Chinese Trade Unions Congress to be Held in September

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Chinese Trade Unions Congress to be Held in September

The Chinese Trade Unions 14th National Congress is to be held in Beijing on Sep. 22-26, and preparations are in full swing, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) announced Thursday.

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The Chinese Trade Unions 14th National Congress is to be held in Beijing on Sep. 22-26, and preparations are in full swing, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) announced Thursday.

The congress will hear and deliberate the work report of the 13th Executive Committee of the ACFTU, discuss and adopt an amended version of the federation's Constitution and the financialreport of the 13th Executive Committee, and elect the 14th ACFTU Executive Committee and the Financial Auditing Committee.

Altogether 1,698 official representatives have been elected to attend the congress. The federation has invited another 253 representatives, including 34 from Hong Kong and Macao.

China has 1,710,000 trade unions at grass-roots level, up from 51,000 five years ago, with a record 134 million members, a sharp increase from 90 million in 1998.

The ACFTU, set up in 1925, is the leading body of all local trade union councils and all national organizations of industrial trade unions. The national congress, held every five years, is the supreme leading body of Chinese trade unions.

All-China Federation of Trade Unions

The All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU), which will hold its Fourteenth National Congress on Sept. 22, is the leading body of all local trade union councils and national institutions of industrial trade unions.

It was formerly founded at the Second All-China Labor Congress in Guangzhou City in southern China on May 1, 1925, and was forced underground in 1927 after the First Revolutionary Civil War.

The Sixth All-China Labor Congress held from Aug. 1 to 22, 1948,in northeastern China's Harbin City decided to restore the federation.

An organization formed by Chinese workers of their own accord, the federation prescribes its basic tasks as protecting the legitimate rights and interests of workers and staff members.

The organization aims to build a labor force with lofty ideals,knowledge of science and culture and a high sense of discipline byimproving education among workers and staff members.

It is also the organization's major task to bring into full play the role of the working class as the key force in China's development.

The ACFTU resumed relations with the International Labor Organization in 1983 and has established ties with trade unions ofvarious political orientations in over 130 countries and regions.

The supreme leading body of China's trade unions is the national congress and the executive committee of the ACFTU electedat the national congress.

The national congress now meets every five years. The Thirteenth National Congress of the ACFTU was held in 1998 in Beijing.

Wang Zhaoguo, chairman of the ACFTU, is also vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress.

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