Recently, the statistical communiqué of the development of civil affairs in 2023 issued by the Ministry of Civil Affairs disclosed that as of the end of 2023, the population of 60 and over the country was 29.697 million, accounting for 21.1%of the total population, of which 21.676 million over 65 years of age and above were 21.676 million., 15.4%of the total population.This marks that my country has officially entered the "moderate aging" society.
According to the United Nations standards, when the population ratio of 60 or above exceeds 20%or the proportion of population of 65 or more, the country enters the "moderate aging" society.Earlier, multiple authoritative agencies predicted that my country will enter the "moderate aging" society in 2025.Nowadays, the speed of population aging in my country is faster than expected.
The reason, first, the size of the "ending of the old" crowd is large. From 1962 to 1968, it was the second peak of the birth of the population since 1949. The population birth rate was as high as 40 ‰.EssenceNowadays, people of this age have stepped into the year of flower armor and objectively accelerated the aging of the population. Second, in recent years, the fertility rate has continued to decline.
The aging of our country is also distinguished from other countries.For example, the base is very large. In human history, there have been no number of elderly people in a country close to 300 million.Another example is that the growth rate is very fast. Related studies have shown that the proportion of the population of the elderly at the age of 65 and above has increased from 7%to 14%. France is 115 years, Sweden in 85 years, 66 years in the United States, and 45 years in the United Kingdom.It took about 25 years.
In addition, there are not many historical experiences to deal with aging for reference.Most of the countries that have entered an aging society are developed countries, and they are already at a high level of development when they enter an aging society.At present, my country's per capita national income is relatively low, and the development is imbalanced and inadequate. The differences in urban and rural areas and regions are large, which has put forward more and greater challenges.
The problem of aging involves many fields such as politics, economy, culture, and social life.From a large perspective, the accelerated progress of aging has brought about the rapid changes in the labor structure, and a large increase in retirees has increased, thereby prompting the rapid growth of public expenditure such as medical insurance and pensions, which will inevitably force a series of mechanism reforms.
Specifically, pension services in all aspects must speed up quality and improve efficiency.For example, build a chain and standardized home community pension service network; support medical and health institutions with a low use rate of bed or reconstruction of medical care facilities;Do it.
Coping aging is not just a problem to solve a certain industry or department.In the society, we must also actively create a social atmosphere of respecting the elderly, and continuously improve the aging transformation of public places and infrastructure.In particular, in the era of large -scale replacement of offline services, on the one hand, it is necessary to retain the necessary offline windows for the elderly, and on the other hand, we must continuously optimize the elderly model of network applications to help the elderly cross the "digital gap".
Of course, the elderly consumer market and aging industries will create new demand, form a new economic growth point, and bring an inestimable market opportunity.Therefore, while the government departments do a good job of responding, they must also encourage and guide private capital to enter the field of pension services, gather the strengths of all parties in the society, and comprehensively build an elderly friendly society, so that all elderly people can have a happy and happy "sunset red"Essence
