Research on Urban Public Social Welfare Facilities Planning Standards in New Era: Towards the All-Age-Friendly Society

The “Outline of the 14th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and Vision 2035 of the People’s Republic of China” has put forward new development goals for China’s social welfare facility system. The current urban public social welfare facilities and the planning standards have been unable to meet the needs of new social development goals. Based on the current state of social welfare development in China, this study analyzes the primary issues present in the urban public social welfare facility system targeting “the elderly, children, and the disabled.” Amidst the “rapidly increasing demand” and “severely inadequate supply” in urban spaces, the research employs planning models and empirical data analysis to identify a balance point for standard formulation between supply and demand. It proposes an overall revision for the planning standards in national level and provides optimization suggestions, such as system improvement, grading optimization, index revision, site selection, etc.