On October 11, “smoothing out pension benefits” trended on Weibo, reaching a high of No. 15. Under the topic, one blogger suggested that retirees receiving more than 10,000 yuan per month, whose contributions before 2014 were deemed as paid, have their benefits cut by 5% per year for five consecutive years, and that those receiving more than 5,000 yuan have their increases frozen for five years; another blogger called for raising rural pensions to at least 500 yuan, saying rural elderly cannot wait any longer.