据当地媒体报道，最近一份报告将北京列为中国老龄化第二严重的城市，全市60岁以上居民人数占总人数比例达到了23.4%，是国际老龄化社会基准线的两倍。

　　Beijing had 3.15 million elderly residents in 2015, and the capital will have more than 3.8 million residents over the age of 60 by 2020, the Beijing Daily reported.

　　据《北京日报》报道，2015年北京拥有老龄人口315万人，而到2020年的时候，北京60岁以上居民的人数将达到380万人。

　　The Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference has conducted several investigations to address this pressing situation since April, including a recent seminar attended by representatives of Beijing's elderly people, government officials and the capital's political advisors.

　　自八月份以来，北京市政协已经进行了多次调查来解决这一紧迫的问题，最近还召开了一场由北京市老年人代表、政府官员以及北京市政治顾问出席的研讨会。

　　北京户籍老年人口超300万 老龄化程度全国第二

　　Xue Han, a 62-year-old political adviser and Beijing resident, listed at the seminar a series of issues of serious concern to older Beijingers, such as food safety, housekeeping, medical services and financial fraud, as well as the fact that many of them lack a sense of accomplishment and security, the Beijing Daily reported.

　　今年62岁的薛涵既是一名政治顾问，也是一名北京市居民。据《北京日报》报道，薛涵在这场研讨会上列举出了一系列北京老人们深切关注的问题，例如食品安全、家政服务、医疗服务、金融欺诈以及许多老年人缺乏成就感和安全感这一事实。

　　The difficulty of arranging nursing home care is also a key issue.

　　安排疗养院服务困难也是一个关键问题。

　　Elderly people on average have to make more than 70 phonecalls to discuss prices, locations and other details before they finally move into a nursing home, the newspaper quoted a investigation from Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau as saying.

　　《北京日报》引述北京市民政局的一份调查称，在最终搬进疗养院之前，老人们平均必须要打70多个电话来商讨疗养院服务的价格、地点、以及其他细节。

　　In 2015, a total of 1.08 billion yuan ($149 million) of municipal funds were allocated to support elderly care and this year the budget is set to grow by about 10 percent, the Beijing Daily reported.

　　据《北京日报》报道，2015年北京市一共下拨了10.8亿人民币（约合1.49亿美元）的市政基金来支持对老年人的关怀服务，而今年这一预算的数额还将增长10%。