Labor & Migrants

Household registration reform retains planned economy ideologies

The authors of this article believe that the content of the State Council's “Suggestions for advancing reform of the household registration system” retain a strong ideological lean towards that of a planned economy.

2014-08-05

"Love save pneumoconiosis" founder Wang Keqin: To not give up on life is a fundamental principle

In an interview, Wang Keqin, the founder of the organization "Love save pneumoconiosis", discusses his organization’s recently published report on how pneumoconiosis (black lung disease) affects rural workers, which is the first specialized report on this topic.

2014-07-16

Interview with Wang Wei of the Xi’an Domestic Workers’ Union

This article is an interview of Ms Wang Wei, chairwoman of the Xi'an Domestic Workers' Union, in which she tells us her story and explains how the union was created.

2014-07-15

Report shows 80% pneumoconiosis-affected migrant workers fail to receive compensation

According to a report from the China social assistance Foundation's “Love save pneumoconiosis" fund only 25.72% migrant workers diagnosed with the disease ask for compensation and only 17.3% of them obtain one.

2014-07-09

People-oriented Urbanization? Three events in May

CDB intern Martina Poletti reports on three events in May that discussed making China’s urbanization more sustainable.

2014-07-08

Migrant college entrance examination candidates’ fates hinge on parents’ social security contribution status

In the wake of the state college entrance examinations, Du Na (not her real name) is in despair despite having received an aggregate score of 598, 70 points higher than the entry cut-off scores of the top-tier colleges.

2014-07-07

Beijing reiterates the “five proofs” requirement for migrant children to enroll in school

The Beijing Municipal Education Commission has reiterated that it will continue to maintain its enrollment requirements for mandatory education for those who have non-Beijing hukou. These requirements are commonly known as the “five proofs.”

2014-07-02

Closing Meeting of the Project on Capacity Building Training for Chinese Labor NGOs’ United Rights Protection Campaign

August 1, 2013 China Development Brief Worker Representatives of the Participants Mr. Wei Wei is making a summary statement. In the afternoon of July 29, 2013, Little Bird Mutual-Aid Hotline for Migrant Workers held the closing meeting of…

2013-08-05

CDB Editorial: The Advance and Retreat of Labor NGOs

This editorial addresses the troubling harassment of labor NGOs in Guangdong during the summer and fall of 2012

2013-06-13

View from the Media: College Entrance Exam Woes for Migrant Children

In this article Amanda Brown-Inz examines the issues around the children of migrant workers taking the college entrance exams.

2013-02-22

View from the Media: A Long Way Home for Migrant Workers

As Chinese prepare for the massive annual chunyun (Chinese New Year migration), a number of incidents reported by mainstream media have generated a public debate concerning the role and responsibilities of the government and private citizens in providing aid to migrant workers

2013-02-04

Labor NGOs: Growing Pains

The following is a translation of an in-depth Southern Daily (Nanfang Ribao) article examining the recent suppression of labor NGOs in Guangdong.

2012-09-25

Labor NGO Growing Pains: the Government Should Regulate and Guide Labor Groups , September 3, 2012

More news comes out about the repression of labor NGOs in Shenzhen which started this February and has already affected more than 10 groups.

2012-09-19

Civil Society Contributions to Policy Innovation in China

In this original English-language article, Amanda Brown-Inz and Sabine Mokry report on an international conference held in May of this year in Beijing on civil society contributions to policy innovation in China.

2012-08-23

POLICY BRIEF NO. 7: Local Initiatives and Incremental Measures

This month sees more news coming from Guangdong, Nanjing and Beijing all having to do with different local approaches aimed at lowering the barriers to registration for NGOs. Questions are raised about the implementation of a new regulation aimed at allowing social organizations to register directly given recent developments in the labor sector.

2012-08-21

CDB Reports

Household registration reform retains planned economy ideologies

"Love save pneumoconiosis" founder Wang Keqin: To not give up on life is a fundamental principle

Interview with Wang Wei of the Xi’an Domestic Workers’ Union

Report shows 80% pneumoconiosis-affected migrant workers fail to receive compensation

People-oriented Urbanization? Three events in May

Migrant college entrance examination candidates’ fates hinge on parents’ social security contribution status

Beijing reiterates the “five proofs” requirement for migrant children to enroll in school

Closing Meeting of the Project on Capacity Building Training for Chinese Labor NGOs’ United Rights Protection Campaign

CDB Editorial: The Advance and Retreat of Labor NGOs

View from the Media: College Entrance Exam Woes for Migrant Children

View from the Media: A Long Way Home for Migrant Workers

Labor NGOs: Growing Pains

Labor NGO Growing Pains: the Government Should Regulate and Guide Labor Groups , September 3, 2012

Civil Society Contributions to Policy Innovation in China

POLICY BRIEF NO. 7: Local Initiatives and Incremental Measures

The Role of NGOs in an Uncertain Policy Environment for Migrant Schools

“Guangdong social organizations can directly register with Civil Affairs departments after July 1st”

Using Traditional Resources to Organize Workers

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