LABOUR ADMINISTRATION REFORMS IN CHINA -- COVER -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- List of FIGURES -- Figure 1 Structure of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security -- Figure 2 Relationships between labour administrations at various levels -- Figure 3 Case management -- Figure 4 Structure of the State Administration of Work Safety -- Figure 5 Provincial-city-district/county level OSH administration andinspection, Shandong Province -- LABOUR ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM IN CHINA -- Definition of labour administration -- Labour administration and its evolution in China -- The functions and structure of the Ministry of HumanResources and Social Security -- Relationships between labour administrations at variouslevels -- LABOUR AND SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION -- Introduction -- The legal system of labour relations -- The Labour Contract Law -- Open-ended contracts -- Labour dispatch -- Collective agreements at regional or sectoral level -- Tripartite mechanism for coordinating labour relations -- The Social Insurance Law -- Pension insurance -- Transferability of social insurance between different districts -- Inclusion of rural residents -- Reduction of work injury costs borne by employers -- Collection of social insurance contributions -- Strengthening the management and supervision of socialinsurance funds -- Improving social insurance services -- LABOUR RELATIONS -- Preliminary remarks -- The labour relations adjustment system -- Establishing and improving a labour contract system -- Establishing and improving systems of collective consultation1and collective contract -- Improving the labour standard system -- Improving the system of labour dispute settlement -- Setting up a labour inspection system -- Reforming the wage and income distribution system -- Setting up a tripartite mechanism for coordinating labour relations.

Views and opinions -- WORKING CONDITIONS -- Main issues -- Labour legislation on working conditions -- Working hours -- Rest periods and holiday entitlement -- Minimum wages -- Vulnerable workers and equality -- Women workers -- Rural migrant workers -- LABOUR INSPECTION -- Introduction -- Twin Networks Management -- Introduction -- Definition -- Relevance of Twin Networks Management -- Grid-based management -- Gridding -- Personnel -- Functions of the grid-based management -- Network-based management -- Information collection and sharing -- Data comparison and dynamic monitoring -- Classified enterprises and prioritized inspection -- Management of cases -- Work evaluation and statistics -- Early warning and forecasting -- Requirements for improvements to the Twin NetworksManagement system -- Implementation targets -- Establishing grass-roots grids -- Developing the MISLI -- Regulating the Twin Networks Management system -- Providing support to implement the Twin Networks Managementsystem -- Strengthening the leadership -- Looking forward to a better enforcement policy -- Capacity building of labour inspectors -- Appointment of labour inspectors -- Training of labour inspectors -- Main views on labour inspection -- OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH -- Occupational safety and health issues -- Functions and structure of the State Administration ofWork Safety -- The main functions of the SAWS -- Structure of the SAWS -- General Office (Department of International Cooperation,Department of Finance) -- Department of Policy and Legislation -- Department of Planning, Science and Technology -- Office of Work Safety Emergency Rescue (Department of Statistics) -- 1st Department of Work Safety Supervision (Office of Offshore OilOperation Safety) -- 2nd Department of Work Safety Supervision -- 3rd Department of Work Safety Supervision.

4th Department of Work Safety Supervision -- Department of Occupational Health Supervision -- Department of Personnel (Office of National Work SafetySupervisors) -- State Administration of Coal Mine Safety -- National Workplace Emergency Management Centre -- Local work safety administration -- OSH inspection services -- The need for a holistic approach -- A new law enforcement and prevention strategy (including SMEs) -- Employers' responsibility -- A systematic approach to hazard identification, risk assessmentand control -- Responsibility and liability of other duty holders -- Inspectors' liability -- Qualifications of inspectors -- Operational aspects of OSH inspection -- Aspects of organization -- Registration and notification of work accidents and diseases -- Issues related to sanctions -- Making better use of employers' organizations, trade unionsand their Labour Protection Supervisors -- Cooperation between different parties -- EMPLOYMENT PROMOTION -- Introduction -- Active employment policy -- Background -- Main contents of the active employment policy -- From policy to law -- Public employment services -- Upgrading the service -- SOCIAL SECURITY -- The social security system -- Extension of social insurance coverage -- Expansion of coverage of basic old-age insurance -- Medical insurance for all -- Extension of unemployment, work injury and maternityinsurance coverage -- Social insurance administration and services -- Social insurance administration system -- Improving social insurance services -- RESEARCH AND NATIONAL PROGRAMMES -- Research institutions -- National programmes -- INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION -- China and the ILO -- The period from 1983 to 2000 -- The period from 2001 to 2015 -- Memorandum of Understanding -- Selected areas of cooperation -- Labour inspection -- Occupational safety and health -- Gender equality.

Challenges and priorities -- Priorities for future cooperation -- Employment promotion -- Social security -- Labour relations -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.