The Use of Law to Protect and Promote Age-Friendly Environment

Abstract

China had more than 200 million elderly people by the end of 2013 while the urbanization rate was over 50%, indicating the population ageing is interacted with the city developing. With the aim of letting more elderly adults participate in society and allowing them to share the fruits of economic and social development, Livable Environment was added as a separate chapter to the revised Law of the People's Republic of China on Protection of the Rights and Interest of the Elderly in December 2012. This article analyzes the new regulations on age-friendly environment in detail and then review the historical development of relative regulations regarding livable environment. Furthermore, the article analyzes the effects of legislation on building an age-friendly environment in the future.

Keywords::

• law
• age-friendly environment
• age-friendly city

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Peng Du

Peng Du is a Professor in the Institute of Gerontology at Renmin University of China, China. His main research interests focus on aging issues and policies in China and how these policies were developed and implemeted with a comparative perspective. He has also published articles on the impacts of migration on older persons, aging and equity, the changing socio-economic status and determinants of the older persons, the development of long-term care services in China. Address: Institute of Gerontology, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, P. R. China. [email: [email protected]]

Lili Xie

Lili Xie is a Ph.D. candidate in the Institute of Gerontology at Renmin University of China, China. Her research interests include productive aging and community services. Address: Institute of Gerontology, Renmin University of China. Beijing 100872, P. R. China.