What will China enter an aging society around 2022?
China News reported on June 19. Recently, the China Development Foundation released a report predicting that by 2022, the population over 65 years old in China will account for 14% of the total population and will enter an aging society from an aging society.
According to the report, there will be nearly 500 million elderly people in China by 2050 if the population aged 60 and above is used as the standard to define the elderly population.
China should realize the provincial overall planning of the old-age insurance system as soon as possible, improve the financial sustainability of the system and improve the retirement system as soon as possible.
What is the standard of an aging society?
It is understood that the international standard for a country or region to enter an aging society is that the population over 60 accounts for 10% of the total population, or the population over 65 accounts for 7% of the total population.
There are two meanings: first, it refers to the process of the relative increase of the elderly population and the increase of its proportion in the total population; Second, it means that the social population structure is in an aging state and has entered an aging society.
The general view in the world is that when the population over 60 years old accounts for 10% of the total population in a country or region, or the population over 65 years old accounts for 7% of the total population, it means that the population of this country or region is in an aging society.
What are the problems and challenges brought by an aging society?
The enormous pressure of the aging population is testing the government's ability to plan for the elderly.
The problems and impacts brought by the aging population are mainly these four points. The first point is the aggravation of social burden; The second point is the disharmony between the development of social and cultural welfare and the aging of our population; The third point is the weakening of family pension function; Fourthly, the aging population also means that the demand for medical and living services for the elderly will be more prominent.
Generally speaking, China needs to improve its old-age care policy as soon as possible and increase its old-age care efforts. How to treat China's entry into an aging society? What do you think caused it?