Modern Economics & Management Forum

Facing the increasing challenge of an ageing population in China, effectively promoting the high-quality development of the silver economy has become a critical issue requiring urgent attention. This paper analyzes the theoretical logic, mechanisms, and practical pathways through which new quality productive forces empower the high-quality development of the silver economy. As an advanced manifestation of productive forces, new quality productive forces reshape the value creation mechanisms of the silver economy through the synergistic integration of technological innovation, knowledge capital, and digital technology. This transformation drives industrial upgrading, optimizes the supply-demand structure, and restructures the industrial ecosystem, significantly enhancing both service efficiency and quality. As an advanced form of productive forces, new quality productive forces, through the synergistic integration of technological innovation, knowledge capital, and digital technology, reshape the value creation mechanisms of the silver economy, driving industrial upgrading, optimizing the supply-demand structure, and restructuring the industrial ecosystem. This significantly enhances service efficiency and quality. Relevant stakeholders should strengthen technological innovation, regional coordination, and institutional guarantees to unleash the effects of new quality productive forces, promote the high-quality development of the silver economy, and jointly support a modernized economic system.