Survey: Workdays get longer as overall population ages in Beijing

The average number of working hours in Beijing has continued to grow, according to a recent report.

Working hours of residents in the capital increased nearly an hour per day on average over the past decade, with commuting time remaining unchanged, according to the report, which was released by the Beijing survey office of the National Bureau of Statistics last week. Daily average working hours for surveyed residents reached 8 hours and 34 minutes last year. Even on weekends workers clocked 7 hours and 42 minutes.

The report is based on a survey of 4,238 people older than 15 in 1,700 households in Beijing - 2,063 males and 2,175 females. The survey was conducted in May.