ABSTRACT

China is one of the fastest-growing countries of population aging in the world. The portion of China’s elderly population aged over 65 increased from 7% in 2000 to 11.9% in 2018. China is expected to enter into the aged society with the portion of the 65-year-old population reaching 14% in 2023 and into the super-aged society by reaching 20% in 2035. Due to the rapid increase in the aged population, the healthcare problems have recently emerged as a major issue in the Chinese society, which gives many challenges to the field of social security. To cope with the problems faced in aging population, the Chinese government has conducted a pilot project of long-term care insurance to ensure the basic rights of those who are in need of long-term care insurance and to establish a long-term care insurance system. As a preliminary review for the establishment of nursing service system in China, this paper shows a general view on being aware of the importance of long-term care insurance system, which is a type of social security and the strengthening of social services for the older adults.