--FILE--anziani residenti cinesi chat su di una strada nella città di Qingdao, est Chinas provincia di Shandong, 26 settembre 2012. Il popolo cinese si è ritirato da th
--FILE--Elderly Chinese residents chat on a street in Qingdao city, east Chinas Shandong province, 26 September 2012. Chinese people retired from the workforce faster than new workers started paying into the countrys national pension fund last year, according to data from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. The number of Chinese contributing to the urban pension fund rose 7% from a year earlier to 214 million in 2012 while the number of retired Chinese climbed 9.5% from a year earlier to 69 million, the ministry said on its website. Pension fund contributors increased at a slower pace than the previous years 12%, while those drawing on the fund grew at a faster pace than 2011s 8.6%. Payouts from the fund totaled 1.40 trillion yuan ($230 billion), up 23% from a year earlier, growing at a faster pace than contributions, which grew 19% to 1.84 trillion yuan, the data show. The funds balance at the end of 2012 was 2.30 trillion yuan. The figures are final estimates that are approved by the State Council, the countrys cabinet.
