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Young Chinese professionals embrace ‘solopreneurship’ amid AI job anxiety

Workers are harnessing AI to set up one-person businesses as cities pledge to invest in the technology’s expansion.

Published: 9:50pm, 24 Apr 2026

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China’s artificial intelligence boom is giving rise to a new cohort of ‘solopreneurs’ who are launching one-person companies. The trend is gaining pace as young people struggle to find work, under pressure from the rapid growth of the AI sector.

Young Chinese professionals embrace ‘solopreneurship’ amid AI job anxiety

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Workers are harnessing AI to set up one-person businesses as cities pledge to invest in the technology’s expansion.