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A study by the China AgeingDevelopment
Foundationpredicts that by 2050,
31
percent
of the Chinese populationwill be aged60 or over.
The last national census, conducted in 2010,
revealed an annual population growth of
0.57
percent in the previous decade (2000 – 2010) on
the Chinesemainland; a sizeable decrease in the growth
rate from1990 – 2000, which stood at 1.07 percent.
Census data revealed that the growth rate of the ageing
population on themainlandhad increasedwithpeople
aged 60 or above accounting for
13.26
percent;
2.93
percentage points higher than in the 2000Census.
