China's State Council 2026–2030 employment plan orders the state to track how AI creates and destroys jobs, a political hedge on its own AI build-out.

China's employment-first policies, including court rulings against AI-driven layoffs, risk slowing automation and widening the productivity gap with Western

China's MOHRSS is preparing a policy framework to assess AI's impact on employment, building on the State Council's AI+ Action Plan from August 2025.