Beijing's permanent residents aged 60 and above reached 5.29 million at the end of last year, almost a quarter of the population. (EPA Images pic)BEIJING: The Chinese capital Beijing is expected to become "super-aged" by 2035, with around one-third of its population aged 60 and above, the official Beijing Daily reported.
Chinese policymakers have made population planning a key part of the country's economic strategy, and this year the government faces a total potential cost of around 180 billion yuan (US$26.92 billion) to boost births, according to Reuters estimates.
One in every three residents of the Chinese capital will be aged 60 or above by 2035, the Beijing Daily reported on Saturday.
Beijing had 5.29 million permanent residents aged 60 and above at the end of last year, almost one-quarter of its population, the newspaper said.
