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A key component of Chinese occupational welfare was a comprehensive ‘Labour Insurance’ (laodong baoxian) scheme which required, by law,1 state enterprises to provide old age pensions and a wide range of benefits covering maternity and birth, illness, accidents and death to employees and their dependants (see Table 1.1, Chapter 1).
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Lee, Mk. (2000). Redistributing Risks and Responsibilities. In: Chinese Occupational Welfare in Market Transition. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333982549_7
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