关键词: 人口老龄化, 服务体系, 社会化, 产业化, 专业化

Abstract: China is experiencing rapid ageing of population，characterized by a large old － age population which is growing rapidly and a rising proportion of the oldest － old．In contrast to other ageing countries，China has a lower level of economic development，a society typically being described to be " getting old before getting rich" ．Chinese traditional home － based old － age support pattern is challenged by the accelerated population aging，while the elderly social support patterns，such as those that are community － or institution － based，are still under － developed，resulting prominent contradiction between service supply and demand．Experiences from developed countries in Europe and America show that transition from home － based to social － based support is the main trend of the changing old － age support system．In addressing the population aging challenge，China needs to accelerate the " socialization and professionalization" process of the elderly support service，construct a social support system that adapt to the national conditions，develop the elderly support service industry，and thus turn the " silver-hair industry" into a new " sunrise industry" ．

Keywords: Population Aging, Old-age Support, Service System, Industrialization