{"id":9668,"date":"2021-07-28T10:12:17","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T02:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/?p=9668"},"modified":"2023-03-23T10:59:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T02:59:47","slug":"china-elderly-market-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/trend\/china-elderly-market-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Elderly Market: Middle-Class Product Purchasers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9668\" class=\"elementor elementor-9668\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fbeb22f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fbeb22f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-59ec714\" data-id=\"59ec714\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3cb3ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3cb3ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Chinese society is aging fast and the \u2018silver\u2019 market is expanding rapidly. A consumer survey commissioned by <a href=\"https:\/\/research.hktdc.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>HKTDC Research <\/em><\/a>found that the Top 3 popular products will be clothing and accessories, health products, and smart electronic products. The survey suggested that they are also buying senior\u2011specific products ranging in price between several hundred yuan and over RMB1,000. I<span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem;\">n general, the unit price of an adult\u2019s purchase for their elderly parents is higher than that paid by older consumers buying for themselves.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b727918 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b727918\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e4fb53\" data-id=\"3e4fb53\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b45c8e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b45c8e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Top 3 popular products for elderly in China<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4673c61 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4673c61\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ea09527\" data-id=\"ea09527\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38af552 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"38af552\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/iStock-1148093076-600x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-9867\" alt=\"popular products for elderly in China\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/iStock-1148093076-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/iStock-1148093076-700x465.jpg 700w, https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/iStock-1148093076.jpg 724w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c3b516 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c3b516\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-faf2082\" data-id=\"faf2082\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7cd122 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f7cd122\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. Clothing and accessories<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e61572d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e61572d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-224e36e\" data-id=\"224e36e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f565486 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f565486\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>These days, seniors lead a more active social life than previous generations have. The survey found that they have on average 1.83 face\u2011to\u2011face contacts a week with family and friends. Frequent social gatherings make them pay greater attention to their looks. One of the respondents in the focus groups said: \u201cI took a course on dressing up at an elder academy after my retirement.\u201d Purchase frequency reflects this desire among older people to improve their appearance. 94% of the senior group respondents said they had bought clothing and accessories (including clothes, shoes and bags) in the past year.\u00a0 81% of respondents in the group of adults with elderly parents said they had bought clothes for them. One participant in an elderly focus group said that they had hired designers to put together outfits for special occasions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f68d37c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f68d37c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-909dc80\" data-id=\"909dc80\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4717ac4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4717ac4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. Health products<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-022fe1f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"022fe1f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ef5a802\" data-id=\"ef5a802\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8b1ea0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e8b1ea0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sourcing.hktdc.com\/en\/Product-Discovery\/Health-Nutrition-Supplements-26c85b94e3a011ea883f06c82c63b760\/supplements\/1?sort=BEST_MATCH&amp;ref_source=newsbites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Healthcare products<\/a>, including <a href=\"https:\/\/sourcing.hktdc.com\/en\/Product-Search\/calcium%20tablets\/1?sort=BEST_MATCH&amp;ref_source=newsbites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">calcium tablets<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sourcing.hktdc.com\/en\/Product-Search\/vitamins\/1?sort=BEST_MATCH&amp;ref_source=newsbites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">vitamins<\/a> and fish oil, are also products frequently bought by seniors who are becoming frailer due to hypertension, osteoporosis, arthralgia and other health issues. They mainly buy healthcare products to prevent illness and manage pain. The adult children of elderly parents mainly buy healthcare products that are intended to help their parents live a longer life. Although elderly people and their children do not see healthcare products in the same light, they all see a need to buy these products. 70% of both senior and younger respondents in the survey said they had bought senior\u2011specific healthcare products in the past year.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dd7bf2e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dd7bf2e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-97ad38c\" data-id=\"97ad38c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98602ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"98602ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. Smart electronic products<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28bbd9d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"28bbd9d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f803d19\" data-id=\"f803d19\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aadbd4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aadbd4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Many elderly people had also bought <a href=\"https:\/\/sourcing.hktdc.com\/en\/Product-Search\/smart%20electronic%20product%20\/1?tags=197b7150e39d11ea883f06c82c63b760%2C0366e236e39d11ea883f06c82c63b760&amp;sort=BEST_MATCH&amp;ref_source=newsbites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">smart electronic products<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sourcing.hktdc.com\/en\/Product-Search\/health%20monitors\/1?sort=BEST_MATCH&amp;ref_source=newsbites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">health monitors<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sourcing.hktdc.com\/en\/Product-Search\/sports%20equipment\/1?sort=BEST_MATCH&amp;ref_source=newsbites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sports equipment and goods<\/a> in the past year. Visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sourcing.hktdc.com\/?ref_source=newsbites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">hktdc.com Sourcing<\/a> , we\u2019ve got you the product for your customers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6cd4f9f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6cd4f9f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8dab1ee\" data-id=\"8dab1ee\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b18e12a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b18e12a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Seniors have spending power<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-493960a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"493960a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7cf20e5\" data-id=\"7cf20e5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a50d1d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a50d1d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gjs-row\" draggable=\"false\"><div class=\"gjs-cell\" draggable=\"false\"><div class=\"rmip-generic\" data-rmip-type=\"RMIPText\"><p>The survey found that products connected to personal taste and interests were mostly bought by the seniors themselves. For example, 94% of the elderly respondents had purchased clothing and accessories for themselves, while just 81% of the adult children in the survey had bought such products for their parents. For sports equipment and goods, the difference is even greater \u2011 38% of seniors had bought these in the past year, while only 21% of their adult children had purchased them on their parents\u2019 behalf. However, when it comes to functional products such as health monitors, rehabilitation and physical therapy products, home safety equipment and assistive devices, the percentage of purchases by adult children for their parents is slightly higher than that of seniors buying for own use.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8d5af3c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8d5af3c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e3d6cf5\" data-id=\"e3d6cf5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3350dcb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3350dcb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>the survey also showed that adult children generally tend to pay higher prices for senior\u2011related products than their parents do. For example, the average unit price paid by adult children on clothing and accessories purchased for their parents is RMB512, while seniors only spent an average RMB348 per item in that category. Adult children also paid several hundred yuan more than their parents did when buying assistive devices, smart home products and health monitors for their parents. This is not the case in all product categories however. Seniors paid RMB2,263 on average for smart electronic products, RMB573 more than their adult children did when buying them for their parents.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-154d6c6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"154d6c6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c63f97c\" data-id=\"c63f97c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-604d3d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" 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