Reports

Students Forced to Intern at Wuling Motors

Download the Report 此报告暂无中文版 Students from the School of Automotive, Guangxi Technological College of Machinery and Electricity, were sent to the production line at Liuzhou Wuling Automobile Industry Co., Ltd. in August 2020. They were asked to sign a tripartite employment agreement from August 1, 2020 to January 31, 2021. After they started working, their school and the factory did not adhere to the internship agreement. The student interns’ rights were violated. The student interns have written a joint letter…

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Minimum Wage Standards in China

Download the Report In 2018, CLW released a report on minimum wage standards in China. This is an updated report compiled by CLW volunteers. The tables in this report demonstrate the current minimum wage standards for all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in China. All wages are in Chinese currency. (One Chinese yuan = 0.15 US dollar in September 2020.) For detailed information, please read the report.

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The Dark Side of the Glittering World: A Report on Exploitation in Toy Factories in China

Download the Report Executive Summary 1) Context: the Left-Behinds of the Chinese Economic Miracle From the late 1970’s, China’s economy has enjoyed 30 years of explosive growth. With its 1.4 billion inhabitants, it is now the world’s largest economy. This economic miracle, now on everyone’s lips, has lifted hundreds of millions of Chinese out of poverty and made China a key player in globalization. A middle class, consuming goods and services, and confident in its potential for enrichment has emerged. But…

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iPhone 11 Illegally Produced in China: Apple Allows Supplier Factory Foxconn to Violate Labor Laws

download here (Entrance to Zhengzhou Foxconn) (郑州综合保税区大门外 ) Over the years, China Labor Watch has monitored the working conditions at several Foxconn facilities and investigations have revealed a string of labor rights violations. In this year’s report, several investigators were employed at the Zhengzhou Foxconn factory, and one of the investigators worked there for over four years. Because of the long investigation period, this report reveals many details about the working and living conditions at the Foxconn factory. Dubbed Apple’s “iPhone…

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Amazon’s Supplier Factory Foxconn Recruits Illegally: Interns Forced to Work Overtime

Download the report In 2018, China Labor Watch (CLW) conducted an investigation into Hengyang Foxconn. The investigation found the factory recruited a large number of dispatch workers, which was well over the legal limit, forced workers to work excessive overtime, among other rights violations. Amazon and Foxconn responded that they would make improvements to the factory’s working conditions. However, CLW’s 2019 investigation found that Foxconn’s working conditions have deteriorated. Workers put in more overtime hours, wages decreased, and the factory…

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An Investigative Report on Dongguan Dongwon

Download the report (Dongguan Dongwon Factory) Executive Summary On November 21, 2018, China Labor Watch received a complaint from a worker at Dongguan Dongwon Electronics regarding the working conditions at the factory. The worker mentioned that workers were putting in 170 hours of work a month, were given only 15 minutes for meal breaks and the factory employed a large number of dispatch workers that was well over the legal limit. After receiving the complaint, China Labor Watch sent in…

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2018 Social Insurance Rates in China

DOWNLOAD THE REPORT Introduction This report was completed by China Labor Watch’s interns and volunteers. The report is divided into 4 parts: the first part is an overview of social security; the second part is about the policy documents regarding social security which have been launched in recent years; the third part reveals recent social security news about each province, city, autonomous region, and municipality; the fourth part is about policies related to the current situation regarding the openness of…

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A Nightmare for Workers: Appalling Conditions in Toy Factories Persist

Download the report Executive Summary To this day, most toys are made in China. They are the source of children’s dreams all over the world. However the process through which these dreams are created remains a nightmare. Countless hours of overtime, contact with dangerous chemicals and poor wages barely enough to live on are some of the biggest problems. This report reveals violations found in four factories that produce, among others, for the biggest toy brands Hasbro, Disney, and Mattel…

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Follow-up Investigative Report on Early Light

Download the report Executive Summary  Toys play a starring role in many a childhood memory. Take a walk through a playground on a summer day and chances are you will see children running around, chasing each other with Nerf guns or playing make believe with Disney princess dolls. As innocent and idyllic as the playground scene may seem to be, the process of how those toys make it into our children’s hands is much less picturesque.Early Light International Ltd. Co. is…

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An Investigative Report on HEG Technology: A Samsung and Xiaomi Supplier Factory

Download the report (HEG Recruitment notice near the factory entrance) Executive Summary China Labor Watch has investigated the working conditions at Huizhou HEG Technology since 2012 and issued investigative reports on HEG in 2012, 2014, and 2015. This current report is the fourth report on HEG. HEG is a state-controlled company that supplies to brand companies, including Samsung, Oppo, Xiaomi and TCL. CLW’s initial investigation in 2012 into HEG uncovered major rights violations such as child labor, unpaid wages for…

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Minimum Wage Standards in China

DOWNLOAD THE REPORT Introduction  In 2016, CLW released a report on minimum wage standards in China. This is an updated report compiled by CLW volunteers. The tables in this report demonstrate the current minimum wage standards for all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in China. All wages are in Chinese currency. (One Chinese yuan = 0.15 US dollar in June 2018.) For detailed information, please read the report.

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Amazon Profits from Secretly Oppressing its Supplier’s Workers: An Investigative Report on Hengyang Foxconn

Download the report （ Hengyang Foxconn factory） Executive Summary   From August 2017 to April 2018, China Labor Watch dispatched several investigators into Hengyang Foxconn, a factory that predominantly manufactures products for Amazon. CLW’s investigation revealed a number of rights violations at the Hengyang Foxconn factory, which manufactures Amazon’s Kindle, Echo Dots and tablets. This is CLW’s first investigation into an Amazon supplier factory. The investigation revealed that dispatch workers made up more than 40% of the workforce, a clear…

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