SIGNATURE WORK
CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION 2023

Caused by decreased fertility rates and increased life expectations, population aging often happens in developed countries that have rich medical resources and higher education for women. It is a global that has many negative effects on an economy of a country. The negative effects are especially severe in rural areas of China. Creating a high dependency rate. The dependency rate is the proportion of the old and children compared to the working-age population, and there are three problems caused by a high dependency rate is discussed in this paper. They are decreased traditional elderly care from the family, increasing financial burden caused by the lack of pension, and unmet medical demand for the local rural area. Several policies are suggested in the discussion part to help solve the problems, suggestions including creating working opportunities for young people in rural areas to decrease the dependency rate and increase the supply of medical resources in rural areas. Academic papers, professional reports, and the latest news from reliable sources are used in the literature research. In addition to that, several unpublished field notes on a study on elderly health in the Suzhou countryside are also used as supplemental material to enrich the source of the paper.