Senior Housing in China: Older and Wiser

China’s 220 million people over 60 now represent 16.3 percent of its total population, up from 10.3 percent in 2000. By 2020, that number will reach 248 million, The current supply of senior housing units in China is minimal, and most are provided by the government. In 2012 there were facilities for only one million across all of China – covering less than 0.5 percent of the 220 million aged population. China is encouraging domestic and foreign investment in senior housing as it tackles a looming demographic crisis.