A draft law on labor contract was passed Friday during an
executive meeting of the State Council presided over by Premier Wen
Jiabao.
The meeting said that the labor contract system set up in July
1994 played an important role in promoting the harmonious
relationship between employees and employers.
As China's market economy develops, new problems are cropping up
in the implementation of the labor contract system.
A special law on a labor contract system under the condition of
the socialist market economy is being drafted.
According to the meeting, the draft law would be delivered to
the Standing Committee of the National
People's Congress for deliberation after some
modifications.
The meeting also analyzed social and economic development up to
now this year and studied the economic work next year according to
the proposal on the 11th Five-Year Program passed earlier this
month at the fifth plenary session of the 16th Central Committee of
the Communist Party of China.
(Xinhua News Agency October 29, 2005)