China grows and rapidly aging

China's economic miracle has been accompanied by a stunning and rapid ageing of the population. Could back old too fast is to end with the irresistible departure from China of poverty it be it?

What is happening in Shanghai, is happening in the rest of China. The city is ultra-modern. But it is also one that has a faster ageing around the world. And in this mark trend.

You can see it in the vast branch of the chain of furniture, Ikea stores. A canosa crowd shows little interest in furniture to come unarmed.

Mr Ni is 72, he is unmarried and wears a tweed Cap with elegance. "This is a very good place to speak with people," he said.

The restaurant running in-store offers cheap food that tempts them to couples who are equipping your home. But this part of the store is full of older people, who come to flirt, find love.

"The speed of ageing of China is unique."

Peng Xizhe, Professor and Fudan University demographer

Nor is a widower whose children have already left the family home.

"Me is easier to speak to women whose husbands have been killed," he said. "I know how hard it is."

Under protest, Ikea managers have designed a special area for the elderly without a partner. Throughout the city, Shanghai is getting old.

"Before falling off, used to like go dancing", said Mrs Zhang, aged 77, about her husband.

It is difficult to find a worker for entrepreneurs, and the cost of labour is on the rise

He looks at it. Since that he had an accident two years ago, he suffered from dementia.

The couple lives in a small one bedroom apartment. "I have to take care of it by myself," he said.

The brightness of Bund, an avenue of skyscrapers, is nearby. But behind them there are hundreds of cement blocks in poor state statements of greater and poor people.

The average age increases with the development of the countries, because people live longer and have less children. But in China, the one-child policy has caused a rapid decline in the birth rate.

"The speed of ageing of China is unique," says Professor Peng Xizhe, a demographer from Fudan University.

China only took 20 years to achieve an age profile than Britain or France led them to 60 or 70 years, explains.

New figures show that one of four permanent residents of Shanghai is retired.

The rest of China is reaching. By 2050, one third of the population of the country - 450 million people - will have more than 60 years.

Mrs Zhang silent to her husband when he starts to complain. The couple survives with its around factory worker pension of US$ 63 a week.

"We are really concerned about this." "In China we have become older but we are still in a very poor situation."

Jerry Mo, former foreman, now entrepreneur

She worked in a clandestine factory, so it does not charge retirement.

Volunteers from local government visit to the couple, but beyond that, the care is minimal. The doctors do home visits.

Across China, less than 2% of adults will find a place at a residence in the State. The beds are occupied.

"We don't have enough money for a private residence, or to pay someone to come and help me," says Zhang, with the tension that transmits his face.

The social assistance system struggle with the number of elderly people who need care.

10 Million qualified agreement racing is needed to a Committee of the Government. So far there are only 100,000 across China.

Until recently, this didn't matter much. Traditionally, the elderly lived with their children under the values of Confucius as the of "many generations under one roof".

But due to the strict birth control, many already retired people have a child, so this is no longer an option.

The only daughter of the Zhang lives with her in-laws, and returns for a few nights a week at the home of her parents to give them a hand.

"Chinese society has not been prepared with regard to their pension and its social security system", says Professor Peng Xizhe. "People are concerned".

Chinese leaders are also concerned by ageing, but for a different reason. They fear that the Chinese economic model could be crumbling.

The Chinese system, based on exports, supports a seemingly inexhaustible young workforce. Research suggests that a quarter of the Chinese economic success depends on the cheap labour force.

Shanghai has notably supported rural migrants to mask the problem of the ageing of their local populations.

Things have changed, it costs employers hire.

But in the midst of the contamination of Yiwu, South of Shanghai, it is clear that the supply of young people is disappearing.

"It is really hard to find new workers, and the cost of labour is increasing," said Jerry Mo, an excapataz who borrow much to open his own small factory two years ago.

"Its 40 workers cut, shape and baked plastic into products from bisutería." There are many empty areas of the factory.

"You can see how an aging society affects the labour force," he said.

There is an acute shortage of manpower.

In addition, migrants - who have to help their own parents - are shying away more and more to find work in their places of origin.

Jerry Mo says workers are demanding higher wages but he can not afford them. "We are turning into a company that does not give gains", he said.

The lack of young workers hits china's economy just when you need to pay for the elderly.

There is a Chinese saying about why the country is so concerned. China, they say, will become "too old to be rich".

Despite its economic success, China is still a developing country.

"We are really concerned about this," says Professor Peng. "In China we have become older but we are still in a very poor situation."

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