Use the minimum living security data released by the Ministry of Civil Affairs，Using rural poverty line and & ldquo; 1 day 1 dollar & rdquo; two standards，The scale of bet365 Play online games the elderly and poor people in the countryside is more than 14 million; the minimum living security standards of urban and towns and & ldquo; 1 day & rdquo; two standards，Test the size of the elderly and poor people in urban and towns is about 3 million，So the overall size of the elderly and poor people in China is close to 18 million people。According to the "Statistical Report of the Development of the Chinese Aging Career in 2009"，2009，The elderly population of 60 and above in the country reached bet365 Play online games 1671.4 billion，The overall poverty rate of the elderly is 10.77%。What needs to be pointed out is，The above result is just the minimum value of the number of elderly poor people and the incidence of elderly poverty，That is, the actual poor in China exceeds 18 million people。How to improve the elderly guarantee system、Relieve the poor of the elderly，It is a problem that the current government needs to solve urgently。

(Yang Lixiong Source: "Population Journal" 2011 Issue 4 Liu Yaqiu Ren Xiaoxia/pick)