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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) — Beijing will have more than 5 million permanent residents aged 60 and above in 2024, according to a 2024 development report on the city's aging population released Tuesday.
The report, released at the Beijing Elderly Care Industry Forum "Sijijing 2025" that opened on Tuesday, shows that Beijing's population aging trend accelerated in 2024. By the end of that year, the number of permanent residents aged 60 and over reached 5.14 million, accounting for 23.5 percent of the city's total population and 192,000 more than in 2023.
In addition, according to statistics, the number of permanent residents of the Chinese capital aged 80 years and older is 687 thousand people, or 3.1 percent of the city's total population.
According to Yang Zhiwei, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau, Beijing has stepped up the provision of multi-level and diversified elderly care services since 2024. Beijing has implemented 20 policies to meet the urgent needs of elderly residents in care, and completed the construction of 105 elderly care centers at the residential, township and village levels.
According to the plan, another 50 such centers will be established in Beijing by 2025, Yang Zhiwei added.
There are currently 608 registered elderly care facilities in Beijing, with 109,000 beds. -0-
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