BEIJING — Starting next year, China will raise its retirement age for workers, which is now among the youngest in the world's major economies, in an effort to address its shrinking population ...

BEIJING (AP) — Starting next year, China will raise its retirement age for workers, which is now among the youngest in the world's major economies, in an effort to address its shrinking ...

China’s increase – the first such adjustment since the 1950s – means the nation’s comparatively low retirement age will go from 50 to 55 for women working blue-collar jobs while women in ...

China will gradually raise its retirement age in response to an aging population and shrinking workforce.

China has announced plans to raise some of the world’s lowest statutory retirement ages as it tries to cope with the consequences of a rapidly ageing population and a pensions funding crisis.

This is the first time China has raised its retirement age since the 1950s. It will be phased in gradually, starting on Jan. 1, 2025.

Analysts say the raising of retirement age aims to address China’s ageing population and strain on the pension system and that the change is carried out in a "slow and steady" fashion to get ...