Articles for Population Aging

A necessary and pragmatic reform
2 months, 1 week ago

A necessary and pragmatic reform

China Daily  

MA XUEJING/CHINA DAILY With China entering the era of rapidly rising aging population, raising the retirement age has become a priority issue for the country. Raising the retirement age according to gender and role: Over a 15-year period, starting in 2025, the government will raise the retirement age of men from 60 to 63 years and women blue-collar workers and …

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Chinese premier urges high-quality development of elderly care services
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Chinese premier urges high-quality development of elderly care services

China Daily  

Chinese Premier Li Qiang presides over a study session held by the State Council in Beijing, capital of China, Aug 26, 2024. Li emphasized the need to actively respond to population aging and promote the high-quality development of elderly care services. BEIJING -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Monday emphasized the need to actively respond to population aging and promote …

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Gerontech can help address aging problem
5 months ago

Gerontech can help address aging problem

China Daily  

Li Min/China Daily Population aging is a megatrend affecting every country in the world. Demographically, population aging tends to not only mean more elderly people in absolute terms, but also relative to the younger and middle-aged population. In countries with established welfare systems, redistributive pensions which suddenly have many people taking money out and fewer people putting money in clearly …

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Population dynamics impact East Asia development
5 months, 1 week ago

Population dynamics impact East Asia development

China Daily  

Although the global population reached 8 billion in 2022, population growth continues to slow down. The population growth rate in East Asia dropped below 1 percent in 1993, while the fertility rate fell below the replacement level. The prolonged low fertility rate has led to negative population growth in China and a couple of other East Asian countries, with features …

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Aging a challenge but also an opportunity
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Aging a challenge but also an opportunity

China Daily  

Elderly women have Laba porridge at an eldercare center in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, on Jan 16, 2024. While the early stages of population aging can be conducive to economic growth, many economists argue that there can also be a "second demographic dividend": the creation of a market in which a large group of senior citizens with relatively high rates of …

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Aging a challenge but also an opportunity
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Aging a challenge but also an opportunity

China Daily  

Elderly women have Laba porridge at an eldercare center in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, on Jan 16, 2024. While the early stages of population aging can be conducive to economic growth, many economists argue that there can also be a "second demographic dividend": the creation of a market in which a large group of senior citizens with relatively high rates of …

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Accidental falls causing more deaths in the Netherlands; Push for more exercise, prevention
1 year, 2 months ago

Accidental falls causing more deaths in the Netherlands; Push for more exercise, prevention

NL Times  

The number of Dutch citizens succumbing to accidental falls is on the rise. Accidental falls accounted for 3.7 percent of all deaths in the Netherlands last year, averaging 17 fatal incidents daily. While the growing aging population in the country partly explains the rise, the CBS emphasized that the rate of fatal falls is escalating faster than the aging trend …

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每日一词∣基本养老服务体系建设the building of the basic elderly care system
1 year, 7 months ago

每日一词∣基本养老服务体系建设the building of the basic elderly care system

China Daily  

中共中央办公厅、国务院办公厅日前印发了《关于推进基本养老服务体系建设的意见》。《意见》指出，推进基本养老服务体系建设是实施积极应对人口老龄化国家战略，实现基本公共服务均等化的重要任务。 Chinese authorities released a set of guidelines for facilitating the building of the basic elderly care system on May 21. The document, released jointly by the General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council General Office, emphasized that facilitating the building of this system bears great importance in China's efforts to pursue a …

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每日一词∣基本养老服务体系建设the building of the basic elderly care system
1 year, 7 months ago

每日一词∣基本养老服务体系建设the building of the basic elderly care system

China Daily  

中共中央办公厅、国务院办公厅日前印发了《关于推进基本养老服务体系建设的意见》。《意见》指出，推进基本养老服务体系建设是实施积极应对人口老龄化国家战略，实现基本公共服务均等化的重要任务。 Chinese authorities released a set of guidelines for facilitating the building of the basic elderly care system on May 21. The document, released jointly by the General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council General Office, emphasized that facilitating the building of this system bears great importance in China's efforts to pursue a …

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China’s Declining Population Can Still Prosper
54 years, 11 months ago

China’s Declining Population Can Still Prosper

Wired  

Earlier this week, the National Bureau of Statistics in China announced that the Chinese population has decreased for the first time in 60 years. Many people see China’s low fertility and declining population as a threat to its economic prosperity, assuming the labor force will shrink at the same time that social security costs and the number of older dependents …

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After years of talk, little progress on closing L.A. County’s aging jail
2 years, 8 months ago

After years of talk, little progress on closing L.A. County’s aging jail

LA Times  

Men’s Central Jail, built 59 years ago, is the largest of seven facilities in L.A. County’s sprawling and overcrowded jail system. “You get what we have here which is: We want to get rid of the county jail, but you don’t get a lot of movement to do it.” The jail, built 59 years ago, is the largest of seven …

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每日一词∣新时代老龄工作 efforts to tackle population aging in the new era
3 years ago

