Rapid economic expansion in Shanghai requires a steady
flow of young workers who have creative problem - solving skills, and has pushed Shanghai to become a leader in educational innovation in China.
in the face
of rising productivity and affluence, older
workers find themselves disadvantaged in their efforts to retain employment, and especially to regain employment when displaced from jobs; the setting
of arbitrary age limits regardless
of potential for job performance has become a common practice, and certain otherwise desirable practices may work to the disadvantage
of older persons; the incidence
of unemployment, especially long - term unemployment with resultant deterioration
of skill, morale, and employer acceptability is, relative to the
younger ages, high among older
workers; their numbers are great and growing; and their employment problems grave; the existence in industries affecting commerce,
of arbitrary discrimination in employment because
of age, burdens commerce and the free
flow of goods in commerce.