New employment legislation in the PRC offers enhanced rights to the country’s workers. Guillaume Rougier-Brierre reports

On 29 June, 2007, the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC’s) top legislature, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, adopted the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Labour Contract. The new law gives legal protection to the vast majority of workers who had no way to protect their rights under the old system.