Retirees relishing a return to work

In addition, local governments are being encouraged to establish talent information databases for the elderly, and to provide job referrals, vocational skills training and innovation and entrepreneurship guidance services for seniors who are willing to work.

Dang Junwu, deputy director of the China Research Center on Aging, said it is necessary to rebuild a labor and employment system that meets the requirements of an aging society, so that both the young and the elderly can find development opportunities.

He believes that while ensuring that young people have more job opportunities, it is important to create conditions for healthy young seniors to play their roles. Specific measures should also be introduced, including providing more job opportunities, improving the employment environment, and perfecting legal guarantees for employing seniors again, Dang said.

Shen, from Xianyang, believes there are many advantages to starting a business after retirement.

"For example, the elderly are less impulsive and they consider problems more comprehensively. They also have a stronger focus," he said.

Shen thinks that entrepreneurship is not exclusively for young people, and that being 60 does not necessarily mean "being over the hill".

"There is still a future after 60, and we still have plenty of time before we reach 70 and 80," he said.