The study was
supported by grants from the National Science and Technology
Pillar Program (2013BAD20B03), Key Project from the Government
of Shaanxi Province (2013KTZB02 -03-1), a Public Welfare Project from the Ministry
of Forestry (201304110), the
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2014YB074), the National Natural Science Foundation
of China (31372019), Talents
Supporting Plan
of Shaanxi Province, a special fund from the Key laboratory
of Shaanxi Province (2015SZS - 10), a special fund from NWAFU for the jujube experimental station (XTG2015002), and the United States National Science Foundation (IOS - 1539831).
The financial stability
of the retirement cohort is a
fundamental pillar of any developed economy, and if that
pillar is crumbling, it means future generations
of elderly Canadians will be even more dependent on government
support, even more hobbled by debt, and even more vulnerable to the kinds
of economic swoons that we saw last year.»