In 216, can an elderly person over 6 years old in Chongqing apply for a free bus card?

In 216, people over 6 years old in Chongqing can't get a free bus card.

According to the Regulations on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly in Chongqing, which was voted by the 42nd meeting of the Standing Committee of the Fourth National People's Congress of Chongqing, starting from March 1, 218, all elderly people over 65 in Chongqing can take public transportation in the main city free of charge.

On February 22, 218, Chongqing Daily reporter learned from Chongqing City Card Company that the eligible elderly people applied for about 4, free IC cards for public transportation. Before the holiday, Tongka Company has sent all these cards to the postal company, and the postal company strives to send all the cards on February 26, 218, and the applicant can receive them on February 28, 218 at the latest.

Extended information:

On November 3, 217, the Regulations on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly in Chongqing (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations) was adopted at the 42nd meeting of the Standing Committee of the Fourth Municipal People's Congress and will come into force on March 1 next year.

it is understood that the regulation was passed after four deliberations, and it was promulgated in 21. Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly > The Measures have been comprehensively revised.

"After the revision, the regulations have added social services for the elderly, social preferential treatment and livable environment construction, and clearly lowered the lower age limit for the elderly in our city to take public transportation and enter parks and tourist attractions free of charge from 7 to 65, and also made clear provisions on the one-child care leave, the deposit of the old-age care institution and the cultivation of old-age nursing talents."

Zhang Shan, deputy director of the Legal Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, said when interpreting the regulations that the regulations are an important measure for our city to implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the strategic deployment of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council to actively respond to the aging population, and it is a system embodiment that the municipal party committee and the municipal government attach importance to people's livelihood and do practical things, so that development achievements can benefit the people.

The promulgation of the regulations provides legal guarantee for protecting the legitimate rights and interests of the elderly, developing the cause of the elderly, promoting the virtue of respecting and supporting the elderly of the Chinese nation, and achieving a sense of security, medical care, worthiness, learning and happiness for the elderly.

Chongqing People's Congress Network-"Regulations on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly in Chongqing" will take effect on March 1, 218.