从新世纪开始以来,我国60岁以上老年人口已超过总人口的10%,人口年龄结构开始进入老龄化阶段。今后一个时期,我国老年人口还将以较快速度增长,预计到2015年,我国60岁以上人口将超过2亿,约占总人口的14‰上海社会老龄化速度居全国之首,早在2000年5月,上海60岁以上的老年人口已达238万人,占全市总人口的180%,标志着已进入老龄社会。 Since the beginning of the new century, China’s population of people over the age of 60 has exceeded 10% of the total population and the population age structure has begun to enter the aging stage. In the coming period, China’s elderly population will also grow at a relatively fast pace. It is estimated that by 2015, China’s population over the age of 60 will exceed 200 million, accounting for 14 ‰ of the total population. Shanghai’s social aging rate ranks first in the country as early as 2000 In May, Shanghai had 2.38 million elderly people over the age of 60, accounting for 180% of the city’s total population, marking the entry into the aging society.