每日一词∣新时代老龄工作 efforts to tackle population aging in the new era

China Daily  

为实施积极应对人口老龄化国家战略，加强新时代老龄工作，提升广大老年人的获得感、幸福感、安全感，日前，《中共中央国务院关于加强新时代老龄工作的意见》正式发布。 China has released a guideline for measures to further implement its national strategy to address population aging, step up its efforts to tackle the problem in the new era, and boost the sense of fulfillment, happiness and safety among the elderly. 2020年8月30日，上海市虹口区的几位老年居民在服务站托管中心上美术课。（图片来源：中国日报网） 【知识点】 人口老龄化是社会发展的重要趋势，是人类文明进步的体现，也是今后较长一段时期我国的基本国情。人口老龄化对经济运行全领域、社会建设各环节、社会文化多方面乃至国家综合实力和国际竞争力，都具有深远影响，挑战与机遇并存。有效应对我国人口老龄化，事关国家发展全局，事关亿万百姓福祉，事关社会和谐稳定，对于全面建设社会主义现代化国家具有重要意义。 《中共中央国务院关于加强新时代老龄工作的意见》从健全养老服务体系、完善老年人健康支撑体系、促进老年人社会参与、着力构建老年友好型社会、积极培育银发经济等五个方面提出具体工作要求，列出了创新居家社区养老服务模式、建立基本养老服务清单制度、完善多层次养老保障体系、深入推进医养结合、扩大老年教育资源供给、加强老年人权益保障、发展适老产业等相关举措，促进老年人养老服务、健康服务、社会保障、社会参与、权益保障等统筹发展，推动老龄事业高质量发展，走出一条中国特色积极应对人口老龄化道路。 【重要讲话】 让老年人能有一个幸福美满的晚年，是各级党委和政府的重要责任。要发展普惠型养老服务，完善社区居家养老服务网络。 Ensuring a happy life for the elderly people in their later years …

Population Aging
每日一词∣新时代老龄工作 efforts to tackle population aging in the new era
3 years ago

每日一词∣新时代老龄工作 efforts to tackle population aging in the new era

China Daily  

为实施积极应对人口老龄化国家战略，加强新时代老龄工作，提升广大老年人的获得感、幸福感、安全感，日前，《中共中央国务院关于加强新时代老龄工作的意见》正式发布。 China has released a guideline for measures to further implement its national strategy to address population aging, step up its efforts to tackle the problem in the new era, and boost the sense of fulfillment, happiness and safety among the elderly. 2020年8月30日，上海市虹口区的几位老年居民在服务站托管中心上美术课。（图片来源：中国日报网） 【知识点】 人口老龄化是社会发展的重要趋势，是人类文明进步的体现，也是今后较长一段时期我国的基本国情。人口老龄化对经济运行全领域、社会建设各环节、社会文化多方面乃至国家综合实力和国际竞争力，都具有深远影响，挑战与机遇并存。有效应对我国人口老龄化，事关国家发展全局，事关亿万百姓福祉，事关社会和谐稳定，对于全面建设社会主义现代化国家具有重要意义。 《中共中央国务院关于加强新时代老龄工作的意见》从健全养老服务体系、完善老年人健康支撑体系、促进老年人社会参与、着力构建老年友好型社会、积极培育银发经济等五个方面提出具体工作要求，列出了创新居家社区养老服务模式、建立基本养老服务清单制度、完善多层次养老保障体系、深入推进医养结合、扩大老年教育资源供给、加强老年人权益保障、发展适老产业等相关举措，促进老年人养老服务、健康服务、社会保障、社会参与、权益保障等统筹发展，推动老龄事业高质量发展，走出一条中国特色积极应对人口老龄化道路。 【重要讲话】 让老年人能有一个幸福美满的晚年，是各级党委和政府的重要责任。要发展普惠型养老服务，完善社区居家养老服务网络。 Ensuring a happy life for the elderly people in their later years …

Population Aging
每日一词∣优化生育政策 improve birth policies
3 years, 6 months ago

每日一词∣优化生育政策 improve birth policies

China Daily  

中共中央政治局近日召开会议，听取“十四五”时期积极应对人口老龄化重大政策举措汇报，审议《关于优化生育政策促进人口长期均衡发展的决定》。 A meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee heard reports on major policy measures to actively address the aging of the population during the 14th Five-Year Plan period. 2018年6月12日，在福建省妇幼保健院产科门诊，护士在引导一位通过手机预约产检的孕妇就医。（图片来源：新华社） 【知识点】 党的十八大以来，根据我国人口发展变化趋势，党中央、国务院审时度势先后作出单独两孩、全面两孩等重大决策部署，取得了积极成效。 从第七次全国人口普查数据看，目前0-14岁少儿人口占比从2010年的16.6%提高到2020年的17.95%。近年来，由于政策调整原因全国累计多出生二孩1000多万人。出生人口中二孩占比由2013年的30%左右上升到近年来的50%左右。出生人口性别比从2013年的118降至目前的111左右。 当前，我国正处于人口大国向人力资本强国转变的重大战略机遇期，立足国情，遵循规律，实施一对夫妻可以生育三个子女政策及配套支持措施，能够最大限度发挥人口对经济社会发展的能动作用，牢牢把握战略主动权，积极应对生育水平持续走低的风险，统筹解决人口问题，为全面建成社会主义现代化强国创造良好的人口环境。 【重要讲话】 把握好新发展阶段提出的新要求，要树立战略眼光，顺应人民对高品质生活的期待，要增强风险意识，研判未来我国人口老龄化、劳动力结构变化等发展趋势。 In the new development stage, China should have a strategic vision and meet people's expectations for a high-quality …

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Tackling aging problem to improve demographics
3 years, 7 months ago

Tackling aging problem to improve demographics

China Daily  

Zuo Chunxiu, 88, who retired from Zhengzhou Railway Administration, is on her way to her volunteer post as a service worker at Zhengzhou Railway Station in Henan province. And although life expectancy in China is 76.4 years, healthy life expectancy is only 68.7 years, according to official data in 2018, which means many senior citizens are susceptible to illness and …

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The next global economic threat: Old-age
4 years, 2 months ago

The next global economic threat: Old-age

Live Mint  

While the world wrestles with a deadly pandemic and how to confront climate change, there’s another, long-term global challenge that no one really knows how to deal with: Population aging. Because the natural rate is tied to a country’s future overall growth rate, most theories agree that low population growth lowers the natural rate and makes it harder for central …

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