事实上，早在几年前，关于是否推迟退休年龄就曾引发过争论。眼下，“延退”再一次被提出来，立刻成为各大网站最热门的话题之一。目前对延退的观点，很多网友和市民各持观点，形成力挺和反对的两大派，且多数网友表示反对“延退”。

An online survey conducted by asked this question: "Do you support postponing retirement?" Of the 200,000 respondents, 92 percent voted against it, with some supporters saying it should depend on the occupation. Professor Chu Fuling from the State Research Center for Labor and Social Security explains why this issue has recently come up again.

"Based on the estimates of demographers, by the 2030s, our country will reach the peak of population aging. Two taxpayers will be supporting one retired person's pension, which will probably affect the balance of the pension fund. Then there will be some potential problems in allotting the pension to those who are retired. That's why the country is researching postponing the retirement age gradually."

Currently, the legal retirement age is generally set at 60 for males and 50 to 55 for females. This retirement policy was first introduced in 1978. But during the past 30 years, Chinese citizens' life spans have lengthened, while the retirement age is lower than in developed countries. Experts like Chu Fuling believe it is not good for sustainable development of the pension fund if people are allowed to retire too early.

"The common scenario should be like this - one should have more working years than retirement years. But if one retires at 45 years old, and dies at 80 years old, then his non-working life is longer than his working life. So this is irrational and against the rules, and that's why the trend is to postpone the retirement age in the long run."

For individuals, postponing retirement means working longer in order to pay pension dues. For the job market, the change would add even more pressure. According to statistics, more than 110 million people are currently working in cities and towns across the country, and about 3 million people retire every year, accounting for 3 percent of the employed. But there are only about 10 million new jobs available every year, which means 30 percent of people would have difficulty finding a job if the retirement age is extended.

Experts have pointed out that the public pension fund is carrying a 1.3-trillion-yuan deficit. Thus, extending the retirement age seems to be the best solution for filling the void. The extension would add 4 billion yuan to China's pension fund annually and cut expenditures by 16 billion yuan. But Professor Chu Fuling thinks the government should enforce the retirement policy in steps.

"Based on our research, our country should postpone the retirement age gradually during several decades. For example, we could take 20 years to postpone the retirement age for five years. We could only postpone one or two months every year. We should differentiate the young people and the elderly ones and we could reduce the risks to having a stable transition."

Experts say a plan for adjusting the retirement system needs to be detailed quickly and laid out before China becomes an aged population country in the 2030s. However, a quick jump in the retirement age from 60 years old to 65 is unlikely to happen.

For CRI, I'm Liu Min.

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