Pilot, Policy.

By reviewing the promotion of the mutual support for the aged policy in Hebei Province, the birthplace of China's happy house, the paper pointed out that various difficulties encountered in the policy implementation since its introduction especially entering the post-pilot phase. Based on the analysis of the current problems faced by the mutual support for the aged policy, this article focuses on revealing the long-standing phenomenon of "vigorous growth in the early stages of the pilot program, hasty closure or mere formality in the late stages of the pilot program" in the exploration process of bottom-up governance innovation in China, which exposes the derivative problems of the policy pilot, explores the behavioral patterns of grassroots governments, and further deepens the understanding of policy pilot.

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