論文｜復旦-歐洲中國研究中心團隊成果在Nature Aging發表

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2025年10月31日，復旦歐洲中國研究中心（FECCS）推進協作的綜述論文“Adapting health, economic, and social policies to address population aging in China”于Nature Aging正式線上發表。該成果是來自復旦大學、奧斯陸大學、牛津大學、新加坡國立大學、約翰斯·霍普金斯大學、香港中文大學、墨爾本大學、哥本哈根大學等機構在內的30余位專家進行跨學科通力合作的結晶，由復旦大學鄒華春教授、奧斯陸大學方飛教授（挪威科學與文學院院士）、方圓博士后、哥德堡大學吳晶副教授等協調完成。文章聚焦社會醫療保險、長期照護制度、社區居家養老及老年公共衛生干預等領域，既總結中國經驗，也為全球共同應對老齡化挑戰提供了重要借鑒。此項成果是FECCS近年來推動國際學術合作的集中體現，此前，中心在瑞典和挪威舉辦相關國際研討會，持續推進老齡化議題的多學科交流與研討，為該研究進展提供了重要的鋪墊和框架。

Figure 1. 老齡化問題跨學科國際合作團隊

FECCS

The Fudan European Centre for China Studies (FECCS) is pleased to announce the publication of a major review article,"Adapting health, economic, and social policies to address population aging in China", which was recently published inNature Aging.

This joint review project was led by Professor Evandro Fei Fang (University of Oslo and member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters), together with Dr. Yuan Fang (University of Oslo), Professor Huachun Zou (Fudan University), and Professor Jing Wu (University of Gothenburg), with interdisciplinary contributions from more than 30 global experts (Figure 1). The review seeks to provide a comprehensive and authoritative assessment of China’s progress, challenges, and policy options in response to population aging in the context of major breakthroughs in basic and translational research, shifts in healthcare paradigms, evolving socio-economic-political dynamics, and policy innovations.

A multi-level framework

The authors synthesize China’s current policies towards promoting healthy longevity in the general population, focusing on social health insurance, long-term care insurance (LTCI), community and home-based care, and palliative care, as well as gerontological research, public health prevention, and nutritional and medical interventions, while identifying strengths and gaps. The authors propose a multi-level framework (Figure 2) to tackle aging challenges at molecular, individual, and population/societal levels, offering insights not only for China but also for countries worldwide facing similar demographic shifts.

This publication is the result of a focused academic collaboration fostered by FECCS over the last few years. To lay a solid foundation and framework for this review article, FECCS sponsored the international symposium “Grand Challenges and Responses to Ageing in China and Nordic Countries and Beyond in the 21st Century”（link:https://noage100.com/2024/11/18/grand-challenges-in-and-responses-to-the-ageing-in-china-and-nordic-countries-and-beyond-in-the-21st-century-a-two-day-workshop/）, which was held at the University of Oslo in November 2024. Prior to this, FECCS co-organized the symposium “Aged care in context and across disciplines” in April 2023, which was actively engaged by several co-authors of this review article. An edited volume resulting from this symposium was also published in 2024 (see Sino-Nordic Aged Care link：https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-0364-1423-8).

Figure 2.A summary of proposed approaches in tackling aging and diseases at molecular, individual and population/societal levels.

Abstract

Despite its rapid economic rise over the past four decades, China now grapples with the challenge of accommodating and supporting its expanding aging population. In 2020, 18% of its population were over age 60, and 2.5% were over age 80, projected to rise to 39% and 10%, respectively, by 2050. This demographic shift places China at the forefront of diverse individual, familial and societal challenges. Here, we review these challenges in the context of emerging breakthroughs in basic and translational research, shifts in healthcare paradigms, evolving socioeconomic and political dynamics, and policy innovations. We synthesize China’s current policies toward promoting healthy longevity in the general population, focusing on social health insurance, long-term care insurance, community and home-based care and palliative care, as well as gerontological research, public health prevention, nutritional and medical interventions, while identifying strengths and gaps. Finally, we propose suggestions to promote a more inclusive, resilient and happier aging society within China’s distinctive sociopolitical and cultural context.

Link

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43587-025-00999-8

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