China’s New Workforce Entrants Average 14.35 Years of Education, White Paper Says

The headline number is less telling than the pipeline behind it: roughly ten million vocational graduates a year now form a structural share of China's labor supply, not a marginal supplement. That matters for any sector—including crypto and RWA ventures—competing for technical talent, since vocational credentials are increasingly the baseline rather than a fallback. The open question is whether employer demand and wage structures keep pace with this rising education level, or whether credential inflation outruns the roles available.