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ON December 25, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences proposed that China’s retirement age be progressively postponed from 2018, so that by 2045, both men and women will retire at 65.
The proposal cited the increasing number of people older than 60 years in China as one of the reasons behind the expected progressive postponing of the retirement age. By 2013, said the proposal, there were about 200 million people in China aged over 60 — about 15 percent of the nation’s total population. Another concern is the possible shortage of pension funds for some cities, said the proposal.
While these concerns are understandable, they do not give a whole picture of the benefit of letting older people continue to work. It should be stressed that older people are often wiser and more patient than younger ones in their capacity as civil servants, shop assistants, cab drivers and journalists. Creating more job opportunities for people older than 60 will be conducive to the construction of our harmonious society, which badly needs the wisdom of life offered by the older generation.
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