# Nongmingong

China’s Labor Reconfiguration: The End of the Construction Era and the Rise of the Local Migrant

China's migrant worker population has exceeded 300 million, yet the labor market faces structural challenges as the construction sector shed 14 million jobs in four years. Manufacturing is rebounding as a primary employer, but overall wage growth has hit a decade low of 2.3% amid a growing trend of workers seeking employment closer to home.