2024 Volume 12 Issue 4 Pages 98-116
According to the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China in April 2022, the average age of 'migrant workers' is 41.7 years old and the proportion of migrant workers over 50 years old is 27.3%, which increased by 0.9% compared with the previous year. Among them, 19% of migrant workers are engaged in the construction industry. In the next ten years, there will be about 15 million or more migrant construction workers reaching the retirement age of 60, and about 40% of the workers will be over 50 years old. Based on the aging workforce development trend in the construction industry, this paper examines the health and working conditions of construction workers and proposes measures, including strengthening health security, avoidance of hazardous factors, and improvement of working conditions, to address the aging of the construction workforce in China.
