Worker Rights
Prevention and Control of Occupational Diseases Law of the People's Republic of China
July 2, 2016
| PRC Legal Provision
Guangdong Authorities Arrest Labor Rights Advocates
January 21, 2016
| Commission Analysis
Working Conditions and Factory Auditing in the Chinese Toy Industry
December 11, 2014
| Hearing
Work Safety Law of the People's Republic of China
August 31, 2014
| PRC Legal Provision
Detention of Labor Representative Highlights Challenges for Collective Bargaining in China
December 20, 2013
| Commission Analysis
Prospects for Reforming China's Reeducation Through Labor System
May 9, 2013
| Issue Paper
Labor Contract Law of the People's Republic of China
December 28, 2012
| PRC Legal Provision
Family Members and Supporters of Li Wangyang Detained and Harassed
December 21, 2012
| Commission Analysis
NGOs Continue To Document Poor Working Conditions in Chinese Factories
December 19, 2012
| Commission Analysis
Working Conditions and Worker Rights in China: Recent Developments
July 31, 2012
| Hearing
NGOs Report Harsh Conditions at Chinese Factories Making Popular Electronics
July 24, 2012
| Commission Analysis
Workers Demonstrate in Various Industries and Locations in Late 2011 and Early 2012
April 27, 2012
| Commission Analysis
Amended Occupational Disease Law Seeks To Improve Protections for Workers as Occupational Health Continues To Face Risks
April 5, 2012
| Commission Analysis
Enterprise Labor Dispute Provisions Emphasize "Harmony" and "Stability," Do Not Address Fundamental Worker Rights Issues
February 28, 2012
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Draft Legal Measures Promote Hiring Ethnic Minorities, Against Track Record of Employment Discrimination
November 18, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Students Continue to Harvest Cotton, Directive Allows Child Labor
November 14, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Statement of CECC Chairman Christopher Smith and Cochairman Sherrod Brown on the Release of the 2011 Annual Report
October 13, 2011
| Press Release
Courts Hear China's First HIV/AIDS Employment Discrimination Cases
March 31, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Court Sentences Labor Lawyer and Advocate to Three Years' Imprisonment
March 31, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Job Discrimination Against Ethnic Minorities Continues in Xinjiang
March 31, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Reports of Draft Wage Regulation Circulate Amidst Official Concern Over Income Disparity
February 7, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Underage Students Continue To Pick Cotton in Xinjiang Work-Study Program
December 8, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Proposal To Experiment With Collective Wage Consultations in Guangdong Province Delayed
December 8, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China
October 28, 2010
| PRC Legal Provision
Discriminatory Job Hiring Practices Continue in Xinjiang
October 20, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Response to Strikes
August 9, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Recent Worker Actions in China
July 2, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Recruitment for State Jobs in Xinjiang Discriminates Against Ethnic Minorities
July 2, 2009
| Commission Analysis
China's Responses at the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review
July 2, 2009
| Commission Analysis
China Issues New Hukou Policies To Promote Employment; Discrimination Continues
June 24, 2009
| Commission Analysis
The Financial Crisis and the Changing Role of Workers in China
June 19, 2009
| Roundtable
Officials' Early Response to Unemployment and "Social Unrest" During Downturn
March 12, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Does China Have a Stability Problem?
