{"id":2382,"date":"2015-05-27T10:04:31","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T14:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/hapi\/?page_id=2382"},"modified":"2024-10-24T11:53:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T15:53:14","slug":"chinese-demographics-and-aging-health-and-place","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/research\/research-briefs\/chinese-demographics-and-aging-health-and-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Demographics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-chinese-demographics\">Chinese Demographics<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/55\/files\/2015\/05\/China-older-child-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A woman walks with a young child in a Chinese market. \" class=\"wp-image-2393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2015\/05\/China-older-child-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2015\/05\/China-older-child-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2015\/05\/China-older-child-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2015\/05\/China-older-child-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2015\/05\/China-older-child.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>China has the largest population of older people (age 65+) in the world, and its proportion is growing. Changing family structures and rapid population aging will stress social, economic, and health care infrastructure in China. China faces the need for major reforms in healthcare capacity, coverage, affordability, and access for rural populations, migrant workers, and an increasingly aging population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\" id=\"h-health-and-places-initiative-hapi-research-brief\"><strong>Health and Places Initiative (HAPI) Research Brief<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/55\/files\/2015\/05\/HAPI-Research-Brief-Demographics-of-China-final-draft-052715.pdf\">Chinese Demographics and Aging, Health, and Place<\/a> [PDF]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/55\/files\/2015\/05\/China-rural-2-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-id=\"2384\" src=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/55\/files\/2015\/05\/China-rural-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people gather around a table in a rural Chinese setting.\" class=\"wp-image-2384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2015\/05\/China-rural-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2015\/05\/China-rural-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2015\/05\/China-rural-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2015\/05\/China-rural-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2015\/05\/China-rural-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2015\/05\/China-rural-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/55\/files\/2015\/05\/China-older-market-2-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-id=\"2386\" src=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/55\/files\/2015\/05\/China-older-market-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Two elderly women stand by a stall selling herbs in a Chinese market. \" class=\"wp-image-2386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2015\/05\/China-older-market-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2015\/05\/China-older-market-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2015\/05\/China-older-market-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2015\/05\/China-older-market-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2015\/05\/China-older-market-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2015\/05\/China-older-market-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/55\/files\/2015\/05\/China-migrants-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2385\" src=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/55\/files\/2015\/05\/China-migrants-2.jpg\" alt=\"A woman sits among a pile of bricks.\" class=\"wp-image-2385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2015\/05\/China-migrants-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2015\/05\/China-migrants-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/healthy\/files\/2015\/05\/China-migrants-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese Demographics China has the largest population of older people (age 65+) in the world, and its proportion is growing. 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