Child Labour In China Essay

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Introduction In the past two decades, the economic growth of China were increasing continuously. However, the drastic increase on the economy does not represent that the living quality of all Chinese residents has also improved apparently. Some of the residents may not benefit a lot from the economic gain, for example: the Chinese children. Actually, the problem of child labour in China is quite serious. This report begins by examining recent statistics relating to the problem of child labour in China and then analyses the factors contributing to the problem of child labour in China. Finally, it gives some suggestions to resolve this problem. 1. The degree of the problem of child labour There are no exact statistic of the number of child labour in China. However, there were about 77723 thousands child labour in Asia and the Pacific in 2008 (International Labour Organization, 2013), which was the highest number of child labour among the other regions. Since China is the country with the largest population in the Asia, its’ problem of child labour is probably very serious. 2. Contributing factors to the problem of child labour in China The roots the problem of child labour in China are complex. This reports focuses on two major reasons: the lack of education, the increase on the production cost, and the One Child Policy. 2.1 …show more content…

It can be contributed to many factors. However, insufficient chance for Chinese child to be educated and the shortage in the legal labour force market are the two major factor to this problem. Hence, the policymakers could improve the current legislations and increase the economic security and social welfare of all residents. Beyond this, private enterprises could also monitor their partners. They could cease the cooperation with their partners if they found that their partners are using child labour. Finally, I hope that the problem of child labour in China will be tackled in the

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