The retirement age for women officials at county level and above is set to be raised from 55 to 60 next year, as part of a series of legal revisions to ensure sexual equality at work, the Beijing municipal government said yesterday.

The city's legislation office began collecting public opinion on Tuesday on the planned revisions to Beijing's implementation of the Law on the Protection of Rights and Interests of Women.

"State organs and institutions should respect and protect women workers. The official retirement age for women officials at county level and above should be the same as for men, while the retirement age for top women scholars should also be raised so as to achieve equality between men and women," the government said on its website.