全球化（globalization）一词，是一种概念，也是一种人类社会发展的现象过程。全球化目前有诸多定义，通常意义上的全球化是指全球联系不断增强，人类生活在全球规模的基础上发展及全球意识的崛起。国与国之间在政治、经济贸易上互相依存。全球化亦可以解释为世界的压缩和视全球为一个整体。二十世纪九十年代后，随着全球化势力对人类社会影响层面的扩张，已逐渐引起各国政治、教育、社会及文化等学科领域的重视，引发大规模的研究热潮。对于“全球化”的观感是好是坏，目前仍是见仁见智，例如全球化对于本土文化来说就是一把双刃剑，它也会使得本土文化的内涵与自我更新能力逐渐模糊与丧失。

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  徐立凡：GDP总量超澳大利亚，粤港澳大湾区还有哪些底气？

  文章选自新京报网，2019年2月21日

  2019年2月25日
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  Xu Hongcai: Challenges and Changes to the Chinese Economy

  By Xu Hongcai, a Non-Resident senior research fellow at the Center for China and Globalization(CCG).  In the past year, a drastic change has occurred. The growth momentum of the global economy was strong in the first half of 2018, but it slowed down in the second half of the year, and the slowdown will continue over the next two years. The IMF cut its forecast for world economic growth in 2019 to 3.5%, compared with 3.7% last year. The USA’s economy is expected to grow 2.5% this year, compared with 2.9% last year. At the same time, the IMF also lowered the expected growth in Europe, Japan, and developing countries. Looking back to 2018, “black swan” events took place frequently worldwide. The economic policies of the major economies changed a lot. The international oil price, the stock market, and foreign exchange market quaked dramatically. Global foreign direct investment was shrinking. Global trade growth is slowing down. China’s economy as a whole has remained stable. There are several economic indicators: first, the GDP exceeded ¥90 trillion for the first time; second, the per capita income reached $10,000 for the first time; third, the volume of foreign trade exceeded ¥30 trillion yuan for the first time; fourth, the foreign exchange reserves remained above $3 trillion. These achievements are indeed hard-won. Last year, China’s GDP grew by 6.6%, but it also showed a declining trend quarter by quarter. Even so, China has still contributed about 30% of the world’s new GDP growth and remained a veritable engine of world economic growth. China’s economy has made steady progress and shown signs of improvement in five aspects. First, the economic growth rate was within a reasonable range. It is expected that China’s GDP will grow by 6.3% this year and by more than 6.0% in 2020. China is likely to complete the building of a well-off society in all respects by 2020. Second, inflation was stable. The consumer price index (CPI) grew by an average of 2.1% in 2018, and urban and rural residents’ income growth was roughly in line with economic growth. Third, the employment situation was good, with 13 million urban jobs created for six consecutive years. Fourth, the international balance of payments has reached basic equilibrium. The trade surplus has narrowed, and there has been no large-scale capital outflow. Both FDI and outward direct investment have maintained steady growth, and the RMB exchange rate has remained relatively stable at a reasonable and balanced level. Fifth, we made positive progress in supply-side structural reform, improved the economic structure and raised the quality and efficiency of development. The investment structure was optimized, with investment in environmental protection and agriculture increasing by 43.0% and 15.4% respectively in 2018. The added value of the tertiary industry accounted for 52.2% of GDP and contributed 59.7% to GDP growth. Consumption as the main driving force of economic growth was consolidated, and the final consumption expenditure contributed 76.2% to GDP, 18.6 percentage points higher than that in the previous year. China made solid progress in pursuing green development, and energy consumption per ¥10,000 of GDP decreased by 3.1% over the previous year. However, China’s economy also faces new challenges. World economic growth will slow down in the coming years, and the economic policies of the United States, Europe, and other major economies are full of uncertainties. With the prevalence of protectionism, populism, and unilateralism, the multilateral trading system with the WTO as the core and the global governance are facing unprecedented challenges. In recent years, China’s foreign trade surplus has narrowed year by year. In 2018, China’s foreign trade surplus hit a record low with only $350 billion and will keep declining in the future. Meanwhile, the principal contradiction in Chinese society has been transformed into one between the people’s ever-growing need for a better life and unbalanced and inadequate development. In recent years, with the increase in labor costs and the improvement of environmental protection standards, some low-end manufacturing industries have begun to migrate to neighboring countries. Investment growth is also weak, and it is difficult to keep relying on expanding investment to drive economic growth. At the same time, the growth of household consumption is not strong. High housing prices in first-tier cities have squeezed consumer spending. The growth of traditional consumption, such as in housing and automobiles, was weak, while the growth of emerging consumption, such as tourism, culture, information, pensions, health, and sports consumption, accelerated, but their share on the whole was low. In recent years, enterprises have significantly increased their investment in research and development. However, it still takes time to cultivate new drivers of economic development. The manufacturing industry is large but not strong, and the overall level of science and technology is still low. In the past few years, although we have kept the bottom line of no systemic financial risks and generally maintained financial stability, some local financial risks have inevitably emerged, such