China's average life expectancy reaches 79 years!

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  Discussion keeps the world turning.

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  This is Roundtable.

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  China's average life expectancy just reached 79 years, an achievement decades in the making.

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  But as we mark this milestone, we ask how did we get here and what comes next?

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  And Chinese employees and employers are familiar with long work hours.

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  But this March, companies may be forcing a shift, overtime bans, weekend shutdowns and mandatory clockouts.

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  A step toward work life balance maybe is more complicated than that.

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  We discuss coming to you live from Beijing.

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  This is Roundtable.

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  I'm He Young.

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  For today's program, I'm joined by Steve Hatherley and Yu Shan in the studio.

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  First on today's show, China's average life expectancy reached a single 79 years in 2022, a rise of not 0.4 years from the previous year.

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  But behind this number lies a bigger story.

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  What has driven this progress?

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  How have health care reforms, living condition improvements, and perhaps traditional wisdom played a role?

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  And as people live longer, what challenges economic, social and personal will we need to tackle?

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  So, guys, the numbers do tell a story and break down the numbers for us.

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  I know, I mean, 79 years old, that's incredible as an average life expectancy.

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  So yes, Huiyang, like you mentioned, China's average life expectancy reached 79 years in 2024.

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  That's citing from a senior health official speech at a recent press conference.

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