According to the statistics of 19 19, the total number of workers in Shanghai reached 5 13768, among which industrial workers 18 1485 accounted for about a quarter of the total number of workers in China. Based on this calculation, the working class in China should have about 2 million people.
On the basis of class, Shanghai is the cradle of modern industry and working class in China. On the eve of the May 4th Movement, there were 2 million industrial workers in China. Among them, Shanghai has more than 500,000 workers and is the city with the most concentrated working class in China.
The working class in China is a class formed under the background of the rise of Westernization Movement in modern times and the development of private capital enterprises. It is the representative of advanced productive forces and relations of production and the most revolutionary class. Most of them come from farmers who have left the land and bankrupt craftsmen.
Types of industrial workers:
Traditionally, industrial workers refer to workers who engage in collective productive labor in modern factories, mines, transportation and other enterprises and earn their living from wages.
20 17 China's industrial workers mainly refer to farms and forest farms in the primary industry, mining, manufacturing, construction, production and supply of electricity, hot gas, gas and water in the secondary industry, transportation, warehousing and postal services in the tertiary industry, and workers engaged in collective productive labor in information transmission, software and information technology services who earn their living from wages.
In recent years, with the continuous emergence and development of new technologies, new industries, new formats and new models, new occupations are constantly emerging. Since the 20th15th edition of People's Republic of China (PRC) Occupational Classification Ceremony was released, the country has released four batches of 56 new occupations, covering manufacturing, catering, construction, finance, environmental protection, environmental protection and other industries.