What is the current situation and trend of China s aging population?

Since China has entered an aging society, it has shown a large base of the elderly population, rapid growth, aging, disability, and empty nest trend.

Causes of the aging of the Chinese population There are many reasons for the acceleration of the aging of the Chinese population, but the most important and direct reasons are two aspects: First, the low fertility rate that has emerged from the long-term implementation of the family planning policy. In order to control the excessively rapid growth of the population and reduce the pressure caused by the population on economic and social development, China has implemented the basic national policy of family planning since the 80s of the last century, which has greatly reduced the fertility level of the whole society.

On the other hand, the rapid economic growth, the progress of science and technology, the improvement of the people's medical conditions and the improvement of their living standards have enabled mankind to make amazing achievements in health and longevity, and the life expectancy of the population has been greatly extended. The result of the combined effect of the above factors is that in the whole population, the proportion of young people is further reduced and the proportion of the elderly population is relatively increased, which is ultimately manifested in the rapid growth and increase of the proportion of the elderly population in the whole population, that is, the early arrival of an aging society.

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Since the 90s of the 20th century, China's aging process has accelerated. The number of elderly people aged 65 and above increased from 62.99 million in 1990 to 88.11 million in 2000, and the proportion of the total population has increased from Chinese to the elderly. Gender differences in mortality make older women the vast majority of the older population.

It is expected that by 2040, the proportion of the population aged 65 and over will exceed 20% of the total population. At the same time, the aging of the elderly population is becoming more and more obvious: the number of people aged 80 and over is increasing at a rate of 5% per year, and will increase to more than 74 million by 2040.

The rapid development of the population aging trend is closely related to the decline of the fertility rate and birth rate, as well as the decline in mortality and the increase in life expectancy. At present, China's fertility rate has fallen below replacement level, and the life expectancy and mortality rate of the population are close to the levels of developed countries. As the population with the peak of birth in the mid-20th century enters old age, it is foreseeable that the early part of the 21st century will be the period of the fastest aging of the Chinese population.

China attaches great importance to and solves the problem of population aging, actively develops the cause of aging, and initially forms a work pattern of leading, social participation and national care for the development of the cause of aging. The State has established the National Working Committee on Ageing, which has defined the goals, tasks and basic policies for the work on ageing. The Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly has been promulgated, and the Outline of the Tenth Five-Year Plan for the Development of China's Aging Undertakings has been formulated, which has clearly incorporated the undertakings of the elderly into the overall planning and sustainable development strategy of economic and social development.