Abstract:
Abstract: “East Asian welfare mode” refers to a new type of welfare provision which was formed and widely exists in the East Asian region. It is distinguished from the Western welfare mode and has a unique development perspective. As an important part of social welfare, the establishment of elderly longterm care system is the result of the combined effects of the national or regional political, economic and social systems, and is subject to the constraints of multiple factors such as traditional culture, philosophy, political system, economic structure and policy arrangements. China, Japan and South Korea are different in the development of elderly longterm care system in terms of social background, historical process and initial conditions, but they have shown an obvious trend of convergence, similarity and integration in welfare spending, coverage, familism and statecentrism. On this basis, this paper puts forward recommendations on building the elderly longterm care system in China.

Key words: East Asian welfare mode; China; Japan; South Korea; longterm care system