G. White sets out to further the understanding of the politics of economic reform by focussing on just one area - labour - and within that, one specific policy - the attempted introduction of a "labour contract system" into state industrial enterprises. Employment policy process in the PRC...

The article traces the changes in wage policy after 1976 and takes a critical look at the wage reform paying particular attention to revived wage contention in labour relations, hidden bargaining, tacit wage agreements, bonus inflation etc. Increased ability of workers to influence the wage...