The path to healthy ageing in China: a Peking University–Lancet Commission

Around the world, populations are ageing at a faster pace than in the past and this demographic transition will have effects on all aspects of societies. In May, 2020, the UN General Assembly declared 2021–2030 the decade of healthy ageing, highlighting the importance for policy makers across the world to focus policy on improving the lives of older people, both today and in the future. Although rapid population ageing poses challenges, China's rapid economic growth over the past 40 years has created space for policy to assist older people and families in their efforts to improve health and wellbeing at older ages.