China to be a country of grey hair: Senior people rest beside a bird show in Xuchang, Central China's Henan Province, October 15, 2007.
China's aging population is growing rapidly, with seniors expected to account for 30 percent of the Chinese population in 2050, according to figures from the United Nations Population Fund.
Photo: Xinhua.
BEIJING (Sina), October 18, 2007:
Now we have a growing population of senior citizens. To ensure happy lives for them has become a focus of attention. Our traditional respect of the aged needs updating. They deserve respect, understanding, companion, entertainment and so on, comments a feature by Sina Beijing today. Sina is a leading online media company and value-added information service provider.
There are many things to be done to honor senior citizens. In cities, senior citizens should enjoy some privileges, such as special seats on buses, reduced fares for entertainment and traveling, and other benefits. We should do everything to solve their practical problems, to warm their hearts, and to make them happy. In addition, we should find some ways to provide affordable medical health care, which is of vital importance to them.
Besides, there should be recreation halls and care- centers for the aged. Most important of all, the state should ensure a decent pension for them, peasants in particular. In the vast countryside, most aged people are financially supported by their sons, whose life is a perpetual struggle against poverty. What can they do if they are childless?
Senior citizens, parents in particular, need our love and deserve the best care. Respecting senior citizens bears vital importance to the family - planning policy in China. If we do our best to honor ourparents and the aged, our children will follow our example, comments the article on the SINA website.
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