People on the streets of China's capital Beijing react to news that the government plans to gradually raise its statutory retirement age, as the country grapples with a looming demographic crisis and an ageing population. "I'm worried that we modern people now are so competitive and distressed that our health may not see us through to that (new retirement) age," a marketing professional who gave her name as Xinzi tells AFP. State news agency Xinhua said top officials in Beijing had decided that "the statutory retirement age for male workers will be gradually extended from the original 60 years to 63 years". For women workers the retirement age will be extended "from the original 50 or 55 years to 55 and 58 years, respectively", depending on the type of job, Xinhua reported. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES