The period of the 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-10) is a critical stage for China to build a well-off society in an all-round way, and the country's senior population above the age of 60 will increase from the current 147 million to 174 million in 2010, which is learned at the workshop that opened on Wednesday in Beijing on The 11th Five-Year Plan for the Development of the Ageing Cause.

At the same time, ageing is emerging gradually, and the ageing problem in the rural areas is more outstanding with each passing day, as the pressures involving aged security, medical treatment and life care will be further increased. A good plan will be very important for guiding the development of the ageing undertakings in the next five years, improving the sustainable, fast, coordinated and health development of national economy, and safeguarding social harmony and stability.

By People's Daily Online