China Loses Workforce Almost Size of Germany's in Three Years.

GERMANY; CHINA

(Bloomberg) -- China's number of working people has fallen by more than 41 million in the past three years, reflecting both the coronavirus pandemic's toll on the economy and a decline in the working age population. China's workforce has also become significantly more urbanized over the last decade, according to China's statistics bureau, a trend economists see as positive for economic growth. [Extracted from the article]

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