AI Data Insight
In the fourth quarter of 2025, China's secondary industry employment fell to 205.76 million, a sharp decrease of 6.99 million compared to the end of 2024. Although industrial value-added and economic performance targets were met in 2025, the real estate correction and factory automation weakened traditional labor demand. The future outlook will depend on whether high-end manufacturing and service sectors can smoothly absorb the released labor.