News and events

2021

  1. Press release

    The ILO and China reaffirm the strategic South-South Cooperation partnership in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

    01 December 2021

2020

  1. Press release

    Joint UN Programme To Support Collaboration and Effective Labour Migration Governance Launched on Eve of International Migrants Day

    17 December 2020

    The programme will work closely with the 12 member states of the Colombo Process to facilitate international co-operation on labour migration issues across South, South East and East Asia.

  2. Garment sector in Asia and the Pacific

    Women hit hard by COVID-19 impact on garment sector

    20 November 2020

    A new brief highlights COVID-19 impacts on women and men workers in the garment sector and recommendations for a gender-responsive recovery.

2019

  1. Press release

    China expands its support to South-South Triangular Cooperation in ASEAN countries

    22 November 2019

  2. Press release

    ILO broadens cooperation with its Chinese partners under the Belt and Road Initiative

    29 April 2019

    “The Belt and Road Initiative opens new perspectives and new opportunities for international cooperation.” says ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder.

2018

  1. South-South Cooperation

    China partners with the ILO to advance South-South cooperation

    06 November 2018

    The ILO and Chinese Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) join forces to promote full employment and decent work in 3 Asian countries

2016

  1. Memorandum of Understanding

    ILO-China strategic partnership consolidated with MOU renewal

    06 September 2016

    On the eve of ILO’s centenary and the 40th anniversary of China’s Reform and Opening-up Initiative, the ILO and the MOHRSS are re-defining their cooperation as a strategic partnership on the basis of important achievements made particularly in the last 15 years.

2012

  1. Press release

    China and ILO sign south-south cooperation agreement

    12 June 2012

    The Vice Minister of Human Resources and Social Security of the People’s Republic of China, Mr Wang Xiaochu, and the Director-General of the lLO, Mr Juan Somavia have signed a US$1 million partnership agreement.