February 27, 2009
| Roundtable
Governments in Xinjiang Continue to Sponsor, Sanction Job Recruitment That Discriminates Against Ethnic Minorities
February 9, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Officials To Strengthen Security Before Anniversaries and During Economic Downturns
February 1, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Work-Study Programs Continue; Cotton-Picking Activities Limited
December 20, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Authorities Recruit More Teachers for Mandarin-focused "Bilingual" Education
December 20, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Child Labor Found in Shanghai and Wuhan, Following Earlier Reports on Scandal in Guangdong
November 25, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Shenzhen's New Residency Permit and Its Impact on Migrants
August 21, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Ordered Migrants to Leave for the Olympics
August 15, 2008
| Commission Analysis
The Human Toll of the Olympics
August 4, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Official Defends Response to Forced Labor Scandal
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Work-Study Programs Using Child Labor Continue in Xinjiang
January 11, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Labor Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Law of the People's Republic of China
December 29, 2007
| PRC Legal Provision
CECC Statement for United Nations' Human Rights Day 2007
December 9, 2007
| Press Release
Employment Promotion Law of the People's Republic of China
August 30, 2007
| PRC Legal Provision
Authorities Reduce Sentences of Six Political Prisoners, Release Three on Parole
January 3, 2007
| Commission Analysis
Government Issues New Coal Mine Provisions as Mining Fatalities Increase
December 11, 2006
| Commission Analysis
ACFTU Measures Promote Migrant Benefits, Also Aim To Curb Independent Groups
December 8, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Henan Teacher Recruits Underage Students for Work in Zhejiang Factory
November 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Most Provincial-Level Governments Issue Hourly Minimum Wage Standards
November 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
State Council Newspaper Criticizes Lack of Migrant Representation in Shanghai LPC
October 4, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Shenzhen Municipal Authorities Announce Tighter Controls Over Migrant Population
October 4, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Labor Ministry Officials Remove Regulatory Barrier to Migrants Seeking Work in Cities
October 4, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Jiangsu Court Uses Urban Standard To Set Compensation for Migrant Death
October 4, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Changsha Court Reduces Compensation for Death Because of Rural Registration
October 4, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Labor Bureau Will Focus on Expanding Worker's Compensation Programs for Migrant Laborers
October 4, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Teachers Arrange for Underage "Interns" to Work at Guangdong Electronics Factory
October 4, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Government Strengthens Enforcement of Requirements on Injury Insurance
October 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
ACFTU Presses Foreign Companies to Accept Union Branches
September 6, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Henan to Use Same Compensation Standards for Urban Residents, Qualified Migrants
August 31, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Riot Erupts in Guiyang After Migrant Is Beaten
July 31, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Communications Ministry Orders Push to Resolve Unpaid Migrant Wage Claims
July 28, 2006
| Commission Analysis
China Daily Editorial Advocates Government Action on Local Minimum Wage Rates
July 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Ministry of Health Implements Plan to Improve Rural Migrant Worker Health
June 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Officials and Scholars Criticize the Failure of Labor Laws to Protect Workers
May 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Imprisoned Labor Leader Li Wangyang Eligible for Parole on May 6, 2006
May 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
NPC, CPPCC Delegates Call For Labor Law Changes to Address Migrant Worker Issues
May 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
The Lot of Chinese Workers: Do China's Labor Laws Work?
April 11, 2006
| Roundtable
Central and Local Government Officials Again Pledge to Improve Mine Safety
March 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
State Council Notice Calls for Better Treatment of Migrants
March 14, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Liaoyang Labor Activist Xiao Yunliang Released From Prison 24 Days Early
March 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Workplace Accident Rate Also High in Industries Other Than Coal Mining
February 28, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Legal Aid Center Seeks Gradual End of Labor Subcontracts in Construction Sector
February 28, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Government Program to Shut Dangerous Coal Mines Proceeds Slowly, Results Mixed
February 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Tech School Sends Largest Group of Minority Graduates Ever to Jobs in Shenzhen
January 25, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Low Wages and Poor Working Conditions Result in Migrant Labor Shortages In Several Provinces
December 16, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Work Safety Chief Calls for Improved Coal Mine Inspections
December 6, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Rise in Collective Disputes Attributed to Weak Protections of Worker Rights
December 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Coal Mine Accident Death Rate Climbs; Mine Closures Cause Protests in Guangdong Province
November 4, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Official Compliance with State Council Coal Mine Divestiture Order Is Mixed
November 4, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Working Conditions in China: Just and Favorable?
