Elderly 2.0: China looks to tap digital 'silver dollar'


Women at a training session to get retirees up to speed with digital devices at the Xiaojiahe University of Old Age in Chengdu, the capital of China's Sichuan province, on Nov 30. — Noel Celis/AFP

CHENGDU, China: Li Changming just purchased a new Huawei smartphone and the 70-year-old retiree is still a bit puzzled by a high-tech device that China policymakers hope will help unlock spending by millions of older Chinese.

Undeterred, he's enrolled in a training session – sort of a "mobile phones 101" – that is part of China's plans to help its legions of pensioners keep up in a fast-developing digital economy.

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