3/13/10

State Department Counselor: release second child does not resolve the issue of aging

State Department Counselor: release second child does not resolve the issue of aging
AP National People's Congress, State Department Counselor horsepower, said yesterday that since 2000 China's aging society, the elderly population at an annual rate of 8 million increase, now 1.5 million people. Is expected that around 2040 the elderly population will reach 400 million people of the peak, accounting for 31% of the total population will be around.

"Even if from now on the implementation of the general 'two-child' policy, it can only be the peak time of the elderly population in proportion from 31% to 29%, only slightly ease the aging problem, but can not solve the problem." Aimed at people recommends the adoption of "more students" to solve the population aging, hp 13, said in the interview with this reporter.

As China's Population and Development Research Center, the former director-horsepower long-term commitment to population studies and participate in relevant policy formulation.

She introduced the country's population since 1993 into the "inner negative growth" phase, that is, on average, the number of marital births is less than 2 children, now down to 1.7. "The overall stability, and gradually fine-tuning, classification guide, according to local conditions" are the characteristics of China's current population policy. For example, my country has allowed to single female heads of households in rural areas and the "double single" family birth to two children in the future may be on a pilot basis and gradually allow the "separate" Family child-bearing two children.But to implement the common "two-child" policy, the current conditions are not yet ripe.

In accordance with international practice, when the ratio of the population over 60 years of age more than 10% of the total population, or the ratio of the population over 65 years of age more than 7% of the total population, it was known as the "aging society", and more than 14% to be called " aging society. " The 2000 census data show that China has entered the year, "aging society." According to United Nations demographic data, before and after 2025 China will enter the "aging society."

(Editor: High-star)

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