as the collapse of P2P platforms, default of corporate bonds, and volatility of the stock market, which have had a negative impact on the development of the real economy. At the beginning of the new year, we feel the uncertainty from the outside world while starting a new round of reform and innovation. There are favorable conditions: first, China has maintained political stability, and policy continuity and flexibility. Second, domestic demand is relatively stable and the market is huge. With the growth of per capita income, people’s demand for diversified consumption increases. Third, the role of innovation in driving economic growth is rising, and technological progress and industrial restructuring are gaining momentum. Fourth, consumption has become the main driving force for economic growth. Fifth, the dividends of a new round of deepening reform and opening up will be seen. China’s policymakers are making new adjustments. The first is a proactive fiscal policy. China will cut taxes and fees, including corporate income tax and value-added tax, especially reducing the operating costs of small businesses so that they can carry out their business more easily. At the same time, China will create a sound business environment and reduce institutional costs. By the end of 2018, China’s import tariffs had been cut from 9.8% to 7.5% and will be lowered in the future. China will increase investment in infrastructure to promote connectivity and the free flow of production factors. So, there is a need to expand the issuance of special local government bonds from ¥1.6 trillion to ¥2 trillion. The fiscal deficit is likely to rise to 3% from 2.6% last year. Second, China will adopt a prudent monetary policy with an appropriate level of money supply, preventing violent fluctuations in the financial market, maintaining reasonable and sufficient liquidity, dredging channels for conducting monetary policy, developing multi-tiered capital markets, and preventing and defusing major financial risks. Third, structural reform policies will focus on building and nurturing new system mechanisms. In June 2018, China revised the negative list of market access for foreign-invested enterprises. In December, it released the negative list of market access for domestic enterprises (2018 version). It plans to implement the “one list nationwide” management model in March 2019 and fully implement the management model of pre-establishment national treatment and negative list. Everything that the market can do should be left to the market, and the decisive role of the market in resource allocation should be brought into full play. Meanwhile, the role of the government should be managed well to make up for market failure. In 2019, China will accelerate reform in key areas, especially in the reform of state-owned assets management and state-owned enterprises. China will focus on maintaining and increasing the value of state-owned assets. It will expand the scope for mixed-ownership reform, break the monopoly and encourage competition. Private capital will gradually play a leading role. Meanwhile, China will establish a modern fiscal and tax system, straighten out the relationship between the government and the market, and reduce the cost of government operations. In financial reform, China will improve the efficiency of financial services for the real economy. Large financial institutions should realize strategic transformation, strengthen internal risk control and improve risk pricing ability, so as to adapt to the trend of comprehensive operation of financial institutions and expand financial openness. China will encourage the development of private banks and other small- and medium-sized financial institutions. In my opinion, the most promising place for China’s economic development in the next decade is the rural-urban area. China is gradually establishing a mechanism for the two-way and orderly flow of production factors between urban and rural areas, promoting integrated development between urban and rural areas, rural revitalization, and the construction of urban infrastructure. In particular, China should deepen the reform of the land system, increase the application of new technology and improve the rural market system, promote the transformation of agricultural development from a small-scale peasant economy based on families to a modernized agriculture, and promote the development of urbanization by fostering new industries and creating new employment opportunities. With a large number of farmers turned into citizens, the consumption growth of Chinese residents has great potential. Looking into 2019, the difficulties in the first quarter may be large, but China’s economy is projected to stabilize in the second half of the year. It is expected that the annual economic growth rate will remain between 6.0% and 6.5%, and the CPI rise will be around 2.2%. 13 million new urban jobs will be created. Investment in fixed assets is expected to grow by about 6.5%. The growth of imports and exports will slow down, and the trade surplus will narrow to about $300 billion. However, the trade structure tends to be optimized, and the competitiveness of foreign trade enterprises will be enhanced. China will adopt a more proactive fiscal policy, cutting taxes and fees by about ¥2 trillion and expanding infrastructure investment by the same amount. Monetary policy will be slightly loose at the margin. M2, the broad money, will grow by about 9.0%. RMB loans will grow by about 10%, and the nominal interest rate will remain unchanged. By the end of 2019, the dollar-RMB exchange rate will remain within 7.0. In general, China’s economy will continue to grow steadily in the future. From chinausfocus，2019-1-31

