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BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Wang Jianping, 63, a healthy retiree from a Beijing-based enterprise, has recently begun searching for nursing homes."When I cannot move, I will live in the old people's home and will not inconvenience my children," Wang said.Her experience of caring for her 89-year-old mother-in-law, who suffers from senile dementia over the past 14 years, prompted her to "search for nursing homes as early as possible," she said.As China marks Seniors Day Saturday, or the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, experts have called for an improvement in the country's services to the aged, especially at a time when the "only child" generation is finding it increasingly difficult to care for four parents (their own and their spouse's parents).The Office of the China National Committee on Ageing said the number of people aged 60 or above stood at 167 million in 2009, or 12.5 percent of the 1.3-billion population.Chen Chuanshu, deputy director of the Office of the China National Committee on Ageing, said the ageing problem not only affected individual families, but was also a major social problem that concerned the national economy and people's livelihoods.Yang Yanan, a 24-year-old postgraduate student at the Department of Sociology of Peking University, said her grandmother was cared for by four children, and the grandmother would live, in turn, in the homes of Yang's parents and her uncles and aunts.Hao Maishou, an expert on the ageing issue at the Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences in northern China, said that traditionally, the elderly were taken care of by their sons, financially and socially.After the New China was founded in 1949, a pension and the aged insurance system was established in both urban and rural areas, but since it was far from perfect, most old people continued to be cared for by their own families. Only a few lived in old-age homes, Hao said.But today, most parents of the country's first-generation of children with no siblings, following the government's "one-child" policy, have started realizing that they cannot depend on their children to look after them when they grow old. These parents are mostly in their 50s.Chen said that family-based care was still the main way of caring for the aged in China, and the country was working on improving these policies, financial support and caring services for the elderly.In the recent past, the government has mobilized non-public sectors to serve the aged and encouraged private capital to enter the sectors providing services to this demographic.Towards that end, a project called the "Aiwan (Loving the Old Age) Project" was begun in 2008, covering major Chinese regions with serious ageing problems, using an investment of 10 billion yuan (1.47 billion U.S.dollars). Twenty centers for living, entertainment, cultural activities and rehabilitation were to be built in these regions in five to eight years.Hao of the Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences said that after 2030, caring for the aged in China would be jointly shouldered by families and the society, as a large number of elderly people will also have to care for their own aging parents."The country will expand the coverage of social security to the entire population," he said.

BEIJING, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature on Saturday approved an amendment to the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region regarding the method of selecting Hong Kong's Chief Executive.The amendment to Annexes I to the Basic Law was approved at the bimonthly meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), the top legislature, which ended Saturday.The NPC Standing Committee approved an examination report on an amendment to Annexes II of the Basic Law concerning the formation of the city's Legislative Council and agreed to file it on the record.The NPC Standing Committee's concluding meeting was presided over by Wu Bangguo, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee.The two amendments would take effect after the legislature's approval, Wu said.Wu said the two amendments had embodied the common opinions among the Hong Kong communities, gone through due procedures in the laws and was in accordance with interpretations and decisions of the NPC Standing Committee.The two amendments would help to maintain and promote the long-term prosperity and stability in Hong Kong, Wu said.The NPC Standing Committee members had called for unswervingly following the principle of "one country, two systems" and the Basic Law, to push forward a gradual promotion of Hong Kong's political system, Wu said.Legislators at the session also adopted the People's Mediation Law and the amendment to the Law on Officers in Reserve Forces.Further, President Hu Jintao signed decrees to publish the new Law, which will come into effect in 2011, and the amendment to the Law on Officers in Reserve Forces, which will be implemented after its being published.The legislature also ratified the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism.During his speech at the concluding meeting, Wu also said the situation of China's economy was in a crucial stage from recovery to a steady growth.However, he noted that the work to maintain satisfactory growth was still an arduous job.Wu also said he appreciated the reports on cleaner production inspection and grain safety work, which were presented during the session.The NPC Standing Committee also appointed Chen Jianguo and Shi Zongyuan as vice chairmen of two special committees under the NPC.

