NPC Deputy Fu Xiguo: How to Transform "Silver-Haired Pressure" into "Longevity Dividend"?

[Caixin] “Currently, China’s population aging is accelerating with a trend of ‘large scale, rapid speed, and deep impact.’ The population aged 60 and above has reached 323 million, an increase of 4.2% year-on-year, accounting for 23% of the total population. Problems such as ‘aging before wealth,’ weakened home-based elderly care functions, lack of a保障机制 for the elderly care industry, a professional talent gap reaching millions with a continuous outflow, serious homogenization of elderly care products, and slow development of intelligent solutions are gradually emerging. These issues not only directly affect the quality of life for hundreds of millions of elderly people and increase family caregiving burdens but also constrain domestic demand potential, hinder industrial upgrading, and may even impact social harmony, stability, and high-quality economic development.” During the 2026 “Two Sessions,” Fu Xiguo, a National People’s Congress representative, former Party Secretary and President of the People’s Bank of China Liaoning Branch, proposed that it is urgently necessary to adopt systematic thinking and innovative measures to break through development bottlenecks and turn the “silver aging pressure” into a “longevity dividend.”