Beijing enters a moderate aging society over 20% of permanent resident population over

China's capital Beijing officially entered a medium -aging society. Last year, the permanent population of 60 and above in Beijing exceeded 20%for the first time.Raise an elderly person.

Comprehensive Beijing Daily and Beijing Business Daily reported that the Beijing Aging Office and the Beijing Aging Association on Friday (September 2) released the Beijing Aging Career Development Report (2021).

Report shows that the average expectations of household registration in Beijing are 82.47 years.Last year, the permanent population of 60 and above in Beijing exceeded 20%for the first time, and the permanent resident population of 65 and above exceeded 14%for the first time, marking that Beijing officially entered a moderate aging society.

As of the end of 2021, Beijing's 60 -year -old population population was 4.416 million, accounting for 20.18%of the total population of permanent residence; an increase of 117,000 from 2020.The 65 -year -old population is 3.116 million, accounting for 14.24%of the permanent population; an increase of 204,000 compared with 2020.

According to the report, 2021 is the year with the largest number of elderly population in Beijing in the past five years and the largest growth rate.

Among them, the population of 60 and above is 3.883 million, accounting for 27.5%of the total number of household registration; the population of 65 and above is 2.792 million, accounting for 19.8%of the total household registration population.

According to international standards, when the proportion of population between 60 and above is between 20%-30%, or the proportion of population between 65 and above is between 14%-20%Medium aging society.

The report shows that calculated by raising the population of 60 and above in the age of 15 to 59 years old, the elderly raising coefficient in Beijing is 47.3%, an increase of 1.2%over the previous year, which means that Beijing is every.2.1 household registration is raising an elderly person.

Wang Xiao'e, a member of the Party Committee of the Beijing Municipal Health and Health Committee and executive deputy director of the Municipal Aging Office, said that it is expected that in 2035, Beijing will enter a severe aging society. "This is both our basic city conditions and the grim to usChallenge. "