China is facing the new normal of an aging society where the acceleration of population aging and the intensification of negative population growth intersect,which coincides with the construction cycle of a Chinese path to modernization power,and constitutes the era background for implementing the gradual retirement reform.Adhering to the core issue orientation,it is urgent to firmly grasp the"one general cause","two opportunities",and"three relationships",which are the key to understanding and supporting the implementation of the delayed retirement reform.The aging society is the core cause of delayed retirement,and the changes in population structure indicate that China is in the later stage of the opportunity window for implementing delayed retirement reform.Referring to the experience of previous countries,timely implementation of delayed retirement reform has objective inevitability and practical urgency.Releasing the longevity dividend and enhancing the well-being of the elderly provide a dual opportunity for delayed retirement,with enormous potential for human resources and capital.Personal value and social value increase in the same direction,helping to turn crises into opportunities in problem-solving,finding solutions to problems,and leveraging institutional advantages.Looking towards the future,the construction and implementation of the delayed retirement reform should mainly focus on the three relationships between delayed retirement and the labor market,intergenerational care,and pension insurance.It is urgent to improve the employment public service system and supporting measures for delayed retirement around these three relationships,improve the population service system,deepen the reform of the pension insurance system,promote the comprehensive reform of the employment system and industrial structure,tap into new economic growth drivers,and provide a Chinese characteristic and wise action plan and coordinate reference for countries around the world to cope with population aging.