Commit, a Chinese TD-SCDMA chip manufacturer which may face bankruptcy because of a loss of capital, has announced plans to stop business operations and pay off the defaulted salaries and travel expenses to its employees. Read More >

The National Bureau of Statistics of China says a nationwide sampling survey on 68000 rural households in 31 provinces of China indicated that per capita cash income of farmers reached RMB1,494 in the first quarter, a year-on-year increase of 18.5%. Read More >

The Southwest Management Bureau of the Civil Aviation Administration of China has punished China Eastern Airlines' Yunnan Branch for the company's returned flights incident earlier this month after some of its pilots had a labor dispute. Read More >

A representative surnamed Sun from All-China Federation of Trade Unions told local media that ACFTU would ask Xiamen Topstar Lighting Co. Ltd, a joint venture company of General Electric in Xiamen, China to rectify its work hours and fulfill payment to employees for overtime work. Read More >

After days of silence, General Electric, which has been accused by Policy Matters Ohio of violating China's labor laws, has issued a statement denying all the claims raised by PMO. Read More >

Policy Matters Ohio, a non-profit organization from the United States, published a report at the end of March which it says that General Electric's joint venture company in Xiamen has violated China's Labor Law by not offering necessary safety measures for employees. Read More >

China Eastern has finally admitted that the returned flights of the company were caused by the deliberate action of the company's pilots and it has agreed to compensate the passengers who were affected. Read More >

Employees in China will for the first time have one day off on the Qing Ming Festival day and they will be paid three times their daily salary if they are asked to work on this legal holiday. Read More >

Wrigley China and Beijing Duoqi Enterprise Management and Consultant Company have been together sued by a former Chinese employee who claims he was fired by the company for carrying the Hepatitis B virus. Read More >

The "2007 Survey of the Public's Evaluation of Multinational Companies' Image In China", released by Guangdong Provincial Situation Survey and Research Center, shows that 81.29% of the interviewees believe that multinational companies are discriminating against Chinese employees in China. Read More >

Jiangsu Provincial Government has reviewed and passed the "Jiangsu Migrant Workers' Right Protection Rule", which is expected to be formally issued soon. Read More >

Fujian Province will set up an employee salary increase mechanism to ensure that salary increases will be adjusted to an enterprise's performance. Read More >