In 22, the proportion of elderly people aged 65 and above in China will exceed 13%, and the proportion of elderly people aged 6 and above will exceed 18.7%, which will obviously accelerate the aging process.

since China entered an aging society in 2, the degree of population aging has continued to deepen. According to the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, there are about 18 million elderly people aged 65 and above in China in 22, accounting for about 13% of the total population.

when the 14th Five-Year Plan is completed in p>225, there will be more than 21 million elderly people aged 65 and above, accounting for about 15% of the total population; If people aged 6 and above are used as the criteria for defining the elderly population, the number of elderly people in China will be close to 5 million by 25.

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it is worth noting that the data shows that in 22, the budget expenditure of the national social insurance fund was 7,883.482 billion yuan, accounting for 95.8% of the budget, with an increase of 5.5%. The gap between income and expenditure in that year was 621.917 billion yuan, and the accumulated balance at the end of the year was 9,32.614 billion yuan.

In addition to providing for the aged, in the face of the trend of different social security needs and the gradual aging of the population, in 221, China will raise the standards of basic pension for retirees, special care recipients' pension and living allowance, support local governments to provide all-round protection for people in need, deepen the reform of the investment, operation and management system and mechanism of social security funds, and continue to enlarge and strengthen the strategic reserve fund.