Tang Yanyu

Aug 11, 2024 | asia.nikkei.com | Zhou Xinda |Xu Wen |Tang Yanyu |Jiang Moting |Cui Xiaotian |Huang Huizhao | +1 more

After more than a decade as a recurring tea-time conversation topic, the delay in retirement is nearing reality in China, set to impact over 500 million workers as the country grapples with a rapidly aging population. The five-year reform blueprint, released last month following a key Communist Party gathering, includes a commitment to raise the retirement age.

Aug 4, 2024 | caixinglobal.com | Zhou Xinda |Xu Wen |Tang Yanyu |Jiang Moting

Explore the story in 3 minutesChina is on the brink of a significant overhaul in its retirement policy, a change that has been a tea-time conversation for over a decade and is set to impact more than 500 million workers. This initiative is underlined by the new five-year [para. 1] reform blueprint released after a major Communist Party meeting, which proposes a gradual increase in the statutory retirement age, following the principle of "voluntary participation with appropriate flexibility" [para.

Aug 4, 2024 | caixinglobal.com | Zhou Xinda |Xu Wen |Jiang Moting |Tang Yanyu

00:00/00:00 您的浏览器不支持 audio 标签。 Listen to this article 1x After more than a decade as a recurring tea-time conversation topic, the delay in retirement is nearing reality in China, set to impact over 500 million workers as the country grapples with a rapidly aging population. The five-year reform blueprint, released last month following a key Communist Party gathering, includes a commitment to raise the retirement age.