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This book provides a systematic study of the challenges of aging in China and of the measures being taken, planned, and still needed to cope with the challenges. It highlights that the number of people aged 65 or above is growing and that the growth will accelerate-from 176 million people representing 12.6% of the population in 2019 to 310 million representing 22.3% of the population by 2035, and it also highlights that the aging comes at a time when China's economy is not yet fully developed and not yet fully balanced. The book outlines how China has already established an elderly care system and is beginning to meet the needs of the elderly for economic security, social services, and so on; discusses the need for enhancing and considerably extending the existing system; and proposes reform ideas and key policy options.
List of contents
List of Figures vi
List of Tables ix
Members of the Research Group xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction 1
1 China's Population Aging: The Status Quo, Development Trend, and Opportunities and Challenges 5
2 Development of the Human Capital of the Elderly 34
3 Valuing Social Participation of the Elderly 59
4 Establishment and Improvement of the Elderly Care Service System 85
5 Strengthening the Construction of an Age-friendly Health Support System 122
6 Construction of Economic Security System for Coping with Population Aging 157
7 Construction of Social Governance System for the Elderly 205
8 Policy Suggestions for Coping with Population Aging 233
Index 248
About the author
China Development Research Foundation is one of the leading economic think tanks in China, where many of the details of China's economic reform have been formulated. Its work and publications, therefore, provide great insights into what the Chinese themselves think about economic reform and how it should develop.
