BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- The average life expectancy of the Chinese reached 79.25 years in 2025, an increase of 1.32 years from 2020, Lei Haichao, head of China's National Health Commission, said on Saturday at a press conference held on the sidelines of the annual session of the top legislature.

An elderly person chats with a staff worker at an elderly care service center in Qiongshan District of Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Oct. 29, 2025. (Photo: Xinhua)