[East-West Questions, China Dialogue] The "silver hair wave" is surging. What lessons can the world teach China? - China News Network Video

　　When "aging" is accompanied by "low birthrate", "one old and one young" has become a worldwide problem faced by many countries.

　　China's economic data in 2021 shows that China's population aged 65 and above exceeds 200 million, accounting for 14.2% of the national population, and has reached the indicator of a "moderately aging society".

　　The world's most populous country encounters a "silver hair wave". How to turn the "burden of old age" into a "longevity dividend" is a major issue that China must overcome.

　　Looking around the world, Western Europe is the first region to start the process of population aging. Among Asian countries, Japan and South Korea have rich experience in dealing with aging. What kind of "stones from other mountains" can Eastern and Western societies provide China?

　　In this regard, China News Agency "East-West Question, China Dialogue" invited Lin Lingzi, deputy director of the National Institute of Social Security and Population Issues in Japan, Jin Yiji, former professor of sociology at Dongguk University in South Korea and director of the China Institute, and Erasmus Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Bestu, a visiting scholar at the University and the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Population Institute (NIDI), a professor of social sciences and public policy at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and director of the Center for Aging, had a dialogue with Du Peng, vice president of the Chinese Population Society and vice president of Renmin University of China.

　　Experts said that the elderly population is not a social burden, but a huge social resource.

The socio-economic development of a country or region is not necessarily determined by the number of population, but by whether the population policy can maximize human potential.

China needs to adapt to the new demographic reality, make full use of the human resources it has, release the full potential of the population in society, and shift from relying on the "demographic dividend" to harvesting the "talent dividend".

Responsible editor: [Ji Xiang]