Responses to population ageing in the new era:a national condition report from China

Population ageing is the new national condition of China in 21st century.Responding actively to population ageing should be a long-term strategy of the country.This article introduces the process and characteristics of population ageing as the new national conditions and major challenges posed by it in the first session;in the second session,the author reviews the history of ageing policy system development since the founding of P.R.C.and presents the blueprint of a top-level strategy to respond actively to population ageing in the new era;session three of the article describes the major achievements of undertakings on ageing after 18th CPC national congress.