size of the population in working age and the share of the population participating in the labor market are declining, this downward trend will most likely persist in the foreseeable future. A country’s labor force is defined as the total number of employable people and incorporates both the employed and the unemployed population.
In 2020, China's labor force amounted to approximately 783.9 million people. The labor force in China indicated a general decreasing trend in recent years. As both the Labor force in China from 2000 to 2020 (in millions)
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