  2019年2月25日
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  Zamir Ahmed Awan: Beijing, Islamabad committed to making flagship CPEC project

  The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is an example for the rest of the world. CPEC is one out of six planned corridors under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) launched by China in 2013. These corridors include the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor (CMREC), New Eurasian Land Bridge (NELB), China-Central Asia-West Asia Economic Corridor (CCWAEC), China-Indochina Peninsula Economic Corridor (CICPEC), China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), and Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor (BCIMEC). All of these economic corridors are very well conceived and planned. The importance of each corridor is undeniable. Upon completion of all these corridors, the world will be transformed and enter into a new era. Global economic patterns will change and trade will take on a new shape. However, five of these corridors pass through more than two countries, and it is understood that the more countries involved, the more difficult it becomes due to cultural barriers and variations in political and economic conditions in each country. Similarly, distance also matters; the longer the corridor, the more time and money it may take to complete.Fortunately, CPEC is the simplest and the most feasible. It is a project jointly built by China and Pakistan, so it has fewer countries involved compared to the other five corridors. The 3,000-km-long corridor starts from China’s Kashgar and ends at Pakistan’s Gwadar, the shortest distance among all the corridors. Above all, the relationship between China and Pakistan is ideal, and there is little disagreement between these two countries. In fact, China and Pakistan support each other on all issues at the domestic, regional and global level. There exists a complete harmony. Due to all of these reasons, CPEC has been declared a flagship project, and the governments of both countries are giving it highest priority. Both nations are committed to making it a success. Whatever the difficulties or hurdles, both sides are committed to overcoming them and creating an example for the rest of world.To date, the people of Pakistan are enjoying the fruits of early harvest projects under CPEC. With the launch of CPEC, Pakistan’s GDP improved from 4.7 to 5.5. It was a big jump as the nation has faced many complex issues over the last 4 decades. The country was an energy deficient nation and faced a shortage of electricity. There was load-shedding for several hours on a daily basis. But under CPEC’s early harvest projects, around 10,000 megawatts of electricity were added to the national grid. Load-shedding minimized and almost vanished from the big cities of Pakistan. There are a few other power generation projects at an advanced stage of completion and expected to be completed by 2020. It is expected that Pakistan will face a smaller gap between supply and demand of electricity once all projects are completed in the next few years. The laying of optical fiber lines between China and Pakistan is another advanced stage project, and internet speeds will be improved greatly upon its completion. This will revolutionize the IT industry in Pakistan. It will also reduce dependence on sea-bed cables connecting Pakistan with the rest of the world. Due to damage to undersea cables, which are difficult to repair quickly, Pakistan has been sporadically cut off from the rest of world. A network of roads has been completed across Pakistan, and many more are under construction or in the pipeline. A strong network of roads has made Pakistan very well connected internally. It also has helped to improve connectivity and ultimately enhance business activities. Road networks have contributed to the nation’s socioeconomic development.The country’s railway system is also slated for a complete revamp. The Karachi-Peshawar Railway Line project, also referred to as ML-1, is in the advanced stage of finalization and may be initiated soon. Rail will become the cheapest and quickest mode of transportation for passengers and cargo in Pakistan in the near future. Fast-track industrialization is also expected, as special economic zones (SEZs) are being launched soon. There are nine SEZs in total, three of which are almost ready to be launched: Rashakai SEZ, M-3 Industrial Zone in Faisalabad and Dhabijee Industrial state in Sindh. The SEZs will rapidly change Pakistan’s fate.

