International experience in promoting elderly labour supply in the context of digital transformation and its enlightenment to China

Relevance. In order to alleviate the problems of labour reduction and heavy financial burden caused
by population aging, some developed countries have implemented policy reforms to develop the resources of the elderly, and provided educational measures to improve digital literacy for the elderly in combination with the fact of digital transformation. These positive measures have not only achieved certain results, but also provided a reference for China to deal with aging. Aim. To summarise the measures and experiences in developing geriatric resources in typical developed countries, and to gain insights from them, and then to make suggestions for China’s response to population ageing. Methods. Based on the collection and collation of objective facts and statistical data, this paper summarises the current situation of aging in Japan, Germany and Singapore and the reform measures for the development of human resources for the elderly, and uses induction to analyse the internal logic of the successful experience of these countries in developing human resources for the elderly. Results. The
author has summarized and analyzed the measures and experience of Japan, Germany and Singapore in developing geriatric resources in the dual context of ageing and digitalisation as well as logic of the positive results of developing geriatric resources. Combined with the current situation of the development of human resources for the elderly in China, some suggestions are put forward for the development of human resources for the elderly in China. Conclusions. The establishment of a sustainable pension system, the formulation of policies to promote the employment of the elderly, and the provision of a service system for the elderly, such as old-age security, education and training, are the necessary prerequisites for the development of the elderly's human resources. The construction of a digitally inclusive social environment of positive aging, and the enhancement of the elderly's digital literacy through a variety of ways have better benefits for the elderly's confidence in the labour supply
and the increase in the rate of labour force participation. Constructing a synergistic mechanism based on stakeholders such as the government, enterprises, families as well as the elderly stimulates the elderly labour supply and other social activities.