Currently, apart from those in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, there are 120 million trade union members and nearly 1 million grassroots-level trade union organizations in China, all of them are under the unified leaders...Currently, apart from those in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, there are 120 million trade union members and nearly 1 million grassroots-level trade union organizations in China, all of them are under the unified leadership of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions. In China, the first trade union organization, the Packing Workers’ Federation, was established in Guangzhou in 1851.In 1908, the Qing Government promulgated the first law on association in China, namely the Law on Association and Assembly. On 24 February 1922, the Guangzhou Municipal Government adopted the Regulations on Trade Unions, which provided that any laborer who had reached the age of 16 can organize trade unions and that trade unions were legal persons. This was the beginning of trade union legislation in China. During the Second Revolutionary Civil War, the following laws and regulations on trade unions had been promulgated: Organic Law of Red Trade Unions, which was adopted by the Administrative Committee of Jiangxi Province in January 1930 and provided for the nature and tasks of trade unions, and the Draft Trade Union Law, which was adopted by the Congress of Workers, Peasants and Soldiers in Western Fujian Province in March 1930. Trade union movement developed rapidly during the first 3 years of the People’s Republic of China, but suffered great loses under the influence of "ultra-leftist" ideology in the years that followed, almost totally destroyed during the period of "Cultural Revolution", and started to develop again in the late 1970s. On 29 June 1950, the Central People’s Government promulgated the first Trade Union Law of the People’s Republic of China. In April 1992, the second Trade Union Law was adopted by the National People’s Congress. On 27 October 2001, a decision to revise the Trade Union Law was made by the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People’s Congress. The revised Trade Union Law is the third one in the history of the People’s Republic of China. Trade unions are mass organizations of the working展开更多
文摘Currently, apart from those in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, there are 120 million trade union members and nearly 1 million grassroots-level trade union organizations in China, all of them are under the unified leadership of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions. In China, the first trade union organization, the Packing Workers’ Federation, was established in Guangzhou in 1851.In 1908, the Qing Government promulgated the first law on association in China, namely the Law on Association and Assembly. On 24 February 1922, the Guangzhou Municipal Government adopted the Regulations on Trade Unions, which provided that any laborer who had reached the age of 16 can organize trade unions and that trade unions were legal persons. This was the beginning of trade union legislation in China. During the Second Revolutionary Civil War, the following laws and regulations on trade unions had been promulgated: Organic Law of Red Trade Unions, which was adopted by the Administrative Committee of Jiangxi Province in January 1930 and provided for the nature and tasks of trade unions, and the Draft Trade Union Law, which was adopted by the Congress of Workers, Peasants and Soldiers in Western Fujian Province in March 1930. Trade union movement developed rapidly during the first 3 years of the People’s Republic of China, but suffered great loses under the influence of "ultra-leftist" ideology in the years that followed, almost totally destroyed during the period of "Cultural Revolution", and started to develop again in the late 1970s. On 29 June 1950, the Central People’s Government promulgated the first Trade Union Law of the People’s Republic of China. In April 1992, the second Trade Union Law was adopted by the National People’s Congress. On 27 October 2001, a decision to revise the Trade Union Law was made by the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People’s Congress. The revised Trade Union Law is the third one in the history of the People’s Republic of China. Trade unions are mass organizations of the working