China population: agricultural innovation could help boost urban workforce by tens of millions, demographers say

By Luna Sun

Reducing China’s rural workforce by 10 percentage points could lead to an increase of 78 million urban workers, according to demographer Cai Fang, with the country facing a demographic crisis caused by a declining population and a rapidly ageing society.

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