Private enterprises accounted for 28 per cent of jobs provided in Shanghai in 2002, making it the largest single sector, according to statistics prepared by the city's labour and social... Read more

The government plans to end jobs for life for some 30m government employees, Xinhua reported. The system will be replaced with work contracts that require employees to pass tests on job skil... Read more

There were 980,969 work-related accidents resulting in injury in the first 11 months of 2002 and they caused the death of more than 124,500 people, China Daily said. The figures were release... Read more

International accounting group Ernst & Young has moved several of its top tax advisors from its Hong Kong office to head its tax offices in Beijing and Shanghai, South China Morning Pos... Read more

China's estimated 94 million migrant workers are owed as much as RMB 100 billion (US$12 billion) in unpaid wages, according to government trade union figures. Up to 70% of the unpaid wag... Read more