Hangzhou promotes technology to help the aged. Smart bracelets, toilets, robots, bath beds, folding chairs and other devices suitable for the aged can enable disabled elderly people to "regain"some of their missing bodily functions.

The enterprises in Hangzhou are committed to developing high-tech products to assist in the treatment of diseases such as Alzheimer's disease.

Hangzhou's policy on helping the disabled has been improving, and the subsidies for high-tech assistive devices have increased significantly. It is reported that, this year, Hangzhou Disabled Persons’ Federation added subsidies for 14 assistive devices, the maximum subsidy is up to 45,000 yuan, and the number of people receiving assistive devices has grown by more than 25 percent.