Effects of Industrial Restructuring on the Employment Structure in China

The relationship between China’s industrial and employment structures has been analyzed in views of both the sector and division levels on the basis of the industrial development and employment data from 2003 to 2014, using the correlation coefficient, structure deviation, labor productivity, and employment flexibility as indicators. The analysis shows that in a sector level, the workforce is being extruded from the primary sector, while the secondary and tertiary sectors have been absorbing working population. Moreover, in a division level, the output value growths in the real estate, construction, accommodation and catering, transportation, storage and postal service, and wholesale and retail divisions can exceedingly stimulate the employment in such divisions, while the increase in production values of the finance, industry and other business divisions can steadily promote the employment. However, no employment promotion can be made from the agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishing division. At last, reasonable policy suggestions have been offered on the basis of the analysis results.

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