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Aug 11, 2026 · Industry Insights

Why China Has Too Many Low‑Skill Programmers but Not Enough High‑Skill Talent

The author argues that, despite a large absolute number of software workers in China, the proportion of programmers is modest, yet the market is flooded with low‑skill developers while truly capable engineers remain scarce, especially in high‑end fields like embedded systems, kernel or AI.