China pours $184 billion into AI as migrant worker wages stagnate at $755 a month
Beijing has channelled $184 billion in government guidance funds into AI since 2000, while the country's roughly 300 million migrant workers earned an average of just $755 per month in 2025 — a 2.3% annual rise that lags well behind the pace of AI and manufacturing integration.
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