China’s female professionals are challenging the world’s lowest retirement age as Beijing grapples with balancing the needs of an ageing workforce and youth unemployment.
Court records reveal that Chinese women have sued their employers more than 1,000 times since 2019 for making them quit work at 50, while their female colleagues in management positions can stay on until the age of 55. In the decade before 2019, there were fewer than 800 such cases.
China’s labour rules require women in certain professions to retire earlier than others, but the law is vague in specifying which groups fall under the policy. In the US, full retirement for men and women begins at 66.
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