There is a shortage of nearly one million talents in the childcare industry, with about 500,000 certified childcare workers nationwide.

Journalists learned that there is currently a large talent gap in the childcare industry in the market, and related training activities are accelerating. According to institutional data, the scale of the Chinese infant and toddler care market in 2025 is expected to reach 162.13 billion yuan, and is expected to reach 232.31 billion yuan by 2030, with an average annual growth rate of about 7.5%. Currently, existing childcare institutions can only meet less than 10% of the demand for children aged 0-3, with only about 500,000 licensed caregivers nationwide, and a talent gap of nearly 1 million, especially in the market for composite talents with expertise in infant and toddler care, early education, nutrition, health, and psychology. Supply is severely inadequate.