A recent survey in Beijing reveals that 12.7% of senior citizens would like to spend the rest of their lives in old-age caring institutions. However, 313 institutions of that kind in the city can only provide an average of 1.52 beds for every 100 senior citizens.

At the end of 2005, there were 2.02 million citizens who were over 60 years old, and the figure is estimated to grow to 3.49 million by 2020, taking up 19.4% of the total population.

Furthermore, senior citizens needs are beyond everyday caring, but include psychology consultation, law consultation, etc as well, thus most current old-age caring institutions will need improvement to meet the requirements of their future customers.