Groupama AM flags China demographic shift as catalyst for robotics, AI investment cycle

• Groupama Asset Management flagged China’s shrinking working-age population since the mid-2010s as a structural drag on labor-led growth.
• UN projections show the working-age population falling by about 220 million by 2050, with old-age dependency more than doubling.
• China is shifting toward a “technology dividend,” led by heavy automation to lift productivity as labor supply contracts.
• Industrial robot installations reached about 295,000 in 2024, representing 54% of global additions; China’s operating fleet exceeds 2 million.
• To hold average GDP growth at 4.5% through 2030, investment would need to rise about 6% a year, roughly twice 2021-2025.

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