Reporter / Xinhua Yuan Yuan
Xinhua News November 30, a survey shows that by 2030, robotic automation will rob 800 million people worldwide work, affecting one-fifth of the world's workforce.
According to the BBC report on November 29, the latest survey released by the McKinsey Global Institute covers 800 jobs in 46 countries around the world, saying the machine operation and food-related industries will be the hardest hit.
Developed countries are the hardest hit compared to developing countries, with one-third of the labor force in developed countries such as Germany and the United States, or need to undergo re-employment training. By 2030, 39 million to 73 million jobs would be replaced by robots in the United States alone , But only 20 million unemployed workers can switch jobs easily, while developing countries are less affected by the limited automation of investment robots, and it is estimated that only 9% of India's jobs will be replaced by robots by then.
The report said doctors, lawyers, bartenders, teachers and other interpersonal interaction work is not easy to replace the horticultural cultivation, dredge the pipeline, nursing, barber and some other high technology but not too high pay is relatively safe work.However, The report said that the era of robot automation may also spawn new job opportunities.