第47届联合国大会确定1999年为“国际老人年”,表明人口老龄化问题已引起世界各国的普遍关注。据统计,我国老年人口目前已达1.2亿,占全国总人口的1/10,并正以每年3.32％的速度递增。预计到本世纪末,我国60岁以上的老人将达到1.32亿人,是世界上老龄人口绝对数最多的国家。 The 47th session of the United Nations General Assembly established 1999 as the “International Year of the Elder”, which shows that the issue of population aging has attracted widespread attention from countries in the world. According to statistics, the elderly population in China has now reached 120 million, accounting for 1/10 of the country’s total population, and is increasing at an annual rate of 3.32%. It is estimated that by the end of this century, the number of elderly people over the age of 60 in China will reach 132 million, which is the absolute number of elderly people in the world.