For the first time in decades, the share of China’s workforce employed in raw materials industries has gone up – a consequence of a weak job market and a return of rural migrants to their homes.

Students display handmade works made during the winter holiday at Zhiyangshan School in Fushan District of Yantai City, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 26, 2024. The new semester for primary ...

China recorded 46.3 million kindergarten and preschool enrolments last year, down 1.7 million from 2021, official data shows, highlighting the early consequences of a record low birth rate.