Provisions prohibiting the use of child labor

Article 1 In order to protect the physical and mental health of teenagers and children and promote the development of compulsory education, these Provisions are formulated in accordance with the Constitution of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Article 2 Child labor refers to teenagers and children under the age of 16 who have established labor relations with units or individuals and engaged in paid labor or individual labor.

Children under the age of 16 who participate in family labor, work-study programs organized by schools, and auxiliary labor that is allowed by the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government and is harmless to their physical and mental health do not belong to the category of child labor.

Article 3 The labor administrative department shall, jointly with the departments of industry and commerce administration, education, agriculture and enterprise administration, as well as trade unions and women's federations, be responsible for inspecting the implementation of these Provisions.

Article 4 State organs, social organizations, enterprises and institutions (hereinafter collectively referred to as units), individual industrial and commercial households, farmers and urban residents (hereinafter collectively referred to as individuals) are prohibited from using child labor.

Article 5 All kinds of employment agencies, other units and individuals are prohibited from introducing jobs to teenagers and children under the age of 16.

Article 6 The administrative departments for industry and commerce at all levels shall not issue individual business licenses to minors under the age of 16.

Article 7 Parents or other guardians shall not let children under the age of 16 or ward do child labor.

Article 8 When literary and art, sports and special craft units really need to recruit literary and art workers, athletes and artists under the age of 16, they must report to the labor administrative department at or above the county level for approval.

The definitions of literary and art workers, athletes and artists shall be stipulated by the labor administrative department of the State Council in conjunction with the competent departments of culture and sports of the State Council.

The employing unit shall earnestly protect the physical and mental health of the children who are approved to enroll in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, promote their healthy growth in moral, intellectual and physical aspects, and be responsible for creating conditions to ensure that their children receive compulsory education in the local area for a specified number of years according to law.

Article 9 The labor administrative department shall strengthen the management of recruitment, and must strictly examine the age of candidates when handling recruitment filing procedures. Do not meet the requirements, shall not be handled.

Tenth units or individuals who use child labor in violation of these regulations shall be ordered by the labor administrative department to immediately send the child labor back to the original residence. All expenses required for returning child laborers to their original places of residence shall be borne by the units or individuals who use child laborers.

Eleventh units or individuals who use child labor in violation of these regulations shall be responsible for treatment and bear all medical and living expenses during the treatment period before returning sick or disabled child workers to their original places of residence. At the end of medical treatment, the county-level labor appraisal committee shall determine the degree of disability, and the unit or individual who uses child labor shall pay the child labor disability pension according to the degree of disability. If a child worker dies, the unit or individual who uses the child worker shall give funeral subsidies to the parents or other guardians of the child worker and give economic compensation.

The specific standards and methods for the payment of the fees specified in the preceding paragraph shall be determined by the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.

Units and individuals responsible for work-related injuries, disability and death of children shall be given administrative punishment by the labor administrative department at or above the county level; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated by judicial organs according to law.