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xinhua news agency, beijing, september 13th, title: adapting to the needs of economic and social development and steadily promoting delayed retirement

xinhua news agency reporter

on the 13th, the 11th meeting of the 14th national people's congress standing committee voted to pass the decision on gradually delaying the statutory retirement age and announced it to the public. gradually delaying retirement is a major reform deployment made by the party central committee based on the current needs of economic and social development and changes in the population situation. it is conducive to actively and effectively responding to the challenges of population aging, strengthening the development and utilization of human resources, and promoting the support of chinese-style modernization with high-quality population development.

it is very important and necessary to promote the reform of delayed retirement and establish a retirement age system that is compatible with my country's economic and social development. on the one hand, with the improvement of living standards and the advancement of medical technology, my country's average life expectancy has increased significantly; the number of years of education has increased, the time for workers to join the workforce has been postponed, and the working hours have been shortened, which requires the improvement of the efficiency of human resource development and utilization. on the other hand, my country's labor force age structure has undergone a major change. the number of elderly people over 60 years old has gradually increased, and the working-age population aged 16 to 59 has decreased. the "one increase and one decrease" change in the number of people requires an increase in the effective supply of labor in the whole society. in addition, some workers who have reached the statutory retirement age are willing, able and qualified to choose to continue working on the premise of fully considering their physical and mental conditions, and their diverse demands need to be met. based on the above reality, the current statutory retirement age has not been changed accordingly for more than 70 years, and it is difficult to adapt to the new situation and new needs of the current economic and social development.

our party has always insisted on using reform to deal with problems in development. from the third plenary session of the 18th cpc central committee, to the clear deployment in the report of the 20th cpc national congress, to the third plenary session of the 20th cpc central committee, which highlighted "the principle of voluntariness and flexibility" and required "steadily and orderly advancing the reform of gradually delaying the statutory retirement age", the party central committee has continuously clarified its requirements for reform and continuously improved the top-level design. relevant departments have carefully listened to opinions and suggestions from various aspects of society, conducted in-depth research, repeated demonstrations, and fine calculations, designed a variety of plans and conducted detailed comparisons and judgments, carried out special demonstrations, and continuously improved the scientific nature of decision-making. focusing on the concentrated reflection of the people's desire for flexible retirement age settings, as well as outstanding concerns in employment, social security, rights protection, and elderly care, the reform has gathered the wisdom of the masses and absorbed the demands and suggestions of the people into specific measures to the greatest extent.

reform must always be based on national conditions. in this reform, the statutory retirement age for male employees will be gradually increased from 60 to 63, and the statutory retirement age for female employees will be gradually increased from 50 and 55 to 55 and 58, which are 3, 5 and 3 years higher than the current statutory retirement age, respectively. such an arrangement not only adapts to the new situation and new demands facing my country's economic and social development, but also matches the increase in my country's life expectancy and average years of education. at the same time, the reform adopts a gradual approach in the pace of advancement, with a long implementation period and a generally slow pace, which is conducive to a smooth and orderly advancement.

the demands of individuals are also the focus of reform. the reform of delayed retirement is not a "one-size-fits-all" approach. on the basis of fully reflecting the principles of "voluntary" and "flexibility", it allows the people to choose their retirement time within a certain range according to their own circumstances. the reform of delayed retirement is not a "step-by-step" approach, but is differentiated according to different groups and is connected with the current statutory retirement age in my country. the reform of delayed retirement is not a "single-soldier advance", but is planned and coordinated with supporting measures such as youth employment, protection of workers' rights and interests, and elderly care and childcare services. only by meeting the diversified demands of different age groups, different occupational groups, and different job groups through specific reform measures can the reform be feasible and operational.

reforms are about implementation and details. delaying retirement is related to the vital interests of hundreds of millions of people. at present, it is particularly necessary to strengthen publicity and interpretation, and explain the basic principles, main contents and supporting measures of the reform clearly so that the people can fully and accurately understand it. at the same time, we must also focus on key difficulties, promptly study and solve the difficulties and problems that employees and employers may encounter in handling retirement-related businesses, and do a good job in protecting the rights and interests of elderly care services, flexible employment personnel and new business forms. only by specifying the goals and clarifying the deployment can we push the reform to go deeper and more practical, and better protect the rights and interests of the people.