The rich work experience they have accumulated for a long time is often beyond the reach of young people, which is a special advantage for them. Due to the rapid growth of retired workers in China in recent years, the government pays great attention to the role of the elderly, actively encourages them, and creates conditions to provide conditions for the elderly to participate in social development. The elderly in China participate in social activities in the following aspects: investigation and study, and be good staff of government departments at all levels; Assist grass-roots organizations to set up collective production and welfare undertakings; Participate in the management of neighborhood committees; Educate teenagers; Participate in self-management and self-service for the elderly; Compulsory education; Cultivate talents, teach and educate people; Engaged in consulting services; Engaged in technical services; Participate in public welfare undertakings; Write a book and stand up; Agriculture and business; Housework, etc. The main organizational forms for the elderly to participate in social development are as follows: academic organizations for the elderly, academic organizations voluntarily organized by senior scientists and technicians according to their specialties and systems, such as gerontology society, painting and calligraphy research society for the elderly, history research society for the elderly, photography society for the elderly, etc. Self-help and service organizations for the elderly are professional and self-service organizations for the elderly. Mainly by the elderly self-organization, self-management, self-service, self-education of various management organizations and professional associations, such as retired workers' science and technology association, retired teachers' association, retired doctors' association, retired lawyers' association, senior sports association, senior universities and other organizations. Retired engineers' associations, retired scientists' associations and workers' technical service teams organized by retired scientific and technical personnel and skilled workers in some areas organize retired technical personnel to engage in professional and technical activities such as giving lectures, translating, guiding research, personnel training, technology opening and technical consulting services, medical care and so on; These organizations provide a useful place for the elderly to play their role. Some of them have also created considerable economic benefits for the society. In some towns, associations for the elderly, management committees for retired workers and retired workers' associations organized by the elderly themselves generally engage in social service activities, and at the same time carry out mutual assistance activities among the elderly. Serve the public welfare. In urban and rural areas, the elderly are organized to engage in social welfare undertakings, such as maintaining social order, managing traffic order, market management, market price supervision, environmental sanitation, residents' committees' work, publicizing family planning, popularizing legal education, changing customs and other activities. Some elderly people also hold family youth activity stations, counseling stations and reading rooms, and some also actively organize organizations such as "Youth Education Group for Slipped Young People", "Education Group for Children of Cadres", "Old Red Army Education Youth Association" and "Old Cadres Care for the Next Generation Association". Production-oriented organization for the aged. Economic entities organized by the elderly themselves in some enterprises, streets and rural areas. In enterprises, some retired workers organize themselves to participate in developing new products, tackling key technical problems, repairing old ones and using waste, maintaining equipment, technical training for workers and consulting services. There are three main categories of services: the first category is to provide convenience services to the society in service outlets such as repair, dyeing, groceries, restaurants, hotels and photography; The second category is closely surrounding the production of enterprises, undertaking mechanical processing, equipment maintenance and equipment to serve the production of enterprises; The third category is to undertake technical innovation, equipment renovation and technical research projects, and to provide technical consulting services for society and enterprises. In rural areas, some elderly people are engaged in moderate-scale operation, which has strengthened the collective economy. Some elderly people are engaged in planting and breeding, and some elderly people take the lead in learning science and technology and become specialized households in planting and breeding. In rural areas, middle-aged and elderly people have played a role in popularizing scientific and technological knowledge, developing rural commodity economy and providing socialized agricultural services. Technical consulting service organizations for the elderly are organizations for the elderly who are good staff and do a good job in consulting services for governments at all levels. Some veteran cadres, experts and a large number of scientific and technological workers who have long served as government leaders and have rich experience are engaged in various consulting services. In some areas, government agencies have recruited veteran comrades to participate in government advisory committees, advisory groups and consultants, conducted investigations and studies on major local social and economic issues, put forward feasibility analysis, and worked out proposals. Such as "Shanghai Municipal Government Advisory Group" and "Tianjin Municipal Government Advisory Committee", these advisory organizations have played a very good role in making decisions on major social and economic issues for the government. Develop education and impart knowledge. In terms of moral education, a group of veteran cadres, workers, veterans and intellectuals have been organized all over the country to educate young people in patriotism, socialism and revolutionary traditions through publicity groups, reports, off-campus counselors, amateur schools, lectures and book clubs for the elderly. One million old people have participated in the work of caring for the next generation associations throughout the country, contributing to the healthy growth of young people. In terms of intellectual education, many old educators actively participated in holding staff universities, evening universities, cram schools for college entrance examinations and various vocational training courses to improve the cultural knowledge and scientific and technological level of the younger generation, and some volunteered to go to poor areas for the young and the old or return to their hometowns, in order to change the backward appearance of local education and develop agriculture and poverty alleviation through science and technology, and trained a large number of useful talents for the society. In order to enliven the entertainment and sports activities of the elderly, various cultural and sports activities have been actively carried out in various places for the elderly, such as the elderly chorus, the elderly art team and the elderly yangko team, and the Tai Ji Chuan class for the elderly.