Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to China as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
China: Gig economy workers in Hunan province (2021)
In 2021, nearly 100,000 Gig workers joined trade unions in Hunan province …
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China: CAC publishes draft regulations for network data security management
Restriction on cross-border personal data transfers will favour localization …
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China: As China pushes more births, mothers find it harder to work
An eight-year study of working mothers in 25 Provinces has found that women perceive a declining prospect of being able to return to work after childbirth …
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China: Denied benefits
Employers in China remain not obliged to offer maternity leave to single mothers …
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China: Seafarers’ basic salary to rise by 7%
The Chinese Seamen & Construction Workers’ Union and China Shipowners’ Association have signed a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, effective from 1st January 2022 …
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China: Gree Electric cancels overtime, shortens work week
The leading home appliances manufacturer Gree Electric Appliances, the world’s largest residential air-conditioning manufacturer, has announced the implementation of a new system of two days flexible time-off per week …
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China: Regions extend maternity leave to encourage births
A dozen regional governments have lengthened maternity leave allowances during the past month to incentivise families to have more children …
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China (Macau): Public consultation on trade union law kicks off
The government of this Chinese Special Administrative Region is currently consulting interested parties about a Bill on trade unions and collective bargaining …
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China: Yahoo shuts down remaining China services
Yahoo has discontinued operations in China following the introduction of the country’s Personal Information Protection Law …
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China: Incentives to attract companies (Wuhan)
Wuhan’s provincial government is offering incentives to companies that wish to locate their headquarters in the city …
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China: Remuneration levels of 33 new-style occupations
The “2021 Big Data Report on Remunerations in the Beijing Human Resources Market” has revealed the remuneration levels of 33 new-style occupations …
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China: Tencent, Huawei, other major Shenzhen firms to bolster user data safeguards ahead of roll-out of new personal information law
Over twenty major Shenzhen companies have agreed to introduce new safeguards ahead of China’s new Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) …
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China: ACFIC releases 2021 list of top 500 enterprises
A list of China’s top 500 private-sector companies released by the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC) indicates the importance of this sector to China’s economy …
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China: Data on recruitment agencies (2020)
Official statistics indicate that at the end of 2020, there were 45,800 recruitment agencies in China, with a total of 843,300 employees …
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China: Supreme People’s Court issues rules to regulate use of facial recognition technology
The Supreme People’s Court has issued guidelines for use where facial recognition systems are operated in public spaces …
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