Dec 30, 2016 07:31 PM

Plan to Postpone Retirement Age Meets with Slim Support, Survey Shows

Retired women wearing traditional qipao, or cheongsams, put on a dance show at a park in Fuzhou, Fujian province, on Nov. 17. Photo: IC

(Beijing) — Only 30% of respondents supported a government plan to postpone the age of retirement, which will delay access by workers to pension payouts, according to a survey released Thursday by a government-backed think tank, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

The 2016 survey, which sampled 24,000 people in 38 Chinese cities, showed that 39% of respondents opposed the plan. Another 31% said they were not sure, while the remainder said they had not yet formulated an opinion.