Concession cards are making life easier

For many people, cooking three meals a day is no big deal. But not for Li Shumei.

The 82-year-old woman, who has lived with her daughter and son-in-law since her husband died, had to make do with what was in the refrigerator when she stayed at home alone on weekdays.

This was until she heard from neighbors that she could use her pension concession card to pay at a restaurant just a block away from her home in the Zhichundongli community in Beijing's Haidian district.