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1952年,英国的伊丽莎白女王一共发了255封电报,向255位臣民祝贺他们的百岁寿辰。可到了1996年,女王发的祝贺电报高达5218封之多。世界老年人口增长的速度之快由此可见一斑。 我国是世界上老年人口最多的国家。目前60岁以上的老年人已达一点二亿,预计到2000年将达到一点三亿,下世纪中叶可达到四亿左右。 为引起各国政府和人民对老年问题的重视,1999年被世界卫生组织定为“国际老年人年”。其主题是“建立不分年龄人人共享的社会。”
In 1952, a total of 255 telegrams were sent by the Queen Elizabeth in England to congratulate their subjects on their hundredth birthday. In 1996, the Queen sent congratulatory telegram up to as many as 5,218. This shows the rapid growth of the world’s elderly population. My country is the country with the most elderly population in the world. At present, the number of seniors aged over 60 has reached 120 million. It is estimated that by the year 2000, the number of seniors will reach 130 million and the number will reach about 400 million by the middle of the next century. In order to attract the governments and people of all countries to pay attention to the issue of old age, in 1999, they were designated as the “International Year of Older Persons” by the World Health Organization. Its theme is “Building a society for all ages.”