Chin'a Military Will Be Facing An Enlistment Crunch In TheComing Years

A PLA conscription poster. Photo: PLA Daily

Frank Chen, Asia Times: PLA faces enlistment crunch with fewer young Chinese

The country has fewer youngsters who can enter the labor market and a demographic slump that could force the PLA to get tougher on conscription.

Foxconn, the contracted manufacturer for US tech giant Apple, has been accused of forcing student interns at its Zhengzhou base in central China’s Henan province to work extra hours in a bid to rev up output of iPhone Xs for an expected sales boom over the festive season.

Labor rights issues aside, the revelation comes amid a trend that may be worrying for some in China – the country now has fewer youngsters who can enter the labor market and shore up productivity, a demographic slump that could hurt its economic future.

A report by Beijing-based China Remin University has sounded the alarm: the national workforce aged between 15-59 has decreased by 20 million within the past five years, from the peak of 925 million in 2011, and is forecast to shrink to 700 million by 2050.

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WNU Editor: They will find a way to fill their ranks. That is something that I do not have any doubts on.

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