Plan to raise China's retirement age sparks anger

China's retirement age is lower than in many other countries. - AP

BEIJING (Reuters): A decision by the Communist Party of China to raise the retirement age under a long-term economic and development plan has sparked anger on social media in fast-greying China.

In 2018, nearly 250 million of China's 1.4 billion people were aged 60 or over. That is 17.8% of the population and it may exceed 33% by 2053, a prominent think-tank has said.