of workers:

--Chinese 'crude steel' production reached 0.99634 billion ton last yr, unprecedent in human history

--Chinese workers still have relative low pay but just as productive as those in developed countries.

--chinese made pots and pans sold in india are made in efficient factories, not by chinese mom&pops

.........

Of course things are changing as chinese industry becomes more robotised. And young chinese, at least those born in cities are more interested in going to college than working in lo-value added workshops. One sign is that(I posted on it b4),the PLA army is having problem recruiting hi-school leavers