China will have 202 million elderly people in 2013, accounting for 14.8 percent of the total population, the China Research Center on Aging said on February 27.

According to a report released by the center, there were 194 million Chinese people aged 60 and over at the end of 2012, making up 14.3 percent of the country's total population in 2012. The age group added 8.91 million people last year.

The report said that a bigger proportion of the population will require aid. It estimates that 45.94 percent of the total population will need to be supported by other people in 2013, compared with 44.62 percent in 2012. The elderly with chronic diseases will exceed 100 million this year from 97 million a year earlier, it added.

In order to cope with an aging society, 3.1 billion yuan ($498 million) has been allocated to a pilot program to set up the social service system for the elderly, said the report. China has also revised relevant laws to guarantee pension insurance for people in both rural and urban areas.