Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to China as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
China: Subsidies for online training in Shanghai
Employers in Shanghai that currently organise employees’ participation in online vocational training courses related to their businesses, may now apply for 600 yuan (US$92 …
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China: Clampdown on infringements of data security
A major clampdown is underway on infringements of data security, with the selling of personal data being treated as a form of corruption …
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China: USA bans all cotton products and tomatoes from Xinjiang over forced labour concerns
Whatever a company’s views about current US policy towards China, it cannot ignore the withhold release orders (WROs) issued under US “Forced Labour Supply Chain” due diligence requirements …
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China: Beijing reduces employers’ contribution of medical insurance
The employers’ contribution to Basic Medical Insurance (including maternity insurance) has been reduced from 10 …
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China: Liaoning province grants women two days’ paid ‘period leave’
With effect from 1st March 2021, employers in the province of Liaoning in northeastern China will be required to provide up to two days “period leave” each month to their female employees who have medical proof of severe menstrual pain …
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China: New rules for online recruitment businesses
The government has published new rules for online recruitment businesses …
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China: Kunming city gives 20 days of paid leave to “only children”
Employees in Kunming, capital city of Southwest China’s Yunnan province, who are “only children” are now entitled to up to 20 days of paid “nursing leave” per year if either of their parents is hospitalized, whereas employees who are not “only children” in their families are entitled to 10 days of paid leave to look after their aging parents …
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China: Social security agreement with Serbia enters into force on 1st February 2021
A Social Security Agreement (SSA) between China and Serbia has just come into force …
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China: Minimum wage in Jiangxi will be raised as of April 1, 2021
With effect from 1st April 2021, the minimum monthly wage in Jiangxi – a landlocked province in the east of China – will be increased to 1,850 yuan (US$286 …
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China: EU-China investment deal
The European Union is on the verge of a huge trade deal with China at the same moment as the USA is issuing a new “entity list” of 77 blacklisted companies (60 of whom are Chinese – including leading chip maker SMIC) with which US companies are banned from having any commercial or technical relations …
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Macau: Employees with disabilities to get income subsidy
A new Income Subsidy Plan for Employees with Disabilities (39/2020) has just been introduced …
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China: Nursing insurance premium
With effect from 1st October 2021, a long-term nursing insurance premium will be levied in Shenzhen, a major coastal city in the south of Guangdong Province popular with foreign companies …
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China: Special support plan for the stabilization and expansion of jobs
Employers in Shanghai are now entitled to a RMB300 (US$46) training subsidy for every new employee they recruit from four types of personnel, namely “individuals with employment difficulties, unemployed family members, college graduates within two years of graduation and other registered unemployed persons” …
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China: Service sector recovery strengthens in October, hiring picks up
Confidence in the service sector, as reflected in the PMI index, rose to 56 …
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China: Digital yuan tests leap forward in Shenzhen
The People’s Bank of China is backing a new law to introduce the digital yuan and ban other forms of digital currency …
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