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Contents |
Labour
< Opinions on Promoting the Establishment of Harmonious Labor Relations in the New Era >
Health and Safety
< General Specification for Fire Protection Facilities >
< Notice of the General Office of the National Health Commission on Further Strengthening the Occupational Health Training of Employers >
Environment
< Administration Measures for the List of Key Entities under Environmental Regulation >
Minimum Wage Standard Update
Hebei Province, Guizhou Province
Summary of Law Updates: |
Labour
1. < Opinions on Promoting the Establishment of Harmonious Labor Relations in the New Era > (2023-01-03)
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the National Federation of Trade Unions, the China Association of Enterprises / China Entrepreneur Association and the National Federation of Industry and Commerce jointly issued the Opinions on Promoting the Establishment of Harmonious Labor Relations in the New Era (hereinafter referred to as the Opinions) on 3rd January 2023. The Opinions put forward that all kinds of enterprises and enterprise gathering areas should carry out harmonious labor relations building activities by the end of 2027, so as to achieve a richer content of creation, more standardized creation standards, more scientific creation evaluation, and more perfect creation incentive measures.
Among the key contents of enterprise establishing activities, the Opinions put forward that the labor contract and collective contract system should be fully implemented, the democratic management of enterprises should be strengthened, and the basic rights and interests of employees such as labor remuneration, rest and vacation, labor safety and health, social insurance, vocational skill training should be guaranteed according to law; establish a collective negotiation and normal growth mechanism for workers' wages, strengthen labor protection and improve working conditions; establish an labor dispute mediation committee, strengthen labor dispute prevention, and promote labor dispute negotiation and reconciliation.
Health and Safety
1. < General Specification for Fire Protection Facilities > (2023-03-01)
The General Specification for Fire Protection Facilities (hereinafter referred to as the Specification) was promulgated by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of PRC on 15th July 2022 and will come into force as on 1st March 2023. The main contents and characteristic of the Specification are as follows:
2. < Notice of the General Office of the National Health Commission on Further Strengthening the Occupational Health Training of Employers > (2022-12-13)
The Notice of the General Office of the National Health Commission on Further Strengthening the Occupational Health Training of Employers (hereinafter referred to as the Notice) was promulgated by the General Office of National Health Commission on 13th December 2022, and has come into force as of the date of promulgation.
The Notice puts forward specific requirements for strengthening the occupational health training of employers from the following five aspects:
Environment
1. < Administration Measures for the List of Key Entities under Environmental Regulation > (2023-01-01)
The Administration Measures for the List of Key Entities under Environmental Regulation (hereinafter referred to as the Measures) has been gazetted by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment on 28th November 2022 and has come into force on 1st January 2023, the original Provisions on the administration of the list of key pollutant discharge units (Trial) has been abolished on the same date. The main contents of the Measures are as follows:
1. The Measures specified management and control scope of key entities
2. The Measures specified principle to determine key entities
3. The Measures define the environmental protection obligations of enterprises included in the list
4. The Measures specified the environmental obligations of the listed entities
China Minimum Wage Standard Update- January 2023 |
Area | Minimum Wage Standard (RMB/month) |
Hebei Province: Effective from 1 January 2023 | |