BEIJING, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- China expressed on Sunday its firm opposition to any kind of investigation by the Japanese side on the illegally detained Chinese trawler after the Japanese authorities towed the trawler for a mock collision.In a written statement, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said Japan's so-called evidence-taking activities were illegal, invalid and would finally go in vain.China demands the Japanese side to stop activities that would lead to escalation of the situation and release the Chinese fishermen and their ship immediately and unconditionally, Jiang said, stressing it was the only way to solve the problem.Early Sunday morning, the Chinese boat was towed to the sea near Ishigaki island in Okinawa Prefecture to recapture the situation when it collided with two patrol ships of Japanese Coast Guard off Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea on Tuesday.The Chinese trawler under detention stops at the harbor of Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 9, 2010. Japan Coast Guard sent the captain of the Chinese trawler which collided with Japanese patrol ships in waters off Diaoyu Islands to prosecutors in Okinawa Prefecture Thursday morning.All the 14 Chinese fishermen were on board, Xinhua has learned. They had been kept on boat off Ishigaki harbor. The staff of the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo had called on them over the past five days.No injuries were reported after the collision, but the fishing boat was then intercepted and seized by Japanese patrol ships.Japan's Coast Guard arrested the Chinese captain of the fishing boat for alleged "obstructing public duties" early Wednesday despite China's protest.Zhan Qixiong, the 41-year-old captain, was taken to a local police station on Ishigaki island after a local court granted on Friday a request by prosecutors for a 10-day detention through Sept. 19.Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo on Sunday told Japan to make a "wise political resolution" and immediately release the Chinese fishermen and fishing boat.Dai, who made the remarks when summoning Japanese Ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa in the wee hours, was the highest-ranking Chinese official to make a response after the fishing boat and its crew were seized Tuesday."Dai expressed solemnly (to the Japanese ambassador) the Chinese government's grave concerns and its serious and just position," said the Foreign Ministry in a statement.Dai warned Japan not to make a wrong judgment on the situation and urged it to make a "wise political resolution" and immediately release the fishermen and return the boat.Niwa said he would promptly report the Chinese position to his government, said the statement.China decided Friday night to postpone a negotiation with Japan on the East China Sea issue scheduled for mid September, after the Japanese court ruled a 10-day detention through Sept. 19 against the captain despite protests from China.Previously, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Friday summoned the Japanese ambassador and demanded Japan immediately and unconditionally release the boat and all the crew, saying China's determination to defend its sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands and the interests of the Chinese people was unswerving.Announcing the postponement of the talks on Friday night, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said the Japanese side has "ignored China's repeated solemn representations and firm opposition, and obstinately decided to put the Chinese captain under the so-called judiciary procedures."She said Japan's acts have violated the law of nations and basic international common sense, and are "ridiculous, illegal and invalid.""Japan will reap as it has sown, if it continues to act recklessly," Jiang warned.Protests of the public also emerged recently in China against the Japanese move.On Wednesday, more than 40 Chinese nationals staged a protest near the Japanese embassy in Beijing over the detention of the Chinese fishing boat.The unofficial China Federation for Defending the Diaoyu Islands organized the half-hour protest on Wednesday.Witnesses said the protesters chanted the Chinese national anthem while holding up national flags and banners, two of which read "Japan out of Diaoyu Islands" "Diaoyu Islands are China's and so is the East China Sea." Li Wen, a federation official, blasted Japan's act as aggression and demanded release of the fishing boat and crew members, and an apology and compensation from the Japanese government.If the demands were not met, the federation would organize Diaoyu Islands defenders to land on the islands during the National Day holiday, which runs through Oct. 1 to Oct. 7, Li said.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- China would continue reform of the formation mechanism of its currency exchange rate to improve its flexibility, but will do so in a gradual way, Zhou Xiaochuan, Governor of the People's Bank of China, China's central bank, said here on Sunday.Westerners prefer Western medication method that is quick but drastic, while Chinese people prefer traditional Chinese medication that is slower and giving time for different herbs to take effect. A steep rise of Chinese currency yuan would cause harms, Zhou told a group of bankers and reporters during a luncheon speech at the 2010 annual membership meeting of the Institute of International Finance (IIF).Governor of the People's Bank of China (PBOC) Zhou Xiaochuan hosts a press briefing during the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, Oct. 8, 2010. To manage Chinese currency issue is a "complicated art," as you have to take into consideration domestic inflation, unemployment rate, gross domestic product (GDP) growth, balance of payments and other factors, he added.IIF, which represents over 420 world leading financial institutions headquartered in more than 70 countries, host its annual membership meeting in Washington D.C. between Oct. 8 and 10, when the International Monetary Fund and World Bank host their annual meetings in the same time.

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