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Reuters reports that shifting demographics, rapid ageing, and a manufacturing labor crunch are major drivers of China’s robot adoption, while also noting government support and industrial policy. DIRECT_TEXT

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One of the major drivers behind countries looking to robots is shifting demographics. In China, a rapidly ageing population combined with young people increasingly spurning factory jobs have resulted in a labour crunch ... China’s workforce is set to shrink to roughly 645 million by 2045.