Shijiazhuang City: Urban District (excluding Jingxing Mining Zone), Zhengding County; Qinhuangdao City: Urban District; Tangshan City: Urban District, Qian'an City, Zunhua City, Luannan County, Qianxi County, Yutian County, Leting County, Luanzhou City; Langfang City: Urban District, Dachang County, Xianghe County, Sanhe City, Bazhou City; Baoding City: Urban District, Zhuozhou City, Baigou New City; Cangzhou City: Urban District, Bohai New District, Huanghua City, Renqiu City; Handan City: Urban District, Wu'an City; Xiong'an New District | 2200 |
Shijiazhuang City: Jinzhou City, Xinle City, Xingtang County; Chengde City: Urban District; Zhangjiakou City: Urban District (excluding Saibei District and Chabei District), Wanquan District, Chongli District, Huailai County, Zhuolu County; Qinhuangdao City: Changli County, Lulong County, Qinglong County; Langfang City: Gu'an County, Dacheng County, Wen'an County, Yongqing County; Baoding City: Gaobeidian City, Gaoyang County, Anguo City; Cangzhou City: Botou City, Hejian City, Cang County, Qing County, Dongguang County, Suning County, Wuqiao County, Haixing County, Yanshan County, Mengcun County, Nanpi County, Xian County; Hengshui City: Urban District, Jizhou District, Shenzhou City; Xingtai City: Urban District, Shahe City, Ningjin County, Neiqiu County, Julu County, Nangong City, Pingxiang County, Wei County, Qinghe County, Longyao County; Handan City: Economic Development Zone, Jinan New District, Yongnian District; Dingzhou City; Xinji City | 2000 |
Shijiazhuang City: Jingxing Mining Zone, Jingxing County, Gaoyi County, Shenze County, Wuji County, Pingshan County, Yuanshi County, Zhao County, Lingshou County, Zanhuang County; Chengde City: Pingquan City, Chengde County, Luanping County, Xinglong County, Kuancheng County, Fengning County, Longhua County, Weichang County; Zhangjiakou City: Saibei District, Chabei District, Kangbao County, Guyuan County, Shangyi County, Yangyuan County, Huai'an County, Yu County, Zhangbei County, Chicheng County; Baoding City: Dingxing County, Wangdu County, Boye County, Shunping County, Tang County, Fuping County, Laiyuan County, Laishui County, Quyang County, Yi County, Li County; Hengshui City: Zaoqiang County, Gucheng County, Jing County, Anping County, Wuyi County, Wuqiang County, Raoyang County, Fucheng County; Xingtai City: Linxi County, Guangzong County, Lincheng County, Xinhe County, Baixiang County; Handan City: Fengfeng Mining Zone, Feixiang District, Linzhang County, Cheng'an County, Quzhou County, Jize County, Qiu County, Shexian County, Wei County, Guantao County, Daming County, Guangping County, Cixian County | 1800 |
Area | Minimum Wage Standard (RMB/month) |
Guizhou Province: Effective from 1 February 2023 | |
Guiyang City: Yunyan District, Nanming District, Wudang District, Baiyun District, Huaxi District, Guanshanhu District, Qingzhen City; Zunyi City: Honghuagang District, Huichuan District, Bozhou District, Chishui City, Renhuai City; Liupanshui City: Zhongshan District, Panzhou City; Anshun City: Xixiu District, Pingba District; Bijie City: Qixingguan District; Tongren City: Bijiang District, Wanshan District; Qiandongnan Prefecture: Kaili City; Qiannan Prefecture: Duyun City; Qianxi'nan Prefecture: Xingyi City | 1890 |
Guiyang City: Kaiyang County; Zunyi City: Tongzi County, Meitan County, Yuqing County, Suiyang County, Xishui County; Liupanshui City: Liuzhi Special Zone, Shuicheng District; Bijie City: Qianxi City, Nayong County, Zhijin County, Jinsha County; Tongren City: Yuping County; Qiandongnan Prefecture: Zhenyuan County, Shibing County; Qiannan Prefecture: Longli County, Guiding County, Fuquan City; Qianxi'nan Prefecture: Xingren City, Anlong County | 1760 |
Guiyang City: Xifeng County, Xiuwen County; Zunyi City: Daozhen County, Fenggang County, Zheng'an County, Wuchuan County; Anshun City: Puding County, Guanling County, Zhenning County, Ziyun County; Bijie City: Hezhang County, Dafang County, Weining County; Tongren City: Yinjiang County, Jiangkou County, Dejiang County, Shiqian County, Sinan County, Yanhe County, Songtao County; Qiandongnan Prefecture: Huangping County, Rongjiang County, Taijiang County, Danzhai County, Cengong County, Tianzhu County, Liping County, Jinping County, Jianhe County, Leishan County, Sansui County, Congjiang County, Majiang County; Qiannan Prefecture: Changshun County, Weng'an County, Huishui County, Luodian County, Libo County, Sandu County, Dushan County, Pingtang County; Qianxi'nan Prefecture: Pu'an County, Ceheng County, Wangmo County, Zhenfeng County, Qinglong County |
1660 |
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