# China's "Project Hope" for Elderly Care — "Qinglan Program • Neutech Cohort" Officially Launched

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- Published: 2026-09-19T13:43:00+07:00
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HONG KONG and DALIAN, China, Sept. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — On September 16, 2026,
at the 3rd China Nursing Home Directors Conference, the launch ceremony of the "
Young Directors Growth Accompaniment Program (Neutech Cohort)" (hereinafter referred
to as the "Qinglan Program • Neutech Cohort"), hailed as China’s "Project Hope" 
for elderly care, was officially held. Wu Yushao, president of the China Association
of Social Welfare and Senior Service (CASWSS) and vice dean of Fudan Institute on
Ageing; Xu Jianzhong, executive president of CASWSS; Han Hua, vice president of 
CASWSS; Li Jing, deputy secretary-general of CASWSS; Yang Lijun, director of the
Training Center of Fudan Institute on Ageing; Wen Tao, executive director, CEO and
president of Neutech Group, the special supporter for the inaugural class; and Wang
Xinghui, vice president of Neutech Group and president of Neucare Health Technology,
took the stage together with mentors and student representatives of the Qinglan 
Program to jointly witness this moment.

**Finding the "Anchor" for the Industry**

The initiation of the "Qinglan Program" addresses a long-repeated yet persistently
unresolved issue in the industry.

Wu Yushao, president of CASWSS, pointed out that China currently has 406,000 elderly
care institutions and facilities nationwide, including approximately 39,000 registered
elderly care homes, with hundreds of thousands of practitioners in management positions.
However, the shortage of talent in elderly care services is all-domain, all-dimensional,
and long-term, with management personnel being even more scarce. What the industry
lacks is not only caregivers, but also the "anchors" who can stabilize an institution—
the directors.

Based on this assessment, the CASWSS, together with the Fudan Institute on Ageing,
has jointly launched the "Qinglan Program", positioning it as a "Project Hope" for
China’s elderly care sector. The name "Qinglan" is derived from the ancient saying"
Blue comes from the indigo plant yet excels it". Here, lan represents the deep reservoir
of wisdom accumulated over decades by generations of seasoned directors; qing embodies
the vitality and promise of a new generation of directors. The bond between qing
and lan symbolizes the passing of the torch: young directors will inherit experience
from seniors and strive for self-transcendence. This is the spiritual core of the
Qinglan Program.

As the special supporter of the inaugural "Qinglan Program • Neutech Cohort", Neutech
Group provides resources, technological empowerment and financial backing for the
initiative.

The core model of the "Qinglan Program" is "modular systematic training plus one-
on-one mentorship throughout the whole process". The curricula are formulated in
accordance with the "Training Outline for Nursing Home Directors (Trial)" issued
by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. It covers four major modules: policies and industry
development trends, practical service operations, practical management practices
and competency building. The training lasts for three years and is fully free of
charge.

From the press conference and opening of applications held at the National Convention
Center in Beijing on May 18, to the receipt of 552 trainee applications and 101 
mentor applications by June 30, and then to the public announcement of the proposed
candidate list on August 24, over four months and more than 120 days, the "Qinglan
Program" forged ahead without pause, completing its full journey from concept to
execution.

**Neutech’s Practice for "Education, Healthcare and Wellness"**

The implementation of the "Qinglan Program" would not have been possible without
the in-depth participation of Neutech.

As the special supporter of the inaugural "Qinglan Program • Neutech Cohort," Neutech
Group is systematically integrating its accumulated educational resources with healthcare
and wellness scenarios to form a replicable, exportable capability foundation that
integrates "education, healthcare and wellness."

Twenty-six years of deep engagement in education have given Neutech Group a profound
understanding: the progress of any industry ultimately comes back to the growth 
of people.

Since 2000, relying on Neusoft’s industrial foundation and technological strengths,
Neutech Group has successively established three IT application-oriented undergraduate
universities in Dalian, Chengdu, and Guangdong, cultivating more than 200,000 graduates
in total. Along the way, what has been accumulated is not merely a curriculum system
and teaching experience, but a simple conviction: **cultivating talents is neither
a hasty task nor something we can afford to delay**. Today, that conviction is being
brought into the elderly care industry.

President Wen Tao stated that the professional competence of a director does not
merely impact a single position, but the quality of life of hundreds of elderly 
residents within an organization. Supporting a young director lights up one institution;
illuminating hundreds of such institutions may well revitalize an entire industry.

Drawing on this insight, Neutech has systematically opened up its accumulated education,
healthcare and wellness resources to learners of the "Qinglan Program". Its self-
operated physical facilities including "Wecare Family" Nursing Home, Ruikang Cardiovascular
Hospital and Stomatological Hospital and Neutech Phoenix College serve as on-site
practical training for program learners. Access accounts to the integrated medical,
wellness, and elderly care smart system are provided to learners, helping them build
data-driven management mindsets. Smart wellness IoT training equipment and online
courses are made available in tandem. The ecological resources and operational scenarios
of the city-level smart wellness platform enable participants to connect community-
based and home-based elderly care services.

In Wen Tao’s view, this is not a one-way transfer of capabilities, but deep interaction
between the enterprise and the industry. The enterprise shares its expertise with
the industry, while the industry feeds back real demand to the enterprise. Both 
sides grow together through continuous exchange and adaptation.

**A Testament to Long-Termism**

The future belongs to human-AI collaboration. Technology empowers administration,
and data drives decision-making. Yet the warmth of services, the judgment of the
management, and the soul of an institution ultimately come from people. Young directors
act as the critical bridge linking technology with human warmth, and data with humanity.
Cultivating such talents lays the most solid foundation for a new elderly care ecosystem
built on human-AI collaboration.

The industry, its services, and the elderly population it serves are all evolving.
With the "Qinglan Program" as its anchor, Neutech focuses not only on the personal
development of hundreds of young directors, but also on the systematic development
of core capabilities across the elderly care industry. As more and more young directors
run their institutions with a shared, scientific, systematic and human-centered 
approach, the norms and quality standards of the whole industry may be rewritten.

To address the uncertainties of the times through steady capacity building, marking
the original aspiration of the "Qinglan Program", as well as Neutech’s long-term
commitment to the cause of elderly care.

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