Industrial relations in China are undergoing profound changes. These changes were set in motion by reforms which ended centralised control of employment and wage fixing， reintroduced labour markets and made negotiations on labour contracts and wages extremely one-sided. Trade unions， which had no responsibility for collective bargaining under the socialist command economy， are now being challenged under the new dispensation to act as representatives of the workers under market conditions， while continuing to be under the tutelage of the party.

Foreword　

Introduction

Part I

Representing Workers Interests through Trade Unions

RudoL f Traub-Merz

The All China Federation of Trade Unions （ACFTU）

Structure, Functions and the Challenges from Collective Bargaining　

The ACFTU as a Lobby Organisation - The Making of the Labour Contract Law　

Tripartite Coordination with Chinese Characteristics: A First Step

Towards Tripartite Consultation and Social Dialogue?　

Capacity-building and Reform of Chinese Trade Unions：Using Legal and Democratic Means to Resolve the Conflict of Roles of Trade Union Chairs

The "Yiwu Model" and Labor Rights Protection with Chinese Characteristics

The Prospect of Trade Union Reform in China: The Cases of Wal-Mart　and　Honda　

In the Absence of Industrial Democracy: Industrial Conflicts in　China　and　Vietnam　　

Informal Labour Activism and the Prospects for Industrial Relations　Reform　in　Vietnam　

Transition in Union Representation and the Organisation of Worker Representation in Korea　

Representation of Workers by Trade Unions: The Case of Germany

Part II

Workplace Representation of Workers beyond Trade Unions

An Overview of the Workers' Congress System in China

Workplace Consultation inVietnam　

Industrial democracy through the Labor-Management Council in Non-union Firms in South-Korea　

Representation of Workers at Plant and Company Level in Germany - Elected Representatives and Their Legal Position

Part III

Corporate Social RespOnsibility and Workers InterestsReingart Zimmer

WIll Corporate Social Responsility Help tO Improve

Working Conditions?

Liu Kaiming

The Current Situation and Trend of Corporate Social

Responsibilitv in China 

Pun Ngai and Lu Huilin

The Foxconn Production Model and the New Era of

Student Workers---MaFen Knolle

Corporate Social Responsibility in Supply Chains：Improving

Working Conditions through Dialogue and Cooperation

Jenny Chan

Labour Rights Training at HP Supplier Factories in China-

Abotlt the aLlthors