As China's population continues to decline and age, a raft of measures unveiled in this year's government work report is expected to help sustain demographic resilience in one of the world's most ...

BEIJING: The good news is that people in China are living ... so-good news is that its ageing population, along with dwindling birth rates, is intensifying demographic challenges for the world ...

People 60 years and older are expected to make up nearly half of China's population by 2050, according to estimates from the United Nations.

the number of people younger than 15 or older than 64 divided by the working-age population (see Chart 2). The looming demographic changes are large, irreversible, and inevitable; they will be key to ...

The declining population poses a significant challenge for the Chinese economy. A decreasing number of working-age people ... to alleviate the demographic crisis. Read also: China's mega-dam ...

China’s population of 1.4 billion is now rapidly ageing, with nearly a quarter of people aged 60 or above as of the end of last year. The demographic ... retirement age, which – at 60 ...