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World Employment and Social Outlook

ILO expects global unemployment to drop slightly in 2024, but slow progress to reduce inequalities is “worrying”

Unequal access to employment opportunities remains a problem worldwide, even as new projections from the ILO show an improvement in global joblessness this year.

APESO 2024

Asia-Pacific labour markets show recovery amidst looming demographic challenges

The Asia Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2024, reveals persistent employment issues and calls for inclusive policies to avert ageing crisis.

APESO

Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2024: Promoting decent work and social justice to manage ageing societies

This Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2024 report pulls together the most recent statistics to depict the state of the labour market and its impact on the 3.4 billion people living in the region. Beyond past trends, the report examines the...

Video of the Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2024 launch event

This video recording captured the launch of ILO's flagship report, held at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand (FCCT) in Bangkok and online, on 28 May 2024.

A conversation with Changhee LEE, Director of the ILO Country Office for China and Mongolia, by Sina Finance

An interview with Changhee LEE, Director of the ILO Country Office for China and Mongolia, by China Economic Daily

South-South Technical Workshop ‘Promoting Skills and Employment for Decent Work in Rural Development’ and Expert Workshop on Quality...

On 21-22 May 2024, the International Labour Organization (ILO), in cooperation with the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS), successfully held the South-South Technical Workshop ‘Promoting Skills and Employment for Decent Work...

Media Advisory

The International Labour Organization (ILO) to release a new report “Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2024 - Promoting decent...

Social protection

ILO supports online technical exchange between China and Portugal on social protection coverage extension for platform workers

ILO Beijing Office in collaboration with ILO Office in Lisbon, organized an online technical exchange session between Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) of China and Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security (MTSSS) of...

ADBI-OECD-ILO joint publication

Labor migration in Asia: Trends, skills certification, and seasonal work

The report describes the labour migration landscape and trends in Asia as the region continues its post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery.

OSH Day 2024

ILO and the Ministry of Emergency Management of China jointly launches the new China SCORE programme

New SCORE partnership to benefit more workers and enterprises in China.

Ensuring safety and health at work in a changing climate

Climate change is a real threat to worker safety across the Asia-Pacific region. To mark World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2024, ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific Chihoko Asada-Miyakawa explains what...

Integrated approaches for formalization in Asia and the Pacific

This report highlights why the multi-faceted dimensions of informality demand an integrated approach to formalization, outlines the nature of an integrated approach to employment formalization, reviews the extent that countries in Asia and the...

Social protection

ILO and partners promote social protection for a just transition in China

ILO/China Partnership Programme

Project Advisory Committee (PAC) meeting held in Lao to Map Out Strategy for 2024

Project Advisory Committee (PAC) meeting held successfully in Lao People's Democratic Republic.

Social protection

Quarterly Social Security Policy Monitor - Issue 16

The Quarterly Social Security Policy Monitor is produced by the ILO under the EU-China project “Improving China’s Institutional Capacity towards Universal Social Protection (Phase 2)”. It captures latest social security policy development in China,...

ILO/China Partnership Programme

Dongguan Technical College of China and Lao Women Training Center Forge Partnership under “South-South Cooperation” Skill Development...

In a landmark collaboration facilitated by the ILO/China Partnership Programme, Dongguan Technical College of China and the Lao Women Training Center officially signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) via a video conference on March 6, 2024.

ILO project experience in China shared in global Skills Fair on Quality Apprenticeships

From 27 to 29 February, the global Skills Fair on Quality Apprenticeships was successfully held jointly by the ILO and ten international organization partners in Turin, Italy. ‘Quality Apprenticeship and Lifelong Learning in China’ Project was...

ILO SCORE Training

Innovation in action: A Chinese infrastructure company’s journey towards productivity growth and decent work

This company leveraged SCORE Training to reshape their operations to enhance safety and service quality, and foster a continuous cycle of improvement to boost competitiveness and growth.

ILO Working Paper 103

New Forms of Employment and Labour Protection in China

This paper provides a panoramic description and analysis of the diversity of the new forms of employment that have been emerging in China, with the focus on their background, the main types, the status quo of labour rights protection, and the...