Abstract：Active response to population aging has become a national strategy. It is an indispensable important aspect of active response to population aging to strengthen the construction of elderly livable environment，provide supportive livable environment for the elderly and improve the life quality of all citizens in old age. Under the background of new era of urbanization，the elderly livable environment construction is facing a rare historical development opportunity. The current Chinese elderly livable environment construction has acquired remarkable achievements in the aspects of policy，practice and market，etc.，and attracted broad participation of social forces. But overall，the elderly livable environment construction in our country is still at a preliminary stage and there are many outstanding problems，therefore it needs to take further effective measures，greatly optimize elderly livable environment and develop environment，overall push forward the construction of elderly livable environment in urban and rural，effectively promote the healthy development of elderly livable market，actively carry out the public environment construction applicable to the elderly，focus on strengthening the construction of elderly livable communities，as well as speed up to build the elderly livable environment standard and system.