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Experts with authority on progressive, flexible and differentiated implementation hope to postpone trends in retirement reform
The “14th Five-Year Plan” announced on the 12th and the long-term goal outline for 2035 clearly stated that the legal retirement age should be gradually delayed according to the principles of “adjustment in small steps, flexible implementation, classified promotion and planning. general “.
What do these principles refer to? How to change it next? The journalist interviewed Jin Weigang, president of the Chinese Academy of Labor Sciences and Social Security of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.
Small adjustments: delayed a few months every year or 1 month every few months
Jin Weigang: The simple understanding of the adjustment of small steps is that the postponement of the retirement reform will not be “a step in place”, but a gradual reform, gradually implemented on a smaller scale, with a delay of several months each year. or a month every few months, the rate is generally flat.
In other words, after the implementation of the policy, the retirement age line will slowly lag behind. For example, women who originally retire at age 50 will retire at age 50 for a month or a few months in the first year after the policy is implemented. People of different age groups have different retirement ages. By analogy, the reform will be completed after a transition period of several years.
The truth is that in the initial stage of the reform, people who are about to retire will only be delayed a month or a few months, and will not retire a few years later.
For young people, the extended retirement age will be higher, but there will be a long period of transition and adaptation in the future.
On February 26, the Information Office of the State Council held a press conference. Deputy Minister of Human Resources and Social Security You Jun (second from right) revealed at the meeting that the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security is working with relevant departments to study specific reform plans to delay retirement. Xinhua Yin Gang News Agency.
Flexible implementation: people will have the space to choose early retirement.
Jing Weigang: Delaying retirement will not be a “one size fits all.” Not that everyone needs to reach the delayed legal age to retire before they can retire, but to reflect a certain degree of flexibility and increase the space for people to choose Retirement early.
This is the biggest and most important feature of delayed retirement reform.
Objectively speaking, there are large differences in terms of job stability and work intensity for different occupational groups, different positions or personal physical conditions, family needs, and value goals, and the resulting demands are different. Some people want to work more, and some people want to retire early.
To delay retirement reform, these diversified needs must be fully considered. Based on the unified implementation, combined with current national conditions, cultural traditions and historical evolution of our country, we will increase flexibility factors, allowing people to choose a specific time for early retirement based on their own circumstances. and conditions, which fully reflects the flexibility and inclusiveness of the reform.
Classification promotion: different groups and different genders will continue to maintain differences in retirement age
King Weigang: Delaying retirement is not about “keeping up,” but about integrating seamlessly with current retirement policy.
The current legal retirement age in my country is 60 for men, 55 for women and 50 for female workers. Policies are different. The implementation of the deferred retirement reform will distinguish different groups, adopt an appropriate pace, move steadily, and implement it gradually.
Regarding existing policy differences in different occupations, regions and positions, the continuity of policies will be maintained after the reform to ensure an orderly connection before and after policy adjustments and a smooth transition.
General policies to support planning and safeguard measures should be promoted in coordination
King Weigang: Delaying retirement cannot “go it alone.” Postponement of retirement reform is a systematic project, and there are many supporting policies and safeguards related to it, requiring comprehensive planning and coordinated progress.
On the one hand, some policies related to retirement age in the past need to be adjusted accordingly with the delay in retirement; on the other hand, the deferred retirement reform will also bring some new problems and new challenges, which require the corresponding support measures for timely follow-up.
For example, how to promote employment and entrepreneurship of older workers through more specific measures? How to provide more social security benefits to people with work difficulties, especially those in flexible employment, to help them get back to work? How to further increase protection for unemployed older people and develop suitable jobs for older workers? There are also amendments to the relevant laws and regulations, etc.
Only when comprehensive planning and support measures have been put in place can we ensure smooth implementation and smooth implementation of delayed retirement reform.
