Population Aging,Economic Growth and High-quality Development
Population aging is the result of population transformation in the process of moderni-zation.From the perspective of Chinese path to modernization,high-quality economic develop-ment is not only a gradual natural process,but also an internal requirement for population and economic development to a certain stage.It is the unity of economic growth rate and the quality of economic development.Population aging affects economic growth and high-quality develop-ment through savings and consumption,human capital,public expenditure,scientific and technological innovation and other mechanisms,which leads to the nonlinear relationship be-tween population aging and economic growth and high-quality development,confirmed by inter-national experience and Chinese practice.The first 10 years of 21st century is the transition peri-od of the effect of population aging on economic growth from positive to negative in China;from the perspective of high-quality economic development,the impact of population aging also shows the same trajectory.To support Chinese path to modernization with high-quality population development,we should not only avoid exaggerating the negative impact of population aging,but also not ignore the impact of population size factors,and understand the economic growth and high-quality development potential under population aging with a systematic concept.
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