Trade Union Law of the People(工会法2011修正版)中英对照.doc

　Trade Union Law of the Peoples Republic of China 　　（Adopted at the Fifth Session of the Seventh National Peoples Congress on April 3,1992, amended in accordance with the Decision on Amending the Trade Union Law of the Peoples Republic of China made at the 24th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National Peoples Congress on October 27,2001） 　　Contents 　　Chapter I General Provisions 　　Chapter II Trade Union Organizations 　　Chapter III Rights and Obligations of Trade Unions 　　Chapter IV Basic-level Trade Union Organizations 　　Chapter V Trade Union Funds and Property 　　Chapter VI Legal Responsibility 　　Chapter VII Supplementary Provisions 　　Chapter I 　　General Provisions 　　Article 1 This Law is enacted in accordance with the Constitution of the Peoples Republic of China with a view to ensuring the status of trade unions in the political, economic and social life of the State, defining their rights and obligations and bringing into play their role in the socialist modernization drive. 　　Article 2 Trade unions are mass organizations of the working class formed by the workers and staff members on a voluntary basis. 　　The All-China Federation of Trade Unions and all the trade union organizations under it represent the interests of the workers and staff members and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the workers and staff members according to law. 　　Article 3 All manual and mental workers in enterprises, institutions and government departments within the territory of China who rely on wages or salaries as their main source of income, irrespective of their nationality, race, sex, occupation, religious belief or educational background have the right to organize or join trade unions according to law. No organizations or individuals shall obstruct or restrict them. 　　Article 4 Trade unions shall observe and safeguard the Constitution, take it as the fundamental criterion for their activities, take economic development as the central task, uphold the soc