Intrigued by the global care chain theory and changes in elder care due to the national trend of rural-urban migration, this study aims to propose the new research direction of the national healthcare chain in China. In the background section, the starting point of the Global Care Chain will be followed by the status of elderly care and contributions related to rural-urban migration in China. Considering the methods, this study collects secondary data and designs a survey for quantitative analysis, while conducting interviews for thematic analysis in the case of Shanghai. The expected results section includes literature implications on the care chain in China, practical implications for elderly care in both rural and urban areas, and policy implications.1. Context The Global Care Chain (GCC) focuses on the mechanism of global reproduction, the internationalization of care services and the migration of care labor (Yeates, 2009). According to Yeates (2009) the GCC explores transnational interconnections and interdependencies, involving the flow of workers from developing countries to work as paid carers for the elderly in developed countries leaving their children and parents behind. The global nursing care chain has been found in various regions, including North America, Western Europe and parts of Asia (Yeats, 2009; Bettio et al, 2006; Michel and Peng, 2012). There are similarities underlying these care chains, according to Bettio et al (2006) and Yeats (2009), the reasons why this care chain emerges include: 1) in input countries: aging population, decreasing birth rates , increasing participation of women in the workforce, insufficient market and provision of public care for the elderly, growing needs of health workers, reluctance of national workers to understand...... half of the document ...... Hurst, W.J., Won, J. and Qiang, L. (2009) Laid-Off Workers in a Workers' State: Unemployment with Chinese Characteristics. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.Li, C. (1991) Influences of floating populations on large cities and countermeasures. Beijing: Economy Daily Press.Michel, S. and Peng, I. (2012) 'All in the family? Migrants, nationalities and care regimes in Asia and North America, Journal of European Social Policy, 4, pp. 406-418. Yeats, N. (2009) Globalizing care economies and migrant workers: explorations into global care chains. UK: Palgrave Macmillan.Zang, Y. and Wildemuth, B.M. (2009) “Qualitative Content Analysis.” In Wildemuth B. (ed.), Applications of social research methods to information and library science issues. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 308-319.PDF available: https://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~yanz/Content_analysis.pdf