LaborLawofthePeople'sRepublicofChina(AdoptedatheEighthMeetingoftheStandingCommitteeoftheEighthNationalPeoplesCongressonJuly5,1994,promulgatedbyOrderNo
28ofthePresidentofthePeoplesRepublicofChinaonJuly5,1994,andeffectiveasofJanuary1,1995){1}Chapter1-GeneralProvisions{2}Article1{3}ThisLawisherebyformulatedinaccordancewiththeConstitutioninordertoprotectthelegitimaterightsandinterestsoflaborers,readjustlaborrelationship,establishandsafeguardthelaborsystemsuitingthesocialistmarketeconomy,andpromoteeconomicdevelopmentandsocialprogress
{4}Article2{5}ThisLawappliestoenterprises,individually-ownedeconomicorganizations(hereinafterreferredtoastheemployer)andlaborerswhoformalaborrelationshipwiththemwithintheboundaryofthePeoplesRepublicofChina
{6}Statedepartments,institutionalorganizationsandsocia