A survey conducted in mainland China in March of 2022 revealed that 46 percent of those respondents who thought that China lacks skilled labor saw their employers upskilling workers in order to address this problem. Work automation and enhancing via technology was another popular way for employers to solve skill and labor shortages in China.
Leading ways for employers to address shortages in skills/labor in China as of March 2022
only among those who thought that China lacks skilled labor
Supplementary notes
Survey question:
What, if anything, is your employer doing to address shortages in skills/labor?
Among a total of 3,129 survey respondents, around 1,660 people thought that China lacks people with the skills to do their kind of work.
Among all survey respondents, 54 percent were male, 41 percent were female, 5 percent were others;
7 percent were between 18 and 25 years, 46 percent were between 25 and 41 years, 35 percent were between 42 and 57 years, and 11 percent were between 58 and 76 years;
79 percent of respondents did professional/administrative work, 15 percent did skilled manual work, and 6 percent did semi-skilled or unskilled manual work;
97 percent worked full time.
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