Yada Panasonic Community: New Proposal for Healthcare and Aged-care

Healthcare and aged care are the key social issues in China today.

In May 2021, the 7th National Census data showed that, the total population had reached 1.41 billion in China, among which 264 million were 60 years old or above, 18.7% of the total population; 190 million were 65 years old or above, 13.5% of all. That means China has entered an advanced aging society.

In Japan, the aging degree is higher than that in China. Aging society has brought deep changes for Japan. It makes a lot of sense for China, even the world that watching Japan's matter and solutions on the aged care.

As one of representative enterprises with more than one hundred years history in Japan, Panasonic has launched the research and development on aged-care technology and products related 20 years ago, and accumulated rich experience. In 2019, Panasonic put forward the slogan of "Endless Care and Joyous Mind and Body", and raised the business of healthcare and aged care up to the corporate strategy. It promoted the business in China by Chinese speed, Chinese cost and Chinese mode, for the purpose of a fast growth of the healthcare and aged care business. Panasonic integrates Japanese leading aged-care experience with its advantages of technology and products in household appliance and dwelling, and offers a healthier, smarter, more comfortable and safer lifestyle for Chinese customers.

In recent days, Panasonic held "Yada Panasonic Community Media Press and Healthcare and Aged care Forum" in Yixing, Jiangsu. It launched Yada Panasonic Community and the opening of Panasonic Wellness Smart Life Hall. This was also one of key achievements of Panasonic in the past three year since it began the healthcare and aged care brand in China.

In the Forum after the press, guests from different field had a deep discussion on the current situation and demands of Chinese aged care market. From the social background of gradually aging to the improvement of aged care policies, from the layout of aged care industry to the continuous R&D of aged care products, guests present freely talked about how to face with the future aged care market in China from their own specialties. 

Yada Panasonic Community locates at Yada Yangxian Xishan, Yixing, Jiangsu. It has the floor area of about 440 mu. With the concept of Panasonic Smart Health City, it uses Panasonic's space control technology to offer healthy space solution and a "safe, relieved and comfortable" living environment for residents based on the Project's requirements from the necessary air, light and water. Yada Panasonic Community has 1170 apartments. It is equipped with a large quantity of Panasonic's products. The whole room is installed with a whole set of Panasonic products. Residents could enjoy high quality life here.

While visiting the sample room, we found that the whole apartment was installed Six Constant Climatological Stations, creating a living space with constant temperature, oxygen capacity, humidity, cleanness, quietness and fresh air. Residents could spend four seasons comfortably here.

The main bedroom is equipped with the "comfortable sleeping system". It assists to improve sleeping quality by smart light and electric curtain. The wood floor is Panasonic brand imported from Japan, wearproof and eco-friendly. The finishing of the wood is able to inhibit bacterium growth, which is safe for children.

According to the standard configuration, the washing room is equipped with Panasonic's smart stool and seat-style shower, creating a comfortable personal cleaning space.

The kitchen uses Panasonic's integrated kitchen cabinet, and is equipped with Panasonic's folding door, drop-down storage basket, pulling type water faucet, dish-washing machine and etc., bringing the joy of cooking. The apartment is also equipped with refrigerator, washing machine, TV sets and switch panels and lighting system, all of which are from Panasonic. In addition, it offers beds, sofa, closet, dining tables and chairs and other furniture. Residents could move in directly.

Yada Panasonic Community offers the house types of 89㎡, 115㎡ and 133㎡ mainly. The top floor and the second top floor are designed into the types of 135㎡, 155㎡ and 190㎡. The 89㎡ type subverted the traditional understanding on small house type. It does not only use large horizontal living room design with 9.3 meters width in the south, but also offer a 5.8 meters wide of super large balcony. By more reasonable space design, Yada Panasonic Community offers excellent living experience. It also expects to create a healthy and clean life that everyone could enjoy by Panasonic's leading healthy space innovation technology and intelligent facilities.

After the press, CEO of Panasonic China & Northeast Asia Company Mr. Tetsuro Homma received the interview. On the difference between Japan and China in the field of healthcare and aged care, he said, one I had strong interest in was that it was very hard to introduce some products by internet means in Japan, but in China, it was possible. Therefore, those including the Six Constant Climatological Stations and the smart lighting control system were operated by internet or on the smart phone in China. By improving these technology, I believed that it could be popular in the whole world.

More importantly was that Panasonic would expected to create Yada Panasonic Community into a Wellness Smart Town that people could live in generation by generation based on the technological concept and experience in Fujisawa SST Community in Japan. Mr. Tetsuro Homma said, in the planning of this Community, they insisted the concept.

In the sense, Yada Panasonic Community is not designed into a closed space. It is fully integrated into the surroundings and supporting facilities to create an open and inclusive "sustainable community". It could better meet the demands of residents on commerce, culture, social exchange, fitness and healthcare. The landscape footbridge links the Community with the Hotel, the supermarket, the canteen and other facilities in the Town Center. In the west, the mountain park plays the role of transition between the landscape and the residential area, connecting the Community to Yada Hospital and Yada Fitness Center.

On the following development plan, Mr. Homma said, "the expansion of scale is before everything. We hope we could offer 10000 apartments within one year, not only in Yixing. We expect to promote the Community in other cities. In the next years, we will make efforts to deliver 10000 apartments every year." 

Panasonic Wellness Smart Life Hall was open also. It is a venue to display and offer experience of Panasonic smart products. Residents could enjoy the extension service of Panasonic.