Welders who have a cumulative working experience of more than 8 years are eligible for early retirement, but they need to be registered at each stage to prove that they have been engaged in welding work within these 8 years.

Employees of enterprises owned by the whole people and collective enterprises above the county level can apply for early retirement if they meet the following conditions: the special type of work they engage in must fall within the scope of special types of work stipulated by the Ministry of Labor and the relevant industry authorities of the State Council; those who are engaged in high-altitude and particularly heavy physical work

Those who have been engaged in labor work for a total of 10 years; those who have been engaged in underground, high-temperature, etc. work for a total of 9 years; those who have been engaged in other work harmful to health for a total of 8 years; men who are over 55 years old, women who are over 45 years old, and who have worked continuously for 10 years can

Processing retirement for special types of work; According to the "Interim Measures on the Retirement and Resignation of Workers" and the "Interim Measures on the Placement of Old, Weak, Sick and Disabled Cadres" (Guofa [1978] No. 104) issued by the State Council in June 1978, the following types of

Retirement can be applied for under the following circumstances: (1) Male cadres and workers are over 60 years old, female cadres are over 55 years old, and female workers are over 50 years old, and have 10 consecutive years of service or working years.

(2) Employees engaged in underground, high-altitude, high-temperature, heavy physical labor and other types of work harmful to health, men must be over 55 years old, women must be over 45 years old, and have consecutive working seniority or working years of more than 10 years.

(3) Employees who are over 50 years old for men and 45 years old for women, who have continuous service or more than 10 years of service, and who have been certified by the hospital and confirmed by the Labor Appraisal Committee as having completely lost the ability to work.

(4) Disabled due to work, proven by the hospital (worker and confirmed by the Labor Appraisal Committee) to have completely lost the ability to work.

According to the "Regulations on Work-related Injury Insurance" (effective from January 1, 2004), if an employee becomes disabled due to work and is identified as a grade one to grade four disability, he or she will retain the labor relationship, quit the job, and enjoy monthly disability allowances.

; After an employee injured at work reaches the retirement age and goes through the retirement procedures, the disability allowance will be stopped and he will enjoy basic pension insurance benefits.

If the basic pension insurance benefit is lower than the disability allowance, the work-related injury insurance fund will make up the difference.

Special types of work scope 1. Electrical work.

Including workers in power generation, transmission, transformation and distribution, installation, operation, overhaul (repair) and test workers of electrical equipment, and underground electric fitters in mines; 2. Metal welding and cutting operations.

Including welders and cutters; 3. Hoisting machinery operations.

Including crane drivers, rigging workers, signal conductors, installation and maintenance workers; 4. Driving motor vehicles within the enterprise.

Including drivers of various types of motor vehicles driving in enterprises, production areas such as docks and freight yards, and construction sites; 5. Elevated erection operations.

Including erection, dismantling and maintenance workers at heights of more than 2 meters, and surface cleaning workers of high-rise buildings (structures); 6. Boiler operations (including water quality testing).

Including pressure boiler operators and boiler water quality test workers; 7. Pressure vessel operations.

Including pressure vessel fillers, inspectors, transportation escorts, and large air compressor operators; 8. Refrigeration operations.

Including refrigeration equipment installers, operators, and maintenance workers; 9. Blasting operations.

Including ground engineering blasting and underground blasting; 10. Mine ventilation operations.

Including main fan operators, gas drainage workers, ventilation safety monitoring workers, wind and dust measurement workers; 11. Mine drainage operations.

Including mine main drainage pump workers and tailings dam operators; 12. Mine safety inspection operations.

Including safety inspectors, gas inspectors, and electrical equipment explosion-proof inspectors; 13. Mine lifting and transportation operations.

Including main hoist operators, (mountain ascending and descending) winch operators, fixed belt conveyor operators, signal workers, tank holding (hook) workers; 14. Mining (stripping) operations.

Including coal shearer drivers, tunnel boring machine drivers, rock rake drivers, rock drill drivers; 15. Mine rescue operations; 16. Hazardous goods operations.

Operators, transport escorts, and storage custodians containing hazardous chemicals, civilian explosives, and radioactive materials; 17. Other operations approved by the State Administration of Industry and Commerce.

Submit materials and fill out the "Retirees Approval Form" and provide the following materials: 1. Employee file (material that can fully reflect the employee's work resume); 2. Copy of the employee's personal ID card; 3. Two recent half-inch photos of the employee without a hat.

The former Ministry of Labor of the People’s Republic of China designated people who engage in underground, high-altitude, high-temperature, extremely heavy physical labor, or other work harmful to health as special types of work, and clarified that the scope of special types of work shall be determined by the competent authorities of each industry.

Personnel engaged in special types of work that comply with national regulations can retire five years in advance.

Employees who are retired according to the conditions of special types of work. Those who are engaged in high-altitude and particularly heavy physical labor must have worked in this type of work for 10 years. Those who are engaged in underground and high-temperature work must have worked in this type of work for a total of 9 years. They must be engaged in other work harmful to health.

Those who work must have worked in this type of job for a total of 8 years.