Quoting China's Ministry of Education has estimates, the South China Morning Post (January 13) reported
that while there is an overflow of people looking for office jobs, there will be a shortage of nearly 30 million
workers in the manufacturing sector by 2025. The Blue Collar Employment and Compensation Management
Report 2021, from China International Intellectech, a human resources company, said nearly 70 per cent of
Chinese businesses face labour shortages, and 55 per cent of companies are struggling to find blue-collar
workers. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said in January 2021 that of the 100
occupations with the greatest worker shortages, as many as 36 were categorised as “manufacturing and
related personnel.” Of the 25 new occupations on the list, 15 were directly related to manufacturing,
accounting for 60 per cent of the total.
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