  2019年2月25日
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  CCG研究 | 澳大利亚：青睐职业人才

  《人才战争 2.0》 |  王辉耀、苗绿 著 跟矿业的繁荣不同，创新思维的繁荣（ideaboom）是可永续发展的，唯一的束缚就是我们的想象力。  ——澳大利亚现任总理马尔科姆•特恩布尔（Malcolm Turnbull） 2016年4月，逯高清出任英国萨里大学第五任校长，成为改革开放后中国留学生中首位出任英国排名前十大学校长的人。此前，他在澳大利亚求学、工作了28年，从在澳大利亚昆士兰大学攻读化学工程博士学位到成为全球备受尊重的学术带头人，从39岁成为澳大利亚工程院史上最年轻的院士到2014年升任澳大利亚昆士兰大学史上第一位华人副校长，他为澳大利亚的纳米科技发展做出了杰出贡献。 其他被澳大利亚吸引的华人精英有：杨小凯，澳籍杰出华人经济学家，被誉为“离诺贝尔奖最近的华人”；黄英贤，现任澳大利亚吉拉德政府金融部长，也是首位亚裔部长和华裔部长；苏震西，祖籍中国广东顺德，17岁和家人从香港移民至澳大利亚，后来成为墨尔本第一位直选市长，也是该市首位华裔市长，并荣获“世界最佳市长”荣誉……他们有的从事学术研究，有的从政，均为澳大利亚的发展做出杰出贡献。 一直以来，澳大利亚是人才战争的大赢家。在这个奉行多元文化的移民国度里，2015年接受的移民存量为676.4万，占本国人口的28.2%，比加拿大高出6个百分点。其中英国人最多，约129万人；新西兰人居次，约64万人；中国人居第三，约45万人，相当于每吸收15个移民中就有1个是中国人。 2015年9月走马上任的总理马尔科姆?特恩布尔（Malcolm Turnbull）的儿媳妇也是华人，他还曾到中国开设了第一家中西合作的矿山企业河北华澳矿业开发有限公司。 从5万多年前第一批移民通过马来群岛和新几内亚抵达澳大利亚，到成为英国流放犯人的落脚地，到1788年对外开放移民，直到1901年澳大利亚联邦成立，这块广袤的土地上始终有着“人口少得可怜”的烦恼。从1907年起，澳大利亚开始大规模接受移民，但限制有色人种，奉行“白澳政策” ；二战后，大力吸引欧洲人移民——“只要你是欧洲人血统，身体健康，没有犯罪记录，就能够成为澳大利亚的移民”；1950年，允许亚洲学生赴澳留学；1957年，非白人移民在澳洲居住15年后可以成为公民；1965年，“非歧视性”技术移民计划开始实行，任何种族的人只有达到职业技术要求，都可以申请移民；1966年，部分非欧洲移民在居留5年后可获得永久居留权和成为公民。 1973年是澳大利亚从“人口争夺”过渡到“人才争夺”的转折点。得益于工党政府的努力，“白澳政策”被正式取消，自愿移民数量超出国家所需数量，澳大利亚再也不需要发放津贴来吸引外来移民了！到了80年代，鼓励“多元文化”和“多种族和谐”被正式确立为国策。 澳大利亚的两个主要政党，工党和自由党，竞选时势均力敌，各不相让，但在移民政策上惊人得一致：均支持高数量！2015～2016年度，澳大利亚吸引了近19万名移民，其中近13万名通过“技术渠道” ，近6万名是家庭团聚类，308人获得特别资格类别永居签证。 其中技术类、投资类、雇主担保类人才占获永久拘留资格总人数的68%，这一比例多年来保持稳定，相当于10个人中有7个是职业型人才。 怎么争夺海外的职业型人才？澳大利亚采取的办法如下。 