Currently, the Seniors University of China (SUC) has established 82,000 primary-level learning sites nationwide, forming a multi-layered, networked educational service. The National Education Platform for the Elderly has aggregated 793,000 age-friendly course resources totalling 7.295 million minutes, with 12.22 million registered users. In terms of featured courses, 10 TCM Master Courses have been developed, attracting over 100 million views.

Recently, SUC established its School of Silver Economy, simultaneously launched the "Health and Wellness, Learning and " special section on the National Education Platform for the Elderly, and released featured premium routes for study tour.  Focusing on the integration of elderly education with the silver economy and the development of high-quality resources, the School will provide educational services that combine policy research, standard formulation, skills training, talent cultivation, and industry-education-research integration.

SUC was inaugurated in March 2023, dedicated to building an extensive, inclusive, and high-quality elderly education system. Moving forward, it will further strengthen its school operation and service network, promote open sharing of resources, advance digital and intelligent empowerment, innovate service delivery models, and contribute to enhancing the public services for lifelong learning.

Reprinted from People’s Daily

Published: 1 April 2026