第四次中国城乡老年人生活状况调查结果发布

 　　China has more than 40.6 million disabled or partially¹ disabled senior citizens, accounting² for 18.3 percent of the total aging population, according to a survey released last Sunday.

　　据上周日公布的一项调查数据显示，中国残疾（或部分残疾）老人的数量达到了4060万人，占全部老年人口比例的18.3%。

　　Covering almost 224,000 people, the nationwide sample survey, jointly³ issued by the China National Committee on Aging, the Ministry⁴ of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Finance, was the country's fourth survey to assess the living conditions of senior citizens aged⁵ 60 and above.

　　中国老龄化委员会、民政部、以及财政部联合发布了这一调查数据，这份全国性抽样调查共对22万4000个对象进行了数据收集，是中国进行的第四次对60岁及以上老年人口生活条件评估调查。

　　According to the survey, 52 percent of senior citizens in China lived in urban areas last year, an increase of 17.8 percent from 2000.

　　据这份调查显示，去年全国的老人中有52%居住在城市中，相比2000年时提高了17.8个百分点。

　　第四次中国城乡老年人生活状况调查结果发布

　　Meanwhile, 29.6 percent of Chinese senior citizens have never gone to school, down 23.2 percent from 2000, it said.

　　与此同时，这份调查还显示，全国有29.6%的老人从未上过学，与2000年相比下降了23.2个百分点。

　　In 2014, the annual per-capita income of senior citizens was almost 24,000 yuan (around 3,593 US dollars) and that of rural senior citizens exceeded 7,600 yuan, a rise of over 16,500 yuan and 5,900 yuan on the 2000 figures respectively.

　　2014年，老年人口人均年收入大约24000元人民币（约合3593美元），农村地区老年人口年人均收入超过了7600元，这两组数值相较2000年时分别增加了16500元和5900元。

　　China still faces challenges, as the proportion of the elderly population living in poverty or with poor health remains⁶ large, said the survey.

　　这份调查指出，中国目前仍然面临着一些挑战，生活贫困或健康状态不佳的老年人口所占比重还是太大。

　　The country should set up a long-term care mechanism⁷ for the elderly via reforming the insurance system and providing subsidies⁸, said Dang Junwu, deputy head of the China Research Center on Aging.

　　中国老龄科学研究中心副主任党俊武表示，中国应该通过改革保险制度及提供补贴的方式，来为老年人口建立一个长期关怀机制。

1 partially   

adv.部分地，从某些方面讲

参考例句：

• The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
• The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静，宵禁部分解除。

2 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

3 jointly   

ad.联合地，共同地

参考例句：

• Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
• She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。

4 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

5 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

6 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

7 mechanism   

n.机械装置；机构，结构

参考例句：

• The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
• The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。

8 subsidies   

n.补贴，津贴，补助金( subsidy的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• European agriculture ministers failed to break the deadlock over farm subsidies. 欧洲各国农业部长在农业补贴问题上未能打破僵局。
• Agricultural subsidies absorb about half the EU's income. 农业补贴占去了欧盟收入的大约一半。 来自《简明英汉词典》