New age looms for jobs and it requires an intelligent response
By Andrew Moody | China Daily | Updated: 2018-11-27 08:06
Six out of 10 of all Chinese jobs could be lost over the next 20 years as a result of artificial intelligence, according to a study by the Oxford Martin School at Oxford University.
While the main focus of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires this weekend will be the expected meeting about trade on the sidelines between President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump, the future of work - one of the main agenda items - is increasingly a pressing issue.
Leaders and officials from the world's leading 20 nations are likely to stress the importance of education in dealing with it - retraining people for the jobs that robots cannot do.
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