To apply for an elderly card in Guangzhou, you need to be over 61 years old, registered in Guangzhou and RMB 111. Eligible elderly people can apply through the community or municipal civil affairs departments.

Guangzhou implements the card system for the elderly, aiming at providing preferential and convenient services for the elderly over 61 years old. The card for the elderly is an electronic card in real-name registration system, and the cardholder can enjoy preferential policies in public transportation, medical care, culture and entertainment, and catering. The following are the specific conditions and procedures for handling the senior citizen card in Guangzhou: 1. Age requirements: Applicants for handling the senior citizen card need to be over 61 years old. 2. Household registration requirements: the applicant needs to be a permanent residence or long-term residence permit holder in Guangzhou. 3. Identification: Applicants need to provide valid identification, such as ID card and residence permit. 4. Payment requirements: the applicant needs to pay RMB 111, and after payment, the elderly card will be made and distributed to the applicant. 5. Community application: The applicant can apply for an elderly card in his community or municipal civil affairs department. The community or civil affairs department will collect the applicant's relevant materials, and make and issue the elderly card after approval.

is it free to take the bus with the senior citizen card? Eligible elderly people can enjoy free preferential policies by taking subways, buses, trams and other means of public transportation in Guangzhou with their senior citizen cards.

Guangzhou needs to meet the relevant conditions such as age, household registration, identity certificate, payment and so on, and can apply in the local community or municipal civil affairs department. The card for the elderly can enjoy preferential policies in public transportation, medical care, culture and entertainment, and eligible elderly people can take public transportation for free.

Legal basis:

Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly Article 53 The people's governments at or above the county level and their relevant departments shall, according to the economic and social development and the special needs of the elderly, formulate measures for preferential treatment for the elderly and gradually raise the level of preferential treatment. Give equal preferential treatment to the elderly who live in their administrative areas.