Two years short of 70, Zhang Guosheng is planning to live out his days at this village care home in central China.<br/> <br />But in a new scheme to deal with rural China's huge ageing population, he is in fact not yet the cared-for, but still the carer.<br/> <br />His charge, 81-year-old Zhang Shouzhi, is near-deaf, immobile, and has no family in the village to care for him. And he's far too poor to afford professional care.<br/> <br />This old-age care model began in their small village of Qiantun, and with government backing is set to go nation-wide.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE)(Mandarin) 68-YEAR-OLD ZHANG GUOSHENG SAYING:<br/> <br />"At the moment, I can help him. When I am old, a new, younger resident will come here and they can help me. This is what we all hope for."<br/> <br />China's economic miracle has sent millions of rural young to booming cities in search of work and better lives, but most elderly have been left behind.<br/> <br />Those aged over 60 account for around 14 percent of China's rural population. That'
