Food delivery rider wins China’s top literary prize for poem on gig workers

Wang Jibing wins the Lu Xun Literature Prize for his poetry celebrating the lives of ordinary people - (Wang Jibing)

A Chinese food delivery rider who turned the frustrations of gig work into poetry has won one of the country’s highest literary honours.

Wang Jibing, 56, received the prestigious Lu Xun Literary Prize for Low Flight, a collection inspired by conversations with over 200 delivery riders and the everyday pressures of China’s vast gig economy.