China's Aging Population

Development and Policy Options
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-76889-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 584 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies on the Chinese Economy

This book provides a systematic study of the challenges of aging in China and of the measures being taken, planned, and still needed to cope with the challenges. It highlights that the number of people aged 65 or above is growing and that the growth will accelerate—from 176 million people representing 12.6% of the population in 2019 to 310 million representing 22.3% of the population by 2035, and it also highlights that the aging comes at a time when China’s economy is not yet fully developed and not yet fully balanced. The book outlines how China has already established an elderly care system and is beginning to meet the needs of the elderly for economic security, social services, and so on; discusses the need for enhancing and considerably extending the existing system; and proposes reform ideas and key policy options.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures vi

List of Tables ix

Members of the Research Group xi

Preface xiii

Acknowledgments xv

Introduction 1

1 China’s Population Aging: The Status Quo, Development Trend, and Opportunities and Challenges 5

2 Development of the Human Capital of the Elderly 34

3 Valuing Social Participation of the Elderly 59

4 Establishment and Improvement of the Elderly Care Service System 85

5 Strengthening the Construction of an Age-friendly Health Support System 122

6 Construction of Economic Security System for Coping with Population Aging 157

7 Construction of Social Governance System for the Elderly 205

8 Policy Suggestions for Coping with Population Aging 233

Index 248

Über Autor(innen)

China Development Research Foundation is one of the leading economic think tanks in China, where many of the details of China’s economic reform have been formulated. Its work and publications, therefore, provide great insights into what the Chinese themselves think about economic reform and how it should develop.