‘Getting Old Before Getting Rich’: A Current Feature of Population Ageing in China - 中欧社会论坛 - China Europa Forum

‘Getting Old Before Getting Rich’: A Current Feature of Population Ageing in China

Authors: Du Peng and Yang Hui

Extract from ” Population research, issue no. 6, 2006, pp. 28-36“

‘Getting old before getting rich’ is usually regarded as one of most important features of the population ageing phenomenon in China. This phrase usually refers to the fact that 7% of the population has reached the age of 65 and above, whereas the economy is not yet fully developed, the process of industrialisation has yet to be completed, and not everyone in the country is living in comfort. Consequently, the country has entered prematurely into an ageing society. We need to demonstrate the phenomenon in a systematic way.

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