数字经济赋能养老服务高质量发展的内在机理与实现路径

The Underlying Mechanisms and Implementation Pathways for the Digital Economy to Empower High-Quality Development in Elderly Care Services

摘要: 随着我国步入中度老龄化社会，传统养老模式面临供给不足、效率低下、需求难以满足等多重挑战。数字经济的崛起为养老服务高质量发展提供了新的契机。本文系统阐释了数字经济赋能养老服务高质量发展的内在机理，从技术突破与需求升级的双向耦合、生产要素的升级与组合优化、全链条数字化转型的乘数效应三个维度揭示了赋能逻辑。在此基础上，提出了强化技术创新与应用、促进要素提质与系统重构、健全制度保障体系、构建有温度的数智养老生态等实现路径。研究表明，数字经济通过技术嵌入、要素重构和产业升级，能够有效破解养老服务供需矛盾，推动养老产业从劳动密集型向技术密集型转型，实现质量变革、效率变革、动力变革。

Abstract: As China enters the stage of moderate population aging, traditional elderly care models face multiple challenges, including insufficient supply, low efficiency, and difficulties in meeting demand. The rise of the digital economy has created new opportunities for the high-quality development of elderly care services. This paper systematically elucidates the underlying mechanisms through which the digital economy empowers the high-quality development of elderly care services, revealing the enabling logic from three dimensions: the bidirectional coupling of technological breakthroughs and demand upgrades; the upgrading and optimal combination of production factors; and the multiplier effect of full-chain digital transformation. Building on this foundation, the paper proposes implementation pathways such as strengthening technological innovation and application, promoting the upgrading of factors and systemic restructuring, improving the institutional safeguard system, and building a warm and caring digital-intelligent elderly care ecosystem. Research indicates that through technological integration, factor restructuring, and industrial upgrading, the digital economy can effectively resolve the supply-demand imbalance in elderly care services, drive the transformation of the elderly care industry from labor-intensive to technology-intensive, and achieve transformations in quality, efficiency, and growth drivers.