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In a major policy shift, China is set to increase its retirement age for the first time in 70 years.
在一项重大政策转变中，中国将在70年来首次延迟退休年龄。
Currently, China's retirement ages are among the lowest in the world.
目前，中国是世界上退休年龄最低的国家之一。
On Friday, China's top legislative body approved a new plan to gradually raise the statutory retirement age starting next year.
周五，中国最高立法机构批准了一项新政策，从明年开始逐步延迟法定退休年龄。
Under this new policy, men will see their retirement age climb from 60 to 63,
根据这项新政策，男职工的退休年龄将从60岁延迟到63岁，
while women in blue-collar jobs will have to work until their 55, up from 50, and women in white-collar positions will retire at 58, instead of 55.
而蓝领女职工的退休年龄将从50岁延迟到55岁，白领女职工的退休年龄将从55岁延迟到58岁。
The change will be phased in over the next 15 years.
这一变化将在未来15年内分阶段逐步进行。
China's working-age population has been shrinking since 2012 and is expected to only get worse.
自2012年以来，中国的劳动年龄人口数量就一直在减少，预计这种情况在未来会更严重。
Over the next decade, about 300 million people are set to leave the Chinese workforce, that's nearly the size of the entire US population.
在接下来的十年里，大约有3亿人将退出中国的劳动力市场，这几乎是整个美国人口的规模。
Other measures included in the plan, workers' contribution amounts into the social security system will also increase by 2030.
新政策中还包括了其他措施，如到2030年，职工向社会保障体系缴纳的金额也将增加。
And in 2039, a minimum of 20 years of contributions will be required in order to access pensions.
到2039年，要领取养老金，职工需缴纳的最低社保年限将提升至20年。
The previous retirement age was set in the 1950s, when life expectancy was only around 40 years.
此前中国的退休年龄是在20世纪50年代设定的，当时的人均预期寿命只有40岁左右。
