THE FORMATION AND PROGRESS OF A LABOR CONTRACT IN CHINA
Labor relations are one of the most important areas in the PRC’s social sphere. An employment contract is the major institution in the system of labor law in the PRC. It is the main way to exercise one’s right to freedom of work and involvement in labor. Moreover, it establishes the contractual nature of the employment relationships that arise between employers and employees. It is particularly interesting to consider the regulation of an employment contract in the People’s Republic of China, since the PRC has the world’s largest workforce. The author reveals the concept of an employment contract, analyses the rights and responsibilities of an employee and an employer in the PRC, mandatory and optional terms and conditions of an employment contract, considers the contemporary state of an employment contract in the PRC highlighting the peculiarities of regulation of labor relations in China, and evaluates the main legislative acts of the PRC, aimed at regulating an employment contract in China. The article analyzes the degree of influence of social, socio-economic, political and historical transformations on the formation of the institution of an employment contract in the PRC.