China’s aging population has reached 167 million over 73 years average life expectancy
China Committee on Ageing 13, issued the “2009 Annual Statistical Bulletin of China Aging Development,” said the 2009, China 60 years or older has reached 1.6714 million, accounting for 12.5% of the population.
“Gazette” that compared with the previous year, the Chinese elderly population is increased by 7.25 million, an increase of 0.5 percentage points; average life expectancy of more than 73 years of age, 80 years old or older population of 18,990,000.
“Gazette” The data show that in 2009, China’s urban basic old-age insurance policy holders to reach 235 million people, the end of 2008 increased more than 1607 million people, up 7.3%; funds for basic old-age insurance revenues and total expenditures were 1.1477 trillion yuan and 898.9 billion yuan, respectively, year on year growth of 17.8% and 21.6%; 2009 The central government allocated 132.6 billion yuan of basic old-age insurance benefits, an increase of 69.7%.
In addition, 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) of the 320 counties (cities, districts, and banner) launched a new pilot rural social endowment insurance, 15 million elderly people in rural areas about 60 years of age receive a pension based on central government subsidies, rural elderly “elderly” with the system of protection.
Aspects of health care data, in 2009, the central government subsidies for medical insurance for urban residents 4.75 billion yuan, up 50.1%, cities and towns the number of insured workers and urban residents reached 400 million, of which urban residents to participate in the retirement and medical insurance more than 6,000 elderly residents of urban people.
“Gazette” display, 2009, to home-based pension, pension to rely on the community, institutional pension supplemented by a basic system of social welfare services. As of the end of 2009, China all kinds of old age welfare organizations 38060, bed 2.662 million, up 9.1%, adoption, various types of personnel 210.9 million, an increase of 7.7%.