November 3, 2005
| Roundtable
Police in Chongqing Quash Largest Workers' Protest Since 1989
October 27, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Update: After Riot Over Polluting Factories, Villagers Turn To Beijing Lawyer (May 14)
October 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Yahoo! Cited in Court Decision as Providing Evidence in Shi Tao State Secrets Trial
October 4, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Liaoyang Labor Activist Yao Fuxin Has Heart Attack in Prison
September 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Qiansu City Expands Legal Counseling Services for Ethnic Migrants
August 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Worker and Farmer Riots Demonstrate Absence of Channels for Redress of Grievances
August 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
State Administration of Work Safety Director Calls for Coal Mine Safety Measures
August 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Scholar: Labor-Service Agencies Should Not Be Used to Circumvent Labor Contract Rules
July 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Forced Labor in China
June 22, 2005
| Roundtable
Labor Ministry: Labor Contract Not Necessary To Collect Back Wages
June 17, 2005
| Commission Analysis
UN Committee Calls on Beijing to End Forced Labor and Allow Independent Trade Unions
May 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Migrant Workers Question the Government's Claims of High Wage Arrears Settlements
May 27, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Work Safety Administration Finds Negligence and Faulty Equipment Caused Deadly Mine Disaster
May 25, 2005
| Commission Analysis
NPC Standing Committee to Supervise Coal Mine Safety Inspections
May 10, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Fujian Court Imposes Criminal Penalties for Wage Arrears
May 9, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Youth Daily: Coal Miners Need Right to Refuse to Work in Unsafe Mines
May 9, 2005
| Commission Analysis
National and Local Authorities Struggle to Limit Wage Arrears and Force Back Wages to Be Paid
May 9, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Multinational Union Joins a Growing Number of Unions "Engaging" with China's Official Union
April 18, 2005
| Commission Analysis
China Youth Daily Criticizes Local Governments and Coal Mine Managers in Mine Disasters
March 28, 2005
| Commission Analysis
SDPC Plans New Coal Mine Safety Policies
March 23, 2005
| Commission Analysis
South Central Nationalities University Opens New Legal Aid Center
March 23, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Labor Disputes in China May Increase With End of WTO Arrangement on Textile and Clothing Trade
March 16, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Criminal Law Amendments Proposed To Punish Failure to Pay Wage Arrears
March 15, 2005
| Commission Analysis
SPC President Urges All Courts to Help Address Worker Wage Arrears
March 14, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Migrant Workers Warned about the Perils of Being Cheated
March 13, 2005
| Commission Analysis
NPC Delegate Says Labor Law Needs Urgent Reform
March 12, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Liaoning and Shaanxi Coal Mine Disasters Prompt Call for Better Safety Measures
March 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Takes Steps to Respond to Recent Mine Disasters
February 24, 2005
| Commission Analysis
High Officials Frustrated with China's Coal Mine Disasters
February 23, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Another Major Coal Mine Disaster Adds to China's Mine Death Toll
February 23, 2005
| Commission Analysis
China Seeks to Develop Domestic Standard for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
February 15, 2005
| Commission Analysis
MOJ Author Recommends Ways to Resolve Back Pay Disputes
February 14, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Guangxi Legislative Inspection Committee Denies Hearing of Migrant Labor Rights Bill
February 4, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Migrant Workers Fight for Their Wages -- Now Sometimes with ACFTU Help
February 3, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Henan Province to Eliminate Corvee Labor Requirements for Farmers
January 25, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Accidents from Fireworks Manufacturing Increase as the Lunar New Year Approaches
January 24, 2005
| Commission Analysis
NPC Standing Committee Recommends Steps to Address Mounting Number of Labor Disputes
January 14, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Goverment to Fine Employers That Withhold Workers' Wages
December 17, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Coal Mine Safety in China: Can the Accident Rate be Reduced?
December 10, 2004
| Roundtable
Relatives of Chenjiashan Mine Disaster Victims Riot After Learning Search Called Off Early
December 2, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Media Summary: Coal Mine Disasters in China
December 1, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Releases Dissident Labor Activist Liu Jingsheng
November 29, 2004
| Commission Analysis
RFA: Chinese Official Confirms Existence of Forced Labor in Xinjiang
November 29, 2004
| Commission Analysis
China Grants Clemency to Labor Leader Chen Gang and Journalist Wu Shishen
November 22, 2004
| Commission Analysis
How Chinese Authorities Censor the Press on Labor Issues
November 18, 2004
| Commission Analysis
China Seeks to Force Multinationals to Accept Party-Controlled Union Branches
October 27, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Unions Fail to Cover 100 Million Migrant Workers (story in Chinese)
October 27, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Scholars Identify 10 Shortcomings in Labor Law (story in Chinese)
October 20, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Injured Underage Worker Successfully Sues Local Labor Bureau for Failure to Investigate Violations of Child Labor Laws
September 29, 2004
| Commission Analysis
CECC Releases 2003 Annual Report on Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China
October 2, 2003
| Press Release
Freedom of Association for Chinese Workers
July 7, 2003
| Roundtable
Codes of Conduct: U.S. Corporate Compliance Programs and Working Conditions in Chinese Factories
April 28, 2003
| Roundtable
Open Forum: Public Perspectives on Human Rights Practices in China
December 9, 2002
| Roundtable
Workplace Safety Issues in the People's Republic of China
November 7, 2002
| Roundtable
Open Forum on Human Rights Issues
August 5, 2002
| Roundtable
Labor Rights and Conditions in China
March 18, 2002
| Roundtable
Human Rights in the Context of the Rule of Law
February 7, 2002
| Hearing
Trade Union Law of the People's Republic of China
October 27, 2001
| PRC Legal Provision
Labor Law of the People's Republic of China
July 5, 1994
| PRC Legal Provision
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