China, which already ranks second in the world in total GDP, should not repeat the tragic fate of the working class in the early days of capitalist development in the 19th century, especially in socialist China, which currently claims that workers are the leading class.
By Bin Hai
The laborers referred to in this article basically referred in the past to migrant workers. After the promulgation of China’s 2018 labor law, there is no longer a legal distinction between migrant workers and formal workers, although workers in state-owned enterprises are still divided into formal and informal workers. Here, informal workers in state-owned enterprises, workers in private enterprises and foreign-invested enterprises are collectively referred to as laborers. Since foreign-funded enterprises have a high degree of compliance with labor laws, the workers involved in the survey of this article do not include workers in wholly foreign-owned enterprises. Since Xi Jinping has stepped up his crackdown on civil society since coming to power, independent labor NGOs have basically disappeared. Therefore, it is more difficult to protect workers’ rights, and reports of violations of workers’ rights themselves are also among the targets of the CCP’s crackdowns. A nationwide independent investigation is basically impossible. The author’s investigation can only be limited to the Pearl River Delta, and he can only use pseudonyms…[Continue Reading]
Source: https://www.yibao.net/2024/07/25/labor-conditions-in-china-continue-to-deteriorate-the-example-of-the-pearl-river-delta/