Elderly women playing mahjong at a nursing home in Beijing. Some 15.5 per cent of the population was aged above 60 last year. Photo: AFP Elderly women playing mahjong at a nursing home in Beijing. Some 15.5 per cent of the population was aged above 60 last year. Photo: AFP
Elderly women playing mahjong at a nursing home in Beijing. Some 15.5 per cent of the population was aged above 60 last year. Photo: AFP
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China’s ailing social welfare system needs two big fixes, says finance minister

Lou Jiwei wants state firms to contribute profits and employees to have more incentive to pay

Nectar Gan
Nectar Gan

Updated: 7:37pm, 25 Nov, 2015

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Elderly women playing mahjong at a nursing home in Beijing. Some 15.5 per cent of the population was aged above 60 last year. Photo: AFP Elderly women playing mahjong at a nursing home in Beijing. Some 15.5 per cent of the population was aged above 60 last year. Photo: AFP
Elderly women playing mahjong at a nursing home in Beijing. Some 15.5 per cent of the population was aged above 60 last year. Photo: AFP
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