Overview
- This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access
- Provides in-depth interpretation of population development trends and their impacts from medium to long-term perspective
- Stimulates the economic potential of the age of longevity and finds new outlets under the changing situation
- Proposes enterprise solutions to pension and health issues
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This open access book is a comprehensive solution proposed by Dr. Chen Dongsheng for the issues of medical care, pension, and fund raising in the era of longevity. This book studies the relationship among aging population, economic development, and business model innovation. It integrates multi-disciplinary, multi-industry, and multi-professional research and thinking to focus on how to meet the challenge of aging population from business perspective. The author analyzes the keys and experience for Taikang to get successful in this area. The arrival of the "Era of Longevity" not only creates new business opportunities, but also changes the economy, governance, and cultural ecology of the society. It is of interest to the readers in business and policy-making.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
In 1993, Mr. Chen founded China Guardian Auctions, China’s first international auction house, where he served as Chairman of the Board and General Manager. In 1996, he founded TaikangLife Insurance (currently known as Taikang Insurance Group, a Fortune Global 500 company since 2018), where he has been Chairman and CEO to this day. Prior to forming China Guardian and Taikang, he worked at Developed Countries Study Department, International Trade Research Institute, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation from 1983 through 1988; later on, he served as Deputy Editor in Chief, Journal of Management World, Development Research Center of the State Council during which time he spearheaded China’s ranking of Top 500 Chinese companies.
He is Leading Figure of "Class of 92" (business elites who left the government or official research institutes in 1992 to start their own business), is recognized as "Top 100 Outstanding Entrepreneurs during 40 years of reform and opening up", and is awarded the title of “Outstanding Builders of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics”. In 2020, under his leadership, both Global Chushang Association and Taikang Tongji (Wuhan) Hospital were merited with the national title of “Outstanding Institution in the fight against Covid-19”, and he was awarded the national title of “Outstanding Personnel from the private sector in the fight against Covid-19”.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Era of Longevity
Book Subtitle: Transformation of Aging, Health and Wealth
Authors: Dongsheng Chen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6784-9
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-6783-2Published: 18 March 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-6786-3Published: 18 March 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-6784-9Published: 17 March 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXVII, 207
Number of Illustrations: 33 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Asian Business, Demography, Business Strategy/Leadership, Business Strategy/Leadership