China Faces Massive AI-Driven Job Losses

China's labor market is expressing growing anxiety about AI-driven job losses, with a Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security survey in late January 2026 estimating up to 40 million positions could disappear over the next decade. The report warns education could lose as many as 10 million teaching jobs, highlights pressure on lawyers, accountants, doctors and manual workers, and says policymakers plan employment measures as firms deploy humanoid robots.