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Research: over 53M people in China worked as food delivery or ridesharing drivers as of 2025, up 10M in two years, amid accelerating automation in manufacturing (Financial Times)

As construction slumps and manufacturing automates, 53mn Chinese now work for low wages in food delivery and ride-hailing.

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