The National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China has ratified two International Labour Organization (ILO) treaties on forced labour on April 20, 2022 ahead of a visit to the country next month by UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet.

ILO has welcomed the decision by China’s top legislature to approve the ratification of the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29)  and the Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105) .

Ratification of these two instruments, which are classified as Fundamental Conventions, will bring the total number of ILO Conventions ratified by China  to 28, including six of the eight Fundamental Conventions.