The Urumqi Municipal Construction Commission has exposed 17 construction companies for being in arrears with salaries payments to migrant workers' salaries and required these companies to pay the arrears within a given deadline or to stop the construction of the projects concerned.

The All China Federation of Trade Unions says it will coordinate with the relevant government authorities to take effective measures to regularize workers' back pay before the Spring Festival begins at the end of January 2009.

To avoid increased salary expenses resulting from the implementation of the new labor law, many companies in Macau have been signing new labor contracts with their employees, with the aim of lowering basic salaries and reducing overtime payments.

More than 400 migrant workers and building material suppliers rushed into Foxconn's premises in Beijing, asking for payment for deferred salaries and materials supplied.

After an article with photos by the Wang Haofeng Focus (Wang Haofeng Jujiao) exposed the serious situation of child labor abuse in Wuhan on the Internet, the Hubei Provincial Government has began to take strong measures against child labor abuse.

The Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and Zhejiang Provincial Government have jointly promulgated a document promoting collective wage negotiations.