中华人民共和国劳动法（英文版）

Labour Act. Dated 5 July 1994.
(China Daily, 6 July 1994, p. 2.) Table of contents
CHAPTER I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER II. PROMOTION OF EMPLOYMENT
CHAPTER III. LABOUR CONTRACTS AND COLLECTIVE CONTRACTS CHAPTER IV. WORKING HOURS, REST AND VACATIONS
CHAPTER V. WAGES
CHAPTER VI. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
CHAPTER VII. SPECIAL PROTECTION FOR FEMALE STAFF AND JUVENILE WORKERS
CHAPTER VIII. VOCATIONAL TRAINING
CHAPTER IX. SOCIAL INSURANCE AND WELFARE
CHAPTER X. LABOUR DISPUTES
CHAPTER XI. SUPERVISION AND INSPECTION
CHAPTER XII. LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY
CHAPTER XIII. SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS

CHAPTER I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. This Law is formulated in accordance with the Constitution in order to protect the legitimate rights and interests of labourers, readjust labour relationship, establish and safeguard a labour system suited to the socialist market economy, and promote economic development and social progress.

Section 2. This Law applies to all enterprises and individual economic organizations (hereafter referred to as employing units) within the boundary of the People's Republic of China, and labourers who form a labour relationship therewith.

State organs, institutional organizations and societies as well as labourers who form a labour contract relationship therewith shall follow this Law.

Section 3. Labourers shall have the right to be employed on an equal basis, choose occupations, obtain remuneration for their labour, take rest, have holidays and leaves, obtain protection of occupational safety and health, receive training in vocational skills, enjoy social insurance and welfare, and submit applications for settlement of labour disputes, and other rights relating to labour as stipulated by law.

Labourers shall fulfil their labour tasks , improve their vocational skills, follow rules on occupational safety and health, and observe labour discipline and professional ethics.

Section 4. The employing units shall establish and perfect rules and regulations in accordance with the law so as to ensure that labourers enjoy the right to work and fulfil labour obligations.

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Section 5. The State shall take various measures to promote employment, develop vocational education, lay down labour standards, regulate social incomes, perfect social insurance system, coordinate labour relationship, and gradually raise the living standard of labourers.

Section 6. The State shall advocate the participation of labourers in social voluntary labour and the development of their labour competitions and activities of forwarding rational proposals, encourage and protect the scientific research and technical renovation engaged by labourers, as well as their inventions and creations; and commend and award labour models and advanced workers.

Section 7. Labourers shall have the right to participate in and organize trade unions in accordance with the law.