China News Service, Beijing, December 15 (Reporter Wang Enbo) Fu Linghui, spokesperson for the National Bureau of Statistics of China and Director of the Department of Comprehensive Statistics of the National Economy, said in Beijing on the 15th that China’s labor force has huge advantages in terms of total quantity and quality. , The future development is well guaranteed.

　　The "China Statistical Yearbook 2021" recently released by the National Bureau of Statistics shows that the net increase in China's population in 2020 is lower than in previous years, which has attracted public attention.

　　Fu Linghui responded at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office that labor is an important factor input for economic development. In recent years, China's population situation has undergone some new changes, and labor resources have several characteristics.

　　First, labor resources are still relatively abundant.

According to the seventh national census data, in 2020, China's 16-59 working age population will be 880 million people, and the scale is still relatively large.

More than 10 million people are born each year, and the total population is also relatively large.

　　Second, the overall quality of the labor force is improving.

Knowledge quality, cultural quality and physical quality are all improving.

In 2020, the average number of years of education for the 16-59 working age population in China will be 10.75 years, which is significantly higher than the result of the last census.

The proportion of the population with college education and above is 23.61%.

In 2019, the average life expectancy in China reached 77.3 years, 2.47 years higher than in 2010.

Improved health and cultural quality play an important role in improving labor supply.

　　Third, the proportion of children in the population is also increasing.

According to the seventh national census, the proportion of children aged 0-14 in China has increased by 1.35 percentage points from 2010.

The current three-child policy and supporting measures are also conducive to improving the age structure of the population and promoting the long-term balanced development of the population.

　　"From these circumstances, China's labor force has huge advantages in terms of total quantity and labor quality." Fu Linghui also pointed out that it should be noted that China used to rely on a large amount of low-cost labor input to promote economic growth. It has never been seen, but more must be turned to improve technology and promote economic growth through technological progress.

With the improvement of population quality, especially the increase in the supply of high-quality labor, China's future development still has a good guarantee.

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