Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) - China (Ratification: 1990)

Article 5 of the Convention. Tripartite consultations required by the Convention. The Committee notes the Government’s report received in November 2013 which indicates that, in 2011 and 2012, the Government coordinated with the All–China Federation of Trade Unions and the China Enterprise Confederation for the submission of reports, pursuant to article 22 of the ILO Constitution and under the follow-up to the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Furthermore, the Government indicates that the abovementioned organizations were also consulted, when the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security submitted the HIV and AIDS Recommendation, 2010 (No. 200), and the Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), to the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress and to the State Council, in April 2012. During the period covered by the Government’s report, three tripartite meetings took place; two training seminars on reporting obligations were held in Beijing, while a meeting held in Nanchang concerned the elimination of child labour. Moreover, the Committee also notes the observations made by the China Enterprise Confederation submitted with the Government’s report concerning its involvement in the revision of relevant labour legislation since 2011. The Committee invites the Government to provide in its next report detailed information on the content and outcome of the consultations held on each of the matters set out in Article 5(1) of the Convention.