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China’s continuous and swift transformations pose relevant challenges to a sustainable development in all three areas: social, ecological and economical. Several national policies are implemented to guide these transitions within supported, non-disruptive solutions, seeking to keep an overall balance in the very dynamic socio-economic framework. These policies are generally implemented separately. This paper presents a possible proposal to link an economical policy to a social one through a design driven approach for social innovation: how to create a potentially beneficial link between the major social challenges of the elderly and the family in rural areas and the “Mass Innovation Entrepreneurship”, one of the policies to support the transition from “factory of the world” to Made in China and Design in China. This could impact millions of families and offer a new social implementation for a tech driven phenomena.
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The first national document the Chinese government issues every year, outlining the top priorities of the nation for the coming year.
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in Wuhan, Hubei province.
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Xinchejian in Shanghai, founded by David Li, a Taiwanese startup entrepreneur.
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Chai Huo in Shenzhen.
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Shānzhài, 山寨, refers to counterfeit consumer goods, including imitation and trademark infringing brands and/or particularly electronics, in China.
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Accolla, A. (2020). Defining a Shared Platform in China to Propose a Social, Cultural and Technological Bridge. In: Di Bucchianico, G. (eds) Advances in Design for Inclusion. AHFE 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 954. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20444-0_11
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