What does the General Labor Union do?

The General Federation of Trade Unions performs the following social functions:

1. To safeguard the legitimate interests and democratic rights of the masses of workers.

2. Attracting workers to participate in reforms and strive to fulfill the tasks of economic and social development.

3. To represent the workers in the management of state and social affairs and in the democratic management of enterprises and institutions.

4. To guide and educate workers to improve their ideological, moral, cultural and technical qualities.

Chinese trade unions are subject to the dual leadership of the committee of the ****anufacturing party at the same level and its superior trade unions, with the leadership of the committee of the ****anufacturing party at the same level being the main one. The supreme leading organs of the Chinese trade unions are the National Congress of the Chinese Trade Unions and the Executive Committee of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions which it produces? The National Congress is convened once every five years by the Executive Committee of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions.

When the National Congress is not in session, the Executive Committee is responsible for carrying out the resolutions of the National Congress, discussing and deciding on major issues relating to the masses of workers, and leading the work of the national trade unions. The Executive Committee elects the Bureau. Under the Bureau is a Secretariat, which presides over the day-to-day work of the All-China Federation under the leadership of the Bureau.