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Negative population growth means that the number of people added is less than the number of people who die. The birth rate is less than the death rate, resulting in a negative natural population growth rate at this stage. Aging is an important trend of social development, an important embodiment of the progress of human civilization, and the basic national condition of China for a long period of time.
With the deepening of the aging population, the family structure tends to be smaller, and the burden of the working-age population increases, the demand for elderly care for the elderly in China will continue to increase for a long time in the future. Therefore, we should look at the population issue from an overall perspective and grasp the strategic direction and policy system for promoting the long-term balanced development of the population. It is necessary to improve the fertility support policy system, reduce the cost of childbirth, parenting and education, and release the potential of childbirth; It is necessary to accelerate the development of the old-age service industry and the elderly service industry, and promote the realization of basic old-age services for all the elderly; It is necessary to improve the social security system and protect the rights and interests of the elderly; It is necessary to actively respond to the challenges brought about by the aging of the population, strengthen top-level design research, and build a systematic and complete pension service system.
In short, the "14th Five-Year Plan" period is a critical period for China to build a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way and embark on a new journey. In the face of the grim situation of population aging and the requirements of major tasks, we must adhere to the principle of the party's centralized and unified leadership over the work of the elderly, guided by the thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, thoroughly implement the decision-making and deployment of the work on the elderly, constantly improve the institutional mechanism and policy system of the work on the elderly, and strive to build a modern socialist country to adapt to the cause of the elderly.