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Editor’s Note
Happy year of the Snake! As we enter 2025, China’s economy faces persistent challenges. The much-discussed “lackluster recovery” of 2024 has offered little optimism, with GDP growth projected to hover between 4% and 5% this year.
05 February 2025
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29 January 2025
Letter from the Editors
In the last month of 2024, migrant workers continued to be owed wages while countless protests stemmed from factory relocations. Wage arrears cases remained the majority of incidents we monitored on the calls-for-help map. In December, sanitation workers in many places went on strike due to unpaid wages.
03 January 2025
The government’s plan to raise the retirement age was met with backlash from workers, especially blue-collar migrant workers. It is difficult for migrant workers to find jobs that pay for social security for 15 years--the prerequisite for getting a pension when retired. Workers are worried that the retirement age reform would make things even harder. There is a disparity in social security coverage and benefits between urban workers and migrant workers. Many migrant workers still have to work after the retirement age, with little or no social security. Precarious and informal employment across sectors is a significant reason and will likely continue with the growing gig economy.
12 July 2024
Industry by industry, how are China’s workers faring in this difficult economic environment?
31 January 2024
Strike Map user guide and description of CLB methodology
10 January 2024
Work Accident Map user guide and CLB methodology
10 January 2024