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China's population aging at fastest clip ever
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Jul 15, 2010 03:20am |
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| Media | News Service - Reuters |
| News Date | Tuesday, July 13, 2010 09:20:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | BEIJING (Reuters) - The proportion of people aged 60 and above in China rose at the fastest clip in history last year, state media said on Tuesday, and they now represent more than 12 percent of the population.
China registered a 7.25 million increase in its aged population in 2009 to 167.14 million people, or 12.5 percent of the total, Xinhua news agency quoted Wu Yushao, deputy head of the China National Committee on Aging, as saying.
"The proportion of aged people in the population rose by half a percentage point to 12.5 percent, the largest annual increase in history," it paraphrased Wu as saying.
"That will be a huge challenge for our country," Wu said. "The economy, the retirement system and services for the elderly are still too weak to handle the challenge." |
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