Chinese Aged 60 Or Above Expected To Account For One Third Of Total Population By 2050

Members of an elderly model club rehearse in a park in Zhengzhou, capital of central China’s Henan Province, Feb. 7, 2012. China had 190 million people at or above the age of 60 at the end of last year, according to the China National Committee on Ageing (CNCA). It is estimated that the figure will top 200 million next year and by 2050, one third of the Chinese population will be aged over 60. China is the only country in the world which has more than 100 million people aged 60 or above.

Guo Tongwang, a 91-year-old forest keeper, has lunch in his office in Maotuan Village of Dongkeng Township, Jingbian County, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, Aug. 23, 2012. <Xinhua/Wang Song>