On 8 October, the Chinese government published a draft bill open for consultation aimed at providing minimum guarantees to non-employee platform workers in terms of pay and working conditions. The text also includes a framework for algorithmic management and provisions to curb the use of subcontracting.
On 8 October 2026, China’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security released a draft bill requiring platforms and their partner companies to formalise their relationships with the workers they supervise: an employment contract when legal criteria are met, or a written agreement with mandatory guarantees in other cases. Open for consultation until 8 November, this 54-article text aims to strengthen the rights of platform workers without granting them widespread access to employee status.
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Éric Sautedé
Freelance