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Article

1 Apr 2001

Author:
Tony Fung Kam Lam, Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee, in Asian Labour Update

Occupational Safety and Health in China

Chinese authorities and employers may argue that a low level of occupational safety and health (OSH) is inevitable, because China is still in the primary stage of capital accumulation. However acceptable OSH standards in the working place are basic human rights...30 workers in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone are injured every day.