1
Awrveyt
atlrbytheChi
eseMi
istryofCivilAfmr
KAI
how
theprcs
urcRo
populatio
bri
gsUstyeirtheMi
istryaskedexpertsfromBeiji
gU
ivcmity
dtheChi
sAcudrmyofSocialScie
cestoco
duct■questio
aireAmo
g3610familiesi
Mxi
Sh
do
gJia
Kuo
dA
huiprovi
cesWhe
askedaboutthemodturge
tproblems
eedi
g
wlutio
80S2perce
tofthepcdta
tsqucitio
edi
die
tedsecurityA
dsupporti
theiroldage
BcfurcthePeopledRepublicolChi
owmfou
dedi
1949sloweco
omicdevelopme
tmea
tA

averagelifespa
ofo
ly35y”mAtprese
twiththerejuve
atio
ofChi
a1aKtrr
gtlutheimpleme
tatio
of
pla
i
g
dch
gcjii
people1seo
ccptAaboutre

gchildre
citydwellerarcchootii
gtohvcA
drear

betterchildI
thecou
trysidebirthco
trolhitbee
acceptedbymore
dmarefar
ilicTheoverage
Chi
esee
expecttolivei
totheir70s
dwithAdropi
birthrales
dovrr
llr
urtulilytthe
gi
gofthe
popuMtio
瞄sudde
lybreomrvery
oticeAbh
I
199SeChi
avBelderlypopulatio
reached120millio
976perce
tofthetoulpopubitio
By2000
theywilli
ftkcupr
orrtha
10perce
tofthet
t
lpapul
tio
a
dChm
willhave
grdubalA
tullyI
1993
theN
tio
AlCommitteeo
Agi
g
owcha
gedtotheChi
eseA
soci
tio
ofAKIPRWASest
bliMhrd
d
M
ularorKti
i
ifio
shawbee
emhlishedAtlowerlevelsW
h
growitiR
umberofrctircc
lmoMrvvry
workplrtrchmc
t
bli
hcdaspecialofficetoIw
dlrpcriRia
ff
irsThracoffices
lsoi
formretireesofmajor
bothi
Chi

duroii
dtheworldsetupvariousactivitiesr
ddiscuu
dsolvedificultieiwithmcdiCNl
curea
ddailylifeO
h“lid
yorfEtiv
lretirees
rri
vitedbacktotheirworkplaceforeceiveflbriefi
gofthr
ydwork
dtobeexte
dedtruditiormlholidaygreeti
gsForthosewhohavedifficultiesi
mo4
gaboutthe
workpl
cese
d
perso
elt；visitthem
lhomeRetireesu
dertheageof80getabirthdaycokeo
ce
everyfiveye
rsia
dhoie80a
d
bovceveryyea
Tosafeguardthelegitimaterightsa
di
terrstofse
iorcitize
sa
dtoscrthattheye
joysomedig
ityis
acomplicatedprojcctaO
October11996theIJIWo
Guar
tcei
gtheRightsA
dI
terestsofSe
iorCitize
s
fwase
forcedRimi
gtosafeRu
rdthelegitimaterightsa
di
terestsoftheelderlystre
gthe
fhrw
re
rssoftheirsituatio
i
dcarryforwardChi
esetraditio
sofrespecti
ga
dsupporti
gtheoldAccordi
gtohrlawgover
me
tsatvariouslevehhavetoi
cluderetireeaffairsi
theirpla
i
g
di
creasei
vestme
ti
u
dertaki
gsforrheelderlyyearbyyearThusthestatusofse
iorcitize
sisbei
ggive
amorefirmlegalbasis
Cfhi
aalreadyhcaBOI
rge

gedpopulmio
eitwillbehardtorelymerelyo
gover
me
ta
dworku
it
toiMMtiturlheburde
ofupporti
KthemHerewcHIc
llforzmtfrtmily”pporhJu
r