In Chinese labor law, the meeting of all the employees is a Marxist concept rooted in a traditional belief that the great masses of the workers are the true masters of productive enterprise, and prior to market reform constituted a meeting of everyone employed at a particular enterprise under the leadership of Communist Party officers.

The meeting of all the employees concept was revised in the Chinese Communist Party’s September 15, 1986, Rules on the Organization of a Meeting of All the Employees at Industrial Enterprises. The current rules is empowered to participate in the management of all aspects of industrial operations, from wages, work hours, working conditions, and safety.

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