20世纪90年代开始施行以需求为导向的移民政策，确立职业型移民制度，采用职业移民清单方式，并借鉴加拿大的积分评估制度，结合起来瞄准海外的技术人才和商业人才。1999年澳大利亚政府开始使用“紧缺职业列表”（Migration Occupations in Demand List），符合表单上的职业才能申请移民。2011年，又引入“技术选择”（Select Skill）移民模式，海外申请人需向移民部递交申请书，政府选择匹配合格后向人才发出邀请，这就相当于建立起一个庞大的“全球人才储备库”，可以根据需要随时地调取人才。 为了吸引投资者，2012年澳大利亚政府在商业创新与投资项目中新增“重要投资者签证”，2015年7月1日又实施“高端投资者签证”，要求申请者投资超过1500万澳元，投资满一年即可申请永居权。 为了吸引留学生，澳大利亚自2007年9月1日起给予18个月毕业后的临时签证，还对境外著名大学（亚洲18所，中国占12所 ）毕业、符合澳大利亚紧缺技术需求的学生给予18个月的临时签证，不受限制在澳境内工作、学习或者旅游。双管齐下，既使澳大利亚的国际留学生比例远超经合组织（OECD）国家的平均值，还从中国等国家“掐尖”，把国外顶级大学培养出的人才招揽走。 为了吸引优秀的科技人才，2009年澳大利亚发布了《驱动创意：21世纪的创新议程》，缔造科研环境基础；2010年降低了赴澳读研究类硕士、博士的门槛； 2016年11月生效“创业者签证（Entrepreneur Visa）”，吸引有创新及高增长潜力想法的创业者留澳，并协助在澳接受高等教育的高级人才、博士或研究类硕士留学生，尤其是STEM 和IT领域毕业生留下促进国家改革创新。 为了促进偏远地区的发展，澳大利亚设立了偏远地区雇主提名计划（RSM），雇主可以提名来自海外的员工或者境内临时居住者来填补全职的、永久的空缺职位。 澳大利亚瞄准的是全球的职业人才，2009年移民局在曼谷、北京、洛杉矶和马尼拉4个城市举办技术移民招募会。 尽管使劲浑身解数，澳大利亚研究部门还是认为政府引进人才的力度还不够，要更加重视人才战争，要从全球人才市场吸收到足够的稀缺资源——世界顶尖人才。早在10年前，澳大利亚便认识到“即使在过去10年内澳大利亚的技术和工程人才队伍有所增长，但世界级人才仍短缺”。因此，澳大利亚善用中介机构与猎头，把政府公务员、大学校长、高级精英人才等的聘请委托给专业猎头，在全球范围内进行公开竞聘。 事实上，国际移民组织的数据显示，澳大利亚吸引到的移民质量还是很高的，移民中接受高等教育的比例更高达46.4%，远高于美国的27.3%和加拿大的33.2%，有效补充了本国所需的稀缺人才。 2015年澳大利亚人口增速为1.4%，为10年来的最低值，工作年龄人口近年增长也很缓慢，老龄化问题严重。特恩布尔曾表示将扩大政府的技术移民计划，以吸引并接纳海外优秀人才。还有研究认为，澳政府可能会大力推进商业类移民政策，以吸引更多海外投资。2016年初，澳大利亚产业组织（Australian Industry Group）向澳政府提议将每年引进的海外移民数提高15%，从19万人增加到22万人，以助推本国经济发展。 正如前移民部长克里?伊文斯（Chris Evans）所说，澳大利亚被认为是全世界通过移民政策吸引人才最成功的国家之一，没有任何理由不继续坚持。 引用相关内容请注明出处：《人才战争 2.0》， 王辉耀、苗绿著，东方出版社。

