Can I use an old-age card when traveling in Beijing? How old is it?

During the "two sessions" in Beijing in March this year, Wang Quanjie, a deputy to the National People's Congress, expressed his views on this issue. He believes that the old-age certificate, as the main basis for the elderly to enjoy various preferential treatments and social welfare, reflects the concern and care of the elderly by governments at all levels and all walks of life. However, if you only hold a local old-age certificate and enjoy preferential treatment, the elderly in other places and most rural areas will not enjoy the social preferential treatment of the elderly, which is tantamount to artificially grading the elderly and increasing social injustice. To this end, he suggested that the preferential card for the elderly should be replaced by an ID card and used uniformly throughout the country. Its advantage is that it can simplify the procedures for handling preferential cards for the elderly, save manpower, material resources and financial resources, and at the same time break local restrictions, so that the elderly can enjoy various benefits and concessions nationwide.

Is representative Wang Quanjie's suggestion feasible? People from all sides have expressed their views. Most old people agree with this. They believe that at present, more and more elderly people like to travel abroad or follow their children to live in other places. It is reasonable and convenient to enjoy the discount with their ID cards. But the bus company thinks it is not feasible, because it is impossible for the driver to check the age on the ID card for every old man who gets on the bus, which is very time-consuming. Some experts suggest that if the ID card of the elderly is made into a special ID card with the function of the old-age card, it can realize the national "roaming". An elderly worker believes that at present, the regulations on preferential treatment for the elderly in various provinces and cities in China are not the same, generally only in line with the local social and economic development at that time, and it is still impossible to achieve national reunification at present, so the preferential treatment card for the elderly is still necessary, that is to say, the "geographical restrictions" cannot be lifted for the time being.

It is the responsibility of society to be kind to the elderly.

At present, it seems that it is not feasible to replace the preferential card for the elderly with an ID card, but this proposal represented by Wang Quanjie is undoubtedly of positive significance for advocating an open concept of respecting the elderly in the whole society.

The biggest obstacle affecting the universal use of senior citizen discount cards in China is "economic burden". For example, there are about 900,000 elderly people with Guangzhou household registration in Guangzhou. If the policy benefits the elderly in other places, the economic burden of the public transport sector is too heavy. The situation in all provinces and cities in China is similar, so this phenomenon of "raising your own children" will occur. However, the reporter found that some provinces and cities have taken the lead. Nanchang stipulates that elderly people who are over 70 years old and live in Nanchang for 1 month or more can apply for free bus passes with local senior citizen discount cards, temporary residence permits and their ID cards; If you live in Nanchang for less than 1 month, you can also go through the temporary ride procedures. Changsha and Suzhou also stipulate that elderly people with foreign senior citizen cards can take buses in Changsha for free. What other cities can't do, Nanchang, Changsha and Suzhou, where the economy is not particularly developed, have all done it.