SINGAPORE] As China confronts external geopolitical trade tensions, DBS economists have projected that the next 15 years will ...

People 60 years and older are expected to make up nearly half of China's population by 2050, according to estimates from the United Nations.

China's population is shrinking ... He said the three countries are disproportionately impacted by a rapidly aging population, largely due to improved standards of living, which have a "very ...

A new initiative aims to boost the local economy by attracting elderly travellers to remote parts of the country.

which is now facing both an aging population and an emerging shortage of working age people. China’s population stood at 1.408 billion at the end of 2024, a decline of 1.39 million from the ...

Twenty people have been killed in a fire at a nursing home in north-east China, state media report. The blaze in Chengde city ...

This "silver wave" coincides with the nation's push toward common prosperity, yet it raises a pressing paradox-how to reconcile rapid ageing with the challenge of achieving widespread affluence. Does ...

China’s labor market is undergoing a period of significant transformation as it adapts to the changing dynamics of 2025. Driven by demographic shifts, evolving workplace preferences, and rapid ...

BEIJING -- China plans to accelerate the training of professionals in integrated medical and elderly care to address rising demands amid an aging population. The Ministry of Education and the ...

A meeting Monday of the ruling party’s Politburo decided “China will introduce major policies and measures to actively deal with the aging population,” the Xinhua News Agency said.