China's aging population to account for 31% by 2050

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An elderly woman reads a newspaper at a park in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 13, 2010. China has 169 million citizens aged over 60, accounting for 12.5 percent of its total population. The figure would climb up to 31 percent by 2050, said Li Baoku, president of China Aging Development Foundation (CADF), on Wednesday.

An elderly woman reads a newspaper at a park in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 13, 2010. China has 169 million citizens aged over 60, accounting for 12.5 percent of its total population. The figure would climb up to 31 percent by 2050, said Li Baoku, president of China Aging Development Foundation (CADF), on Wednesday. [Xinhua]



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