
How to make active aging an integral part of economic growth in China
China’s aging population is steadily growing – which means it needs to revamp its welfare system to make active aging an integral part of economic growth.
Meicen Sun is a PhD candidate of international relations and political economy at MIT focusing on the tech-power nexus. Her research examines the effect of information policy on the future of innovation and state power. Sun previously worked for the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC and the UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa. A published author and regular invitee to conferences on global affairs, she is bilingual in English and Chinese and proficient in French. Her writings have appeared in Foreign Policy Analysis, Harvard Business Review, World Economic Forum, and the Diplomat among others. Sun has also written stories, plays and music and staged many of her works in China, Singapore and the U.S. She holds an A.B. with Honors from Princeton University and an A.M. with a Certificate in Law from the University of Pennsylvania. Sun is currently a predoctoral fellow at Georgetown University and a Fellow on the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on China.
China’s aging population is steadily growing – which means it needs to revamp its welfare system to make active aging an integral part of economic growth.
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