The population ageing in rural China has several features：higher ageing level, faster ageing speed, larger regional difference and more aging population than those in urban China, so it’s more urgent to deal with the challenge of population ageing in rural area. In the future, population ageing in rural China will continually develop and it will show obvious stage characteristics. 2010—2020, the stage of rapid development, is the period of strategic opportunities；2021—2034, the stage of development at high speed, is the crucial period for coping with population ageing in rural area；2035—2050, the stage of development at its peak, is the normalized period for coping with population ageing. The population ageing will bring deep impacts on labor supply, economy development, social security and elderly services demand in rural area. It is necessary to pay high intention to the rural population ageing by increasing investment in rural area and agriculture, positively promoting agriculture modernization, accelerating household registration system reform, slowing down the process of population ageing in rural area, improving rural social security and constructing rural social service system and boosting the integration of social security and service in rural and urban area.