China labour law

The revelations of the scandal of that hundreds of children and adults had been abducted and were working as slaves in Dickensian brick factories and mines across central provinces ,strengthened the hand of officials pushing for stronger worker-protection provisions.

Foreign chambers of commerce and labour activists on Sunday welcomed an overhaul of China’s labour law, but said poor implementation of existing laws meant it was unlikely to improve working conditions in the near future.

The American and European chambers of commerce in Beijing praised the law and the unusually transparent consultation that preceded it, but were sceptical it would actually be enforced.

“The most important point is implementation of the law. In the environmental sector, we see Chinese legislation that is even stricter than European law, yet implementation is sometimes non-existent,” said J?rg Wuttke, chairman of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China. “A large gap between legislation and local governments’ ability to implement laws has a detrimental impact on the credibility of the rule of the law.”

The govenment, pls give us the confidence about your future !