Review Of China's Collective Contract System

The system of adjusting the relationship between labor groups and enterprises through collective contracts originated in the developed countries of western market economy,and after several centuries of development and improvement,it gradually became an important system to balance labor force and coordinate social and economic order.The legislation of collective contract system in China was first seen in “The Labor Law of The People's Republic of China” in 1994,and The All-China Federation of Trade Unions repeatedly asked trade unions at all levels to focus on strengthening the promotion of the collective contract system.Over 20 years since then,the collective contract system has achieved fruitful results in harmonious labor relations and safeguarding workers' rights and interests.However,with the change of the international economic environment,the deepening of domestic market economy and the complexity of labor-capital relations,the development of collective contract system is unbalanced in the process of implementation,with emphasis on indicators rather than consultation,and on signing contracts rather than performance.The reasons for these phenomena are on the one hand,due to the inadequate understanding of collective contract system between employers and employees which leads to inadequate subjective initiative,but more importantly,the inadequacy of the establishment and implementation of collective contracts as a legal system affects the authority of the collective contract system and makes it not play a real fundamental role in resolving the contradictions between employers and employees.Therefore,we should start with the design of the legal system and solve the problem by rationally improving and perfecting the collective contract system.