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we should neither take the aging of the population lightly nor be afraid of it. we should strengthen the research and development and promotion of elderly products, continuously enrich elderly care service scenarios, strengthen quality supervision, and vigorously promote the expansion and quality improvement of the silver economy to better meet diversified, differentiated, and personalized needs.

the recently released "statistical bulletin on the development of civil affairs in 2023" shows that by the end of 2023, there will be 296.97 million people aged 60 and above, accounting for 21.1% of the total population, of which 216.76 million will be aged 65 and above, accounting for 15.4% of the total population. it was generally predicted that my country would enter a moderately aging stage by 2025, at the end of the "14th five-year plan" period, but it is clear that the moderately aging society has arrived ahead of schedule.

aging is an objective trend in global population development. declining fertility rates and increasing life expectancy are two key factors in population aging, which can be said to be a "happy trouble" to some extent. although the aging process in different countries is not synchronized, it is accelerating overall. the "world population prospects 2024: summary of results" recently released by the united nations predicts that by the end of the 1970s, the number of people aged 65 and over will exceed the number of people under 18 years old.

the aging of my country's population is characterized by "more aging and faster aging". first, the scale is large. my country has the largest number of elderly people in the world today. second, it started late but progressed quickly. it took only more than 20 years from entering an aging society in 1999 to entering a moderately aging society. third, "getting old before getting rich" and "getting old while getting rich". the aging of the population overlaps with the process of modernization. the deepening of aging will bring multiple challenges to economic and social development. on the one hand, the aging of the population will reduce the number of labor supply, which will have an important impact on consumer demand, industrial structure, and the potential economic growth rate. on the other hand, it will increase the supply pressure of basic public services such as social security and medical care in the whole society, and increase the burden of family pension.

we should neither take population aging lightly nor be afraid of it. the cpc central committee and the state council have made active response to population aging a national strategy, and the policy system is constantly being improved. the "decision of the cpc central committee on further deepening reform and promoting chinese-style modernization" proposes to improve the population development strategy with a focus on responding to aging and low birth rates, improve the population service system covering the entire population and the entire life cycle, and promote high-quality population development. the recent ninth special study of the state council requires that responding to population aging be combined with promoting economic and social development, strengthening services, funds and institutional guarantees, and cultivating new development momentum in actively responding to population aging.

where does the new momentum come from? it comes from integrating the concept of positive aging and healthy aging into the entire process of economic and social development, looking at the aging society, the elderly and their lives from a more positive perspective; it comes from integrating the concept of elderly-friendly into policy formulation, design and production, life services and other links, promoting a better combination of effective markets and effective governments, and stimulating new momentum by meeting new demands with new supply.

continue to work hard on "old-age care" and "old-age medical care". with the rapid development of population aging, advanced ageing, and small and empty-nesting families, the demand for elderly care services in the whole society has increased, especially the elderly have more urgent needs for meal assistance, medical assistance, cleaning assistance, etc. we must accelerate the construction of a pension service system and health support system that coordinates home and community institutions and combines medical care, nursing care and health care, improve the rural elderly care service network according to local conditions, expand the supply of inclusive, basic and bottom-up care services, accelerate the improvement of a multi-level and multi-pillar pension insurance system, and promote the transformation of public facilities to suit the needs of the elderly.

we should continue to make efforts to make the elderly useful and enjoyable. old age is an important stage in life where people can still make contributions, make progress and enjoy themselves. the quality of my country's elderly population is no longer what it used to be. in particular, many young elderly people still have a strong sense of social participation. we should strengthen the institutional guarantee of "making contributions for the elderly", respect and give full play to the main role of the elderly, and support young and healthy elderly people to participate in family, community and social construction on a voluntary and reasonable basis. we should develop digital technologies and products suitable for the elderly to help them embrace a better digital life.

develop the silver economy and tap the potential of an aging society. population aging is a dynamic process. the silver economy includes both the "aging economy in the old age stage" and the "preparatory economy in the pre-aging stage". a moderately aging society places higher demands on the quality of elderly care products and services. we must strengthen the research and development and promotion of elderly care products, continuously enrich elderly care service scenarios, strengthen quality supervision, and vigorously promote the expansion and quality improvement of the silver economy to better meet diversified, differentiated, and personalized needs.

every family has elderly people, and everyone will grow old. helping the elderly today is helping everyone tomorrow.