China launches statistics bulletin on the development of the aging industry

Xinhua Beijing, July 13 (Xinhua Weimingli) Office of the National Committee on Aging work 13th in Beijing to hold a press conference to the community to release the "2009 China's Aging Industry Development Statistics Bulletin."　　According to the introduction, this is the "China's Aging Business Development Statistics Bulletin," the first release. The communiqué consists of two parts: the basic information of the elderly population in the 2009 and the development of the aging enterprise.　　The latter includes 4 parts, such as old-age security, medical security, old-age service and old-style activities, which comprehensively reflect the information of the development of China's aging industry. The bulletin showed that in 2009, the national 60 years old and above the mouth reached 167.14 million, accounting for 12.5% of the total population.　　Compared with the previous year, the old population has a net increase of 7.25 million, up 0.5%. "This is the largest annual increase in the proportion of older people in history."　　Wu Yucheng, deputy director of the National Aging Office, pointed out that at present, China has entered and will be in an aging population of the society, the population aging situation is grim.　　It is expected that the "Twelve-Five" period, the national elderly population will break through 200 million, the proportion of the elderly population total population will exceed 15%, the speed of aging will be further accelerated. Wu Yucheng said that China's "not rich first old", "not prepared first old", to deal with the challenges of population aging economic base, old-age Security system and pension service system is still relatively weak.　　In addition, ageing, aging and empty nesting occur simultaneously in China, making it more difficult to cope with the aging of the population.　　The CPPCC Standing Committee Jiang Yiren also said that how to actively deal with the coming ' Silver Wave ', is ' not rich first old ' China's important national conditions, the urgent need for forward-looking consideration.　　In order to actively deal with the challenge of "silver Wave", the Ministry of Civil Affairs, human resources and Social Security, Ministry of Health and other departments within their respective functions, actively promote the social pension related work, fully protect the elderly security, old have medical, Lao, happy. In recent years, on the one hand, China strengthens the endowment institution construction, relieves the contradiction between supply and demand of endowment service, on the other hand, supports the community and promotes the home service. The Ministry of Civil Affairs also strengthens the communication and coordination with relevant departments, fully implement the state's preferential policies in land, taxation and medical treatment, and create a favorable policy environment for social forces to participate in the Endowment service.　　At present, based on the family endowment, the community support for the elderly, institutional endowment for the Supplementary Social welfare service system is basically formed.　　The communiqué showed that as of the end of 2009, the country's various types of old-age welfare institutions 38,060, 908 more than the previous year, 2.662 million beds, a 9.1% increase than the previous year, the adoption of various types of personnel 2.109 million people, the increase of 7.7% than last year. In the 2009, the Basic Endowment insurance for Urban Enterprises in China was further strengthened, and the total number of urban basic endowment insurance insured reached 235 million, which increased by 16.59 million at the end of 2008 and grew by 7.3%. 2009, the country 31 provinces (district, City) 320 counties (city, District, Flag) launched a new rural social endowment insurance pilot, 1500Around 60 years old rural elderly people receive the central subsidy of the basic pension, rural elderly "security" has a system of protection. In the aspect of medical security, China has fully implemented the basic medical insurance system for urban residents, and has achieved full coverage of urban residents one year in advance.　　The new farming system has covered all rural areas, all rural elderly people can voluntarily participate in the new rural cooperative system, enjoy the basic medical security treatment, the participants (including the elderly) sickness can be reimbursed according to the new rural cooperative system provisions. At the same time, the elderly mass culture, education, physical fitness activities flourish. The old people square culture, the old age community culture is more and more active, the old person already became the grassroots populace culture main force.　　Beijing Jingshan Park, the Elderly choir, Temple of Heaven Park Culture Corridor has become a unique Chinese characteristics of the elderly cultural activities of a scene, so that many foreign tourists breathtaking. The communique shows that up to now, the national various kinds of old university, the old school has 40161. At the end of 2009, there were 436,226 national associations at all levels, with 42.27 million participants.　　A total of all types of old age associations (excluding the Elderly association) 38,002, the number of participants 4.94 million people. Yang Dong, director of the comprehensive Department of the National Aging office, said in answer to a reporter's question: "In the past, the development of China's elderly cause scattered in the work of member units, ministries and departments, the community to understand, control and supervision are more difficult to release the" China's Development Statistics Bulletin of Aging, It is convenient for the society to pay more attention to and promote the development of old age.　　At the same time, Yang Dong Law said that the release of "China's Development Statistics Bulletin of Ageing" will also facilitate the research institutions on the basis of the development of China's aging enterprise analysis, research, for all levels of government decisions, decision-making on the future development of the cause of the scientific basis. According to Yang Dong Law, the National Aging office plans to release in June every year "China's Development Statistics Bulletin of the cause of ageing", welcomed the attention of all sectors of society.