South China Morning Post (September 11)
“China’s top legislature has reviewed a plan to gradually raise the retirement age,” which is one of the lowest in the world at 60 for men and 50 (blue collar) or 55 (white collar) for women. The move comes “after China’s leadership has repeatedly called for the retirement age to be delayed in recent years, as the country faces growing pressure from a declining birth rate and an ageing population.”
Tags: $60, 50, 55, Birth rate, China, Declining, Leadership, Legislature, Lowest, Pressure, Retirement age, White collar
South China Morning Post (January 17)
“China’s population has declined for the first time in six decades, with the national birth rate for 2022 falling to a record low and the nation’s deepening demographic crisis threatening far-reaching implications for economic growth.” The nation’s “overall population plummeted by 850,000 people – to 1.4118 billion in 2022” while “the national birth rate fell to a record low of 6.77 births for every 1,000 people in 2022… marking the lowest rate since records began in 1949.”
Tags: 1949, 2022, Birth rate, China, Declined, Demographic crisis, Economic growth, Far-reaching, Implications, Population, Record low, Threatening
