Prejudgment for China's Pension Industry Development"Inflection Point"——Typical Facts based on Multiple Case Studies
With the acceleration of the population ageing process,the structure of China's elderly care de-mands is changing from survival type to development type,which will bring broad market space for the develop-ment of the pension industry.However,the current development of China's pension industry is relatively lagging behind,still facing serious development difficulties.When will the"inflection point"of the development of Chi-na's pension industry come?To answer this question,this paper combines case studies and empirical analysis of the research framework,first of all,takes France,Germany,Japan and the United States as examples to systemati-cally sort out the development history of their pension industry,summarize the common characteristics of the"in-flection point"in the development of the pension industry.Secondly,this paper focuses on the development trajec-tory of Japan's pension industry,focusing on the changes of important indicators related to the pension industry be-fore and after the implementation of its long-term care insurance.Finally,this paper selects nine indicators related to the pension industry,predicts the future situation of China's pension industry based on the methods of index smoothing and grey modeling,and compares them with the indicators of the comparable period of time in Japan,so as to judge the possibility of the emergence of the"inflection point"of China's pension industry.The findings re-veal that there are four common characteristics in the emergence of the"inflection point"in the development of the pension industry,namely the reform of the three-pillar pension system,the comprehensive implementation of the long-term care insurance,diversified services to promote the integration of elderly care and medical services,and the opportunities for industrial growth behind inter-generational transformation.The possible window period for the emergence of the"inflection point"in the development of China's pension industry will be between 2026 and 2030.
pension industryaging financepension servicesintegrated elderly care and medical serviceslong-term care insurancecommunity elderly carepopulation agingcommon prosperity