Economics
China to Raise Retirement Age in Stages, State Researcher Says
- Retirement age ‘will be lifted by a few months every year’
- Policy ‘should leaves more room for individual flexibility’
A Chinese worker makes lanterns at a local factory in Hebei province, China.
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China plans to raise the retirement ages gradually over a number of years instead of in a drastic one-time change, a government researcher said last week, without providing any detail on when the changes might start.