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China to assess care of the elderly

Xinhua, August 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

An assessment of the revised elderly care law during September and October will take lawmakers to six provinces, including Shanxi in the north and Guangdong in the south.

The National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) will send six work teams to help find comprehensive solutions to the issues of an aging society, said Wang Shengjun, vice chairman of the NPCSC.

A revised Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly was passed in December 2012 and went into effect on July 1 in 2013.

The law differentiates the responsibility for attending to the needs of the elderly, including the duties of relatives, local governments and social organizations.

Local governments must give preferential treatment to the elderly in terms of housing and social aid.

The number of people in China at or above the age of 60 hit 202 million in 2013, nearly 15 percent of the total population. That number is expected to exceed 300 million in 2025 and hit 30 percent by 2050. Endi