Retirement age gap proposed to be shortened

时间：2006-12-25 05:21:54

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Chinanews, Beijing, Dec. 23 – Chinese scholars proposed recently that China should not only delay people's retirement1 age to 65 or even older, but also shorten the retirement age gap between male and female.

 

It is learned that the average life expectancy2 of Chinese people has risen by more than 20 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, while their retirement age remains3 no change for more than 50 years.

 

According to law in China, a man retires at 60, women cadres at 55 and women workers at 50.

 

In the 1950s, every woman had to take care of 6 kids on average. Playing an important role in family life, women were permitted to retire five years earlier than men at that time. But situation has changed greatly nowadays. Women have relieved a lot from heavy family burden as the old days.

 

Moreover, the average life expectancy has risen from 49 years old in 1950 to 72 at present. "Furthermore, Chinese women now live three years longer than men on average. Therefore, the retirement age gap should be shortened between men and women," said Du Peng, chief of the Research Institute of Gerontics in the Renmin University of China.

 
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1 retirement TWoxH     
n.退休，退职
参考例句：
  • She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
  • I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。
2 expectancy tlMys     
n.期望，预期，（根据概率统计求得）预期数额
参考例句：
  • Japanese people have a very high life expectancy.日本人的平均寿命非常长。
  • The atomosphere of tense expectancy sobered everyone.这种期望的紧张气氛使每个人变得严肃起来。
3 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

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