马克思恩格斯人口理论视角下我国应对人口老龄化的策略与启示

The Strategy and Enlightenment of China’s Coping with Population Aging from the Perspective of Marx and Engels’Population Theory

当前,我国正面临着比较严重的人口老龄化问题。人口老龄化是我国人口发展的必然趋势和规律,也是我国今后较长一段时间的基本国情。积极应对人口老龄化,事关国家发展战略全局,事关广大人民群众福祉。马克思恩格斯人口理论建立在批判资产阶级人口理论的基础上,这一理论内容丰富,主要包括:“两种生产”理论、人口质量理论、人是生产者和消费者的统一体等方面。基于马克思恩格斯的人口理论,我们可以从完善生育配套政策、着力提高人口素质以及充分释放“银发经济”的潜在红利等方面探寻应对我国人口老龄化的具体对策。

Currently,China is facing a relatively serious problem of population aging.Population aging is an inevitable trend and law in China’s population development,and it is also the basic national condition for a long period of time in the future.Actively addressing the population aging is related to the overall development strategy of the country and the well-being of the general public.Marx and Engels’population theory is based on the criticism of the bourgeois population theory,which is rich in content and mainly includes the theory of“two types of production”,the theory of population quality,and the unity of producers and consumers.Based on Marx and Engels’population theory,we can explore specific strategies to address China’s population aging from the aspects of improving supporting policies for childbirth,focusing on improving population quality,and fully unleashing the potential dividends of the“silver economy”.