China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Civil Affairs and State Administration for Market Regulation issued a joint notice organizing the 2026 "Elderly Care Shopping Season," themed "expanding quality senior-friendly products, improving silver-age life," running from October 18 to November 17, 2026. The notice calls for deeper implementation of an "AI plus three products" initiative, integrating AI into the R&D and validation of senior-friendly products and accelerating upgrades to smart nursing robots and embodied-intelligence care devices. It also asks e-commerce platforms to iterate their elder modes and build virtual showrooms for senior products, promotes an "offline trial, online order, home service" model, and calls for product roadshows and hands-on trials of elder-care robots in pilot communities and care facilities.