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The Impact of Population Aging on China's Economic Growth

Authors
Jianan Wu1, *
1Beijing Royal School, Beijing, China
*Corresponding author. Email: wujianan@st.brs.edu.cn
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Jianan Wu
Available Online 14 August 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-811-0_115How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Population Aging; China’s Economic Growth; Labor Supply; Consumption Structure; Social Security
Abstract

China’s population aging has accelerated mainly because of the continuous decline in fertility and the increase in average life expectancy. Since the implementation of the family planning policy in the 1970s, the overall population fertility has been comfortably below the replacement generation level and, at present, has dropped to 1.0–1.2. In contrast, improved medical and living standards have enabled the average life expectancy of the populace to be comfortably more than 78 years and will continue to climb. Its characteristics are a large and growing population of the old, high aging rate, and “rich before old.” The impact of population aging on economic growth is threefold in nature, reducing the supply of labor, changing the pattern of consumption, and contributing to the social security and finance burden. The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of population aging on China’s economic development, discuss its roles in supplying labor, enhancing labor productivity, and study its impact on the consumption pattern and industrial upgrade. And put forward national measures, like boosting labor productivity, improving the social security system, guiding the industrial development, etc., in face of challenges posed by aging, to achieve steady economic growth.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2025 5th International Conference on Enterprise Management and Economic Development (ICEMED 2025)
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Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research
Publication Date
14 August 2025
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978-94-6463-811-0
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2352-5428
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10.2991/978-94-6463-811-0_115How to use a DOI?
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© 2025 The Author(s)
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