Study on the Impact of Aging Population on China’s Manufacturing Export Structure

Abstract

China has entered the aging phase since late 1990s and the process has been accelerating in recent years. Aging population has gradually affected China's demographic dividend and applied potential impact on international trade. This paper reviews literatures in this territory and compares both the aging status and high-tech manufacturing export structure within main economies. An empirical analysis with 26 provincial and 15 year-long panel statistics has been conducted in the paper. The results indicate a positive impact that China's aging population has on the country's manufacturing export structure. Meanwhile, manufacturing development level, FDI, human capital as well as R&D input also have respective relationship with the studying object. Corresponding suggestions based on the analysis have been proposed to optimize the country's export.