Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2005, published 95th ILC session (2006)

Labour Administration Convention, 1978 (No. 150) - China (Ratification: 2002)

The Committee notes with interest the Government’s first report. In order to assess more accurately the effect given to the provisions of the Convention, it would be grateful if the Government would provide in its next report further information on the following points.

1. Organization of the labour administration system. Please provide the organization chart of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection. Please describe any new measures taken to ensure that the labour administration system operates efficiently and that the functions and responsibilities assigned to it are properly coordinated, in accordance with Articles 4 and 8 of the Convention.

2. Tripartite cooperation. Please continue to provide information on the work of the tripartite conference for the coordination of labour relations, indicating the opinions issued and the manner in which they have been taken into account. Please describe any progress made concerning the implementation and improvement of the labour relations coordination mechanism at the level of provinces, autonomous regions and towns, as well as in the different sectors of activity (Article 5).

3. Gradual extension of the labour administration system. Please describe the measures taken or envisaged with a view to gradually extending the functions of the administration to cover all agricultural workers and self-employed workers (Article 7).

4. Staff and material resources of the labour administration system. Please provide detailed information on the number of staff of the labour administration system at different grades and on the material and financial resources allocated for the performance of their duties (Article 10).

5. Application of the Convention in practice. Please send extracts of any reports or other periodic information provided by the principal labour administration services concerning the application of the Convention in practice (Part IV of the report form).