# Can China's new rules improve the future of gig workers?

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Podcast: [World Today](https://stenobird.com/podcast/world-today-319503)
Published: 2026-05-01T11:03:00+00:00
Episode link: 1_2764588
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China has unveiled new guidelines to better protect gig workers, such as deliverymen and ride-hailing drivers, a group that now numbers over 84 million people. What real changes will these measures bring? And what could this mean for China's broader labor market? Host Dou Hongyu is joined by Soo Hee Lee, Professor in Organisation Studies with the University of Kent; Mike Bastin, China observer and senior lecturer at the University of Southampton; and Chen Jiahe, Chief Investment Officer at Novem Arcae Technologies, to delve into these questions.

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