# overtime

Curbing China's 'Involution' Overtime: A Push to Reclaim Rest, Consumption and Innovation

At the 2026 Two Sessions, CPPCC member Lu Ming urged legal, cultural and technological measures to tackle China's widespread unpaid overtime, citing its harms to health, consumption and innovation. His proposals include tightening the Labour Law, improving enforcement and evidence rules, encouraging industry standards and using digital tools and retraining to lift productivity.

SoBiz2026年3月6日 03:41

#overtime#Labour Law#China

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China’s Long Workweek Stalls After Nine Years — But Overwork, Low Wages and Underemployment Linger

Average weekly working hours for enterprise employees in China fell in 2025 after nine years of increases, a shift driven by limits to hours, growing anti‑overtime sentiment and better enforcement. Yet entrenched overwork among many and rising underemployment among others, combined with low hourly wages and higher employer social insurance costs, point to persistent structural problems that simple declines in hours will not solve.

SoBiz2026年1月23日 04:50

#China labor#working hours#overtime