Abstract: Objective: To understand the rural elder’s health status and stratification , and to provide suggestions for further improvement of health policy and aging service policy in the country. Mothods: Based on the data of CHARLS in 2011, by the SPSS realize the descriptive analysis and Chi-squared test, analyze the rural elder’s health status and stratification. Results: Above 30% surveyed choose “bad” in the self-assessment of health, the rate of the surveyed whose ADLs is well is 89.6%, and the rate whose IADLs is well is 78%.Conclusion: The rural elder’s health status isn’t well, the health stratification is very obvious, and keep pace with the result of social stratification. The social policy of the elder should integrate the policy of health and aging service.