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China’s central government has long been concerned about the need for the country to develop its tourism sector for nationals as well as foreigners …

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China’s state council has announced that medical insurance programs for China’s rural residents and urban unemployed have been merged into one basic health insurance system …

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A number of companies in the Jiangxi and Shanxi provinces of China have been considering the introduction of a 2 …

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In the Chinese province of Guangdong a special employee allowance of 150 Yuan ($US22 …

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Seven Chinese provinces/municipalities have just announced minimum wage increases …

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The provincial government in the central Chinese Province of Henan has approved a new regulation requiring companies to permit employees who are single offspring to take up to 20 days off work per year to care for sick parents …

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A labour arbitration panel in Guizhou, China has dismissed a sex discrimination claim by a former transgender employee on the grounds that there was no evidence they had been dismissed because of their sexual orientation …

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According to China’s Ministry of Education, the remuneration of interns recruited from ‘vocational schools’ should be determined by reference to a number of factors, including: pay for a similar job, the workload of the student, work intensity and working time …

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A number of local reforms are being introduced in China to reduce the financial burdens on employers and speed up the process of dispute resolution …

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Evidence of a changing attitude towards LGBT identities in China is evidenced by a number of recent developments …

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A new government focus is being placed on the development of the southern city of Shenzhen as a location to base Chinese multinational enterprises …

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Amendments to China’s Population and Family Planning Law made in December 2015 must be enacted voluntarily at a local level and only now is it possible to see in which direction local legislation is moving …

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China’s growing trade union movement is being largely fed by a high take-up amongst migrant workers entering major cities from often distant rural areas …

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Recent critical remarks by China’s Minister of Human Resources and Social Security and also its Finance Minister reveal deep concerns in the government about the strangling effect on the economy caused by the 2007 Labour Contract Law …

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Following changes to China’s national Population and Family Planning Law, the City authorities in Shanghai have amended their local Population and Family Planning Regulations to allow people to have a second child and further reward early marriage …

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