As China’s birth rate hits repeated record lows and its population ages at an accelerating pace, official statistics show that Beijing’s share of residents aged 60 and over will exceed 33 percent by 2035, pushing the capital into the category of a severely aged society.
Citing official data, the Beijing Daily reported that by the end of 2025, the city had 5.288 million permanent residents aged 60 or older, accounting for 24.3 percent of its permanent population. That means roughly one in four residents is elderly, placing Beijing in the category of a moderately aged society.
The proportion has been climbing steadily. It stood at 22.6 percent at the end of 2023 and rose to 23.5 percent by the end of 2024. Officials project that by 2035, about one in three Beijing residents will be a senior citizen.
To cope with the demographic shift, the municipal government says it has continued to strengthen its elderly care security system. The basic pension standard for city residents has been raised year after year, benefiting a cumulative total of 1 million older people.
Authorities have also established and refined a system of elderly care service allowances and subsidies. In 2025, the city distributed approximately 3.51 billion yuan (about US$493 million) in such payments, covering around 11.958 million person-times of elderly residents, including those in financial difficulty, those with dementia and the very elderly.
Source: Central News Agency (Taiwan), October 19, 2026
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