At present, the number of elderly people in our country is huge, and the proportion of the elderly population is relatively high. General Secretary Xiping pointed out in his reply to the representatives of elderly volunteers of the "Silver-Haired Action": "The elderly are a precious wealth of the Party and country. I hope that all elderly friends will maintain a healthy mentality and enterprising spirit of the old steed in the stable and the old but vigorous, and not achieve the goal of old age support and entertainment, but also achieve the goal of old age support and entertainment. And contribute to the promotion of Chinese-style modernization the 'silver-haired power'." We should proceed from our own reality, improve the policy mechanism for the development of the cause of aging and the industry, develop the silver-haired economy vigorously, and explore the Chinese plan for the development of the silver-haired economy in the active response to population. 

The development of the silver economy is an inevitable move to actively respond to population aging.
The evolution of the population age is the result of multiple factors such as economic and social development. The decline in fertility levels and population aging are global population trends. Some developed countries started the aging earlier than China, and their current aging degree is also higher than ours.
In recent years, China's population development has shown trend characteristics such as fewer and aging. At the end of 2024, the population aged 60 and above in China exceeded 300 million, reaching 31.31 million, accounting for 22.0% of the total national population; among them, the population aged 65 and above was 20.23 million, accounting for 15.6% of the total national population, indicating that China has entered a moderate aging society. With the birth of the 1960s entering the elderly stage, the process of population aging in China will accelerate in the future.
Population aging inevitably has significant impact on various institutional arrangements and policy systems, mainly reflected in the pressure and challenges it brings to the labor employment market, social security system, health service system,. At the same time, we should also see that the process of actively responding to population aging will also bring many new opportunities. The silver economy refers to the tot of product production, service provision, infrastructure construction, and derivative economic activities dominated by meeting the needs of the elderly, covering all fields of the aging cause and industry. present, the silver economy is becoming a new driving force for economic, social, and cultural development. While enhancing the well-being of the elderly, it also opens new fields for economic growth and employment increase, making it an inevitable move to actively respond to population aging.