The retirement age in China - Jin

The age of retirement has been a controversial topic in China which almost been questioned in every National People’s Congress (the highest authority body in China). According to the related law, in China, all males retire at the age of 60 while females retire at 50 or 55 depending on their work. It seems a little bit complicated. As a white-collar, the retirement age is 55 in addition to this, a blue-collar worker quits the work at 50 which means as a woman, if you are a blue-collar, the time of your career is 10 years shorter than a man.

In the early yeas the government set different retiring ages for men and women to protect women’s interests on account of the strain of bearing as well as rearing children. Even so, with the development of society and the improvement of women’s education, more and more women don’t want to give up their job so earlier compared with men on the grounds that job is the essential part in their life which means you are demanded by the society and can contribute to the society. On the other hand, due to the improvement of people’s living standard, the present physiology and psychology conditions of women make them have the ability to prolong their own careers. Furthermore, the most important is women should enjoy the equal right with men which is a basic state policy.