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However,  China has an increase in the number of employed people in 2023 in 8 years after a steep fall in 2022.  This is how they count the people as employed

China Employed Persons
In China, employed persons refer to persons aged 16 and over, who performed some work for compensation or business gains for one hour or more during the reference period; or who had work units or sites but were temporarily not at work during the reference period.

https://tradingeconomics.com/china/employed-persons