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a delegation led by relevant officials from the department of vocational and adult education of the ministry of education recently visited xuhui district to investigate the construction and development of senior citizen universities. they focused on understanding the market-oriented operation and management mechanism of senior citizen education, exploring ways for social forces to participate in senior citizen education, and putting forward countermeasures and suggestions for further optimizing senior citizen education.

in recent years, xuhui district has actively promoted the construction of social learning points for elderly education through the model of "government coordination, education supervision, community support, and social participation". in 2019, xuhui district included the "construction of social learning points for elderly education" in the government's practical projects, established the xuhui district social learning point alliance for elderly education, and formulated the "xuhui district social learning point management tips for elderly education". at present, the district has built 30 municipal and district social learning points for elderly education, which can carry out various learning activities for 4,000 elderly people each year and serve more than 16,000 elderly students, promoting the increase of venues, teachers, classes and students in xuhui district's elderly education, and making the layout of elderly education in the region more balanced, making it more convenient for residents to participate in learning, making the course selection more diverse, and making the school operation more effective.

the research team visited shimu garden (xuhui district senior education social learning point), ruizhong insurance company (xuhui district senior university financial literacy education practice base), haipai comic heritage museum (xuhui district senior education social learning point), and liaoxin tea house (xuhui district senior university tea art teaching and research base), and conducted on-site inspections of the actual situation of senior education organized by social forces, and held discussions with the participants.

the research team affirmed the innovative measures taken by shanghai and xuhui district in elderly education, and pointed out that xuhui district's elderly education work has achieved remarkable results, forming a good situation of active participation of social forces and resource sharing, which has provided valuable experience for the development of elderly education in shanghai and even the whole country, especially in promoting the joint participation of multiple subjects in elderly education. it has important reference value. at the same time, the research team suggested that in the future, the marketization and industrialization level of elderly education can be improved by introducing market mechanisms and social forces, which can not only meet the personalized and diversified learning needs of the elderly, but also further promote the sustainable development of elderly education and enhance the happiness and sense of gain of the elderly.