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South-South Cooperation

ILO-ACTRAV sign agreement with All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU)

Second edition

Ergonomic checkpoints in agriculture: Practical and easy-to-implement solutions for improving safety, health and working conditions

This manual presents practical solutions for improvements in agricultural work and rural life from an ergonomics point of view. The checkpoints it lists are intended to be used as a means to improve existing working and living conditions, for better...

Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprise

Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) is a practical training and in-factory counseling programme that improves productivity and working conditions in SMEs. The product demonstrates best international practice in the...

Governing Labour Standards in the Chinese Electronics Manufacturing Industry: Labour Market Institutions and Governance of Global...

Transition from a planned economy to a market economy has brought unprecedented success in rapid industrialization and poverty reduction in China. It has also brought the enormous challenges of restructuring China’s labour markets, developing new...

Employment Promotion Project following the Earthquake in Mianzhu, Sichuan Province, China

In May 2008 an earthquake registering 8.0 on the Richter scale struck the Sichuan province in China. Official statistics state that over 45 million people were affected, including 69,163 deaths. Approximately 6.5 million homes were destroyed and...

Elimination of forced labour is our bottom line

The All-China Federation of Trade Unions said "the elimination of forced labour is our bottom line".

HealthWISE - Work Improvement in Health Services - Action Manual

HealthWISE is a practical, participatory quality improvement tool for health facilities. The HealthWISE package consists of an Action Manual and a Trainers' Guide to combine action and learning. The Chinese translation was prepared by the National...

HealthWISE - Work Improvement in Health Services - Trainers' Guide

HealthWISE is a practical, participatory quality improvement tool for health facilities. The Trainers' Guide accompanies the Action Manual- combining action and learning. Topics include occupational safety and health, personnel management and...

Publication

International Women's Day 2014: Equality for Women is progress for all

On International Women’s Day 2014, the ILO-Irish Aid Partnership Programme on disability recognizes the leadership and achievements of individual disabled women in selected countries. This brochure acknowledges their accomplishments and shares...

Promote social justice and decent work through social dialogue

The All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) said it will further strengthen the cooperation with ILO under the framework of south-south cooperation.

New Country Director for the ILO Country Office for China and Mongolia

Mr Tim De Meyer has taken up his post as the International Labour Organization's (ILO) new Country Director in Beijing.

Practical solutions

Second edition of ergonomic checkpoints now also available in Chinese

Fully revised and expanded, this new edition of the highly successful 'Ergonomic checkpoints' is aimed at reducing work-related accidents and diseases and improving safety, health and working conditions. Building on the wealth of experience of...

ILO/China South-South Cooperation Project to Expand Employment Services and Enhance Labour Market Information in Cambodia and the Lao...

This project is designed to improve labour market efficiency and participation, reducing unemployment, and enhancing linkages and information flows between jobseekers and employers, which will in turn contribute to the reduction of poverty in...

Background Brief No.4 - September 2013

Green Jobs Programme for Asia and the Pacific

This background brief provides a summary of the latest news, activities and events from the ILO Green Jobs Programme for Asia and the Pacific up to September 2013.

Global Employment Trends 2014

Weak economic recovery does not extend to jobs

Global labour markets still stalled despite slow economic recovery, according to the ILO’s Global Employment Trends 2014 report, which calls for an urgent switch to more employment-friendly policies.

The Ability Factor: Employing people with disabilities makes good business sense

People with disabilities are the world's largest minority group (1 billion people — 15% of the world's population; of which 785 million are of working age). They face many barriers to employment, including physical, information and attitudinal...

Unlocking the treasure

One out of every seven people in the world - or some 1 billion people - has a disability. Approximately 785 of them are estimated to be of working age, but most do not work. Women and men with disabilities can and want to be productive members of...

A reason to Live

This film shows employment barriers of the disabled persons and measures taken to tackle this issue from the Chinese government, ILO and civil society organization.

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Including people with disabilities, everyone stands to gain

“Too many people with disabilities are denied the dignity of work (...) We need to break barriers and open doors for an inclusive society for all,” says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder in a statement on the occasion of International Day of Persons...

Country brief

Youth Employment and Migration in China

With 1.35 billion people, China has the largest population in the world and a total working age population of 937 million. For historical and political reasons, full employment has been consistently high on the Government agenda.