Table 3.

Nine schemes of retirement age adjustment in China

Scheme	Target retirement age- and gender-specific schedule	Beginning time and span of change
		2015–2050	2015–2040 (Early scheme)	2025–2050 (Late scheme)
Scheme A	The current official ages remain unchanged: 50 for female workers, 55 for female cadres, and 60 for all males	No change (Scheme A)	–	–
Scheme B	Everyone prolongs retirement by 5 years: 55 for female workers, 60 for female cadres, and 65 for all males	–	Add 5 years early (Scheme B_e)	Add 5 years late (Scheme B_l)
Scheme C	All females retire at the same age: 60 for all females and 65 for all males	–	Female 60–male 65–early (Scheme C_e)	Female 60–male 65–late (Scheme C_l)
Scheme D	Everyone retires at 65: 65 for all, with adjustment for both genders at the same time	–	65 for all–early (Scheme D1_e)	65 for all–late (Scheme D1_l)
	Everyone retires at 65 but females adjusted first: 65 for all, with adjustment for females to 60 first and then for both genders to 65	–	65 for all–female first–early (Scheme D2_e)	65 for all–female first–late (Scheme D2_l)