The data have been collected through a survey which covered rural workers from 31 provinces, 1,730 districts and 8,613 villages. Migrant laborers are defined as workers that are still registered as rural permanent residents, but have left their place of origin for more than six months in order to find work in another place. They either stay in the same province or move to another province in search of work.
East China includes Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong, Guangdong, and Hainan. Central China includes Shanxi, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, and Hunan. West China includes Inner Mongolia, Guangxi, Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Xinjiang. Northeast China includes, Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang.
Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding.
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Migrant laborers in China by region of origin 2021-2025
This statistic shows the share of the total migrant workers in China from 2021 to 2025, by region of origin. In 2025, approximately **** percent of migrant workers came from East China.
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