Aging population, changing attitudes drive senior care boom

Chinese people have traditionally relied on their children to help them in old age, and institutions for the elderly have not been widely accepted. However, things are changing.

With a soaring senior population and most adults working full time, attitudes toward filial piety and old age have shifted, fueling a rapidly growing elderly care industry.

The number of people age 60 or over in China reached 212 million at the end of 2014, accounting for 15.5 percent of the country's population, with the number of disabled elderly people approaching 40 million, statistics from the National Health and Family Planning Commission showed.