China Development Research Foundation is one of the leading economic think tanks in China, where many of the details of China’s economic reform have been formulated. Its work and publications, therefore, provide great insights into what the Chinese themselves think about economic reform and how it should develop.

• List of Figures viList of Tables ixMembers of the Research Group xiPreface xiiiAcknowledgments xv Introduction 11 China’s Population Aging: The Status Quo, Development Trend, and Opportunities and Challenges 52 Development of the Human Capital of the Elderly 343 Valuing Social Participation of the Elderly 594 Establishment and Improvement of the Elderly Care Service System 855 Strengthening the Construction of an Age-friendly Health Support System 1226 Construction of Economic Security System for Coping with Population Aging 1577 Construction of Social Governance System for the Elderly 2058 Policy Suggestions for Coping with Population Aging 233Index 248

China Development Research Foundation is one of the leading economic think tanks in China, where many of the details of China’s economic reform have been formulated. Its work and publications, therefore, provide great insights into what the Chinese themselves think about economic reform and how it should develop.

• List of Figures viList of Tables ixMembers of the Research Group xiPreface xiiiAcknowledgments xv Introduction 11 China’s Population Aging: The Status Quo, Development Trend, and Opportunities and Challenges 52 Development of the Human Capital of the Elderly 343 Valuing Social Participation of the Elderly 594 Establishment and Improvement of the Elderly Care Service System 855 Strengthening the Construction of an Age-friendly Health Support System 1226 Construction of Economic Security System for Coping with Population Aging 1577 Construction of Social Governance System for the Elderly 2058 Policy Suggestions for Coping with Population Aging 233Index 248