  2019年2月22日
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  Turning grey before getting rich: China’s ageing population

  At the age of 57, Mu Zhiming is coming to terms with the inevitable truth that he will take up residence at a nursing home in a few years’ time. With his son in the U.S. and a stroke paralyzing his wife, he has no one to turn to when in need of care. Though his monthly pension of 9,000 yuan (1,300 U.S. dollars) is already in the highest income bracket, he cannot afford the one-million-yuan membership fee of a private senior care center. To secure a spot at a rest home, he plans to sell his apartment. Mu is already one of the most fortunate among China’s elders. For the majority of the 249 million elders in the country, such an option is virtually unthinkable given that the average monthly pension is around 2,500 yuan (340 U.S. dollars). But with 17.9 percent of the country’s population now over the age of 60, and a generation of single children bearing the entire cost of supporting two senior parents - and perhaps grandparents too, elders in China are likely to face a tough reality as they grow older. National rush to old age China’s population is turning grey at an unprecedented speed. In 2030, the population is expected to start shrinking, according to a study by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences published earlier this year. By 2050, the number of people aged 60 or older in China is forecast to reach 487 million, or 35 percent of the population. This figure is even higher than that in what are known as "super-ageing" societies, like Japan, where 33 percent of the population is over 60. An old man makes his way back to his apartment in an electric powered wheelchair at a senior care center. /VCG Photo "It took China less than 20 years to hit the scale of ageing that northern European countries achieved in 30 to 40 years," says Professor Huang Wenzheng, a research fellow at the Center for China and Globalization(CCG), in an interview with CGTN Digital. The one-child policy, in place from 1979 to 2016, transformed the family structure in China to a reversed pyramid where a single child supports two parents and four grandparents. "When I turn 70, my son, who would turn 40, would be at the peak of his career. Can I count on him to rush to my house every time I slip and fall on the bathroom floor? Even if I can, should I?" Mu wonders. There are not many options lying ahead for him. He could stay at home and hire a live-in nurse who would charge him as much as 6,000 yuan per month. He could also move into a local community center that provides senior care, but where, other than a bed, not much else is available. Or, he could live at a high-end senior care center, though it comes with a hefty one-million-yuan price tag and a monthly fee of 5,000 yuan. Elders read books at the library of high-end senior care center Kangning Jin in Tianjin, north China. /CGTN Photo Expensive costs aside, a cultural prejudice against sending old people to senior care centers has also made it hard for Mu to accept his likely fate. The concept of filial piety translates into an entrenched belief that the purpose of raising a child is to secure a caregiver in the future. To send one’s parents to a senior care center is a breakaway from such a social ethos and a shameful act. "The Chinese population is turning grey before becoming rich," says Professor Huang. The rapid speed of ageing caught the entire country off guard, with the senior care infrastructure unprepared for the ageing crisis. Untapped potential in senior care industry Senior care centers hold a rather bad reputation for being crowded with residents looking like nothing but hospital patients. But high-end senior care centers challenge such a traditional belief. At the age of 87, Yan Meiyi is still rosy-cheeked and a good conversationalist. After moving to a high-end retirement compound in Tianjin, north China, she says she "never felt old for a single moment." "There are always classes to go to, activities to join-I don’t have time to think about my age," Yan says. The private complex Yan lives in houses 1,200 elders who are mostly former university professors, intellectuals, government cadres and employees of state-owned enterprises. A timetable detailing the activities at the institution shows more than 10 types of classes organized every day, ranging from English courses, calligraphy, painting, and Latin dance - almost all are organized and taught by elders. Yan Meiyi (L), 87, poses with a friend at the senior care center. /CGTN Photo   These self-organized activities in the senior care center are partly by design, says Xi Jun, the CEO of Kangning Jin senior care center. Encouraging residents to organize and participate in social events is to let them be aware of their value of existence, he notes, adding that seniors need much more than food and environment. "It is about cultivating a new lifestyle." In 2016, the State Council announced that the senior care market in China should be more accessible for private capital. In two years, the government removed the requirement that senior care centers must obtain a license in an attempt to lower down entry barriers to the senior care market. "The state has decided to let free market play its role in revitalizing the market," Xi Jun says. "Corporations can cater to the diverse needs of elderly people while the government can provide the basic minimum care for all elders through social security networks." Senior care at your doorstep In Japan, where the senior care industry is developed, a three-tiered system of integrated medical and elderly care services is in place. The first tier comprises elderly health and welfare centers in communities that provide regular services such as health checks and basic health care. The second tier is day care centers which cater to seniors living independently as well as semi-disabled elderly who need nursing services. The third is specialized institutional senior care centers where elders with disabilities are guaranteed full-time care. Elders wait in line to get lunch at a community senior care center in Fengtai District, Beijing, May 24, 2018. /VCG Photo Since 2011, China has been following a similar three-tiered senior care management model, whereby 90 percent of elders are expected to stay at home, seven percent at community centers and three percent at institutional senior care centers. In 2016, Beijing launched a pilot project that established 150 community elder care centers in six of the capital’s districts. Wang Xiuqin, a retired community worker, used to go to her community daycare center regularly. The center is funded privately with subsidies from the government. Most elders visit the center to have three meals. It costs them 3,000 yuan per month. Those who cannot live independently and are in need of special care pay a monthly fee of 5,000 yuan for extra services. "Regular health check-ups, such as checking blood pressure, and giving prescription drugs for minor ailments are not a problem," Wang says. But the amenities are in no way comparable to high-end senior care centers where medical rooms with full-time licensed doctors and registered nurses are set up within the premises. Kangning Jin high-end senior care center even deploys helicopters in times of medical emergency. "I am fortunate enough to be able to afford a decent senior care center," says Mu. But for millions of elders, the wheels of time cannot be reversed, and solutions need to come fast before it’s too late. From CGTN，2019-2-20

  2019年2月22日