Publications

The ILO publishes a wide range of books, reports, working papers, training manuals, CD-ROMs, videos and flash movies, relevant to China and Mongolia. Some of these can be downloaded directly. Others can be requested from the ILO Library in Beijing.

2023

  1. ILO review of the multi-tier pension system in China

    20 April 2023

  2. Tripartite declaration of principles concerning multinational enterprises and social policy (MNE Declaration)

    24 March 2023

    The MNE Declaration is the only ILO instrument that provides direct guidance to enterprises on social policy and inclusive, responsible and sustainable workplace practices. It is the only global instrument in this area that was elaborated and adopted by governments, employers and workers from around the world. It was adopted more than 40 years ago and amended several times (in 2000, 2006, 2017), most recently in 2022. Its principles are addressed to MNEs, governments, and employers’ and workers’ organizations and cover areas such as employment, training, conditions of work and life, and industrial relations as well as general policies. All principles build on international labour standards (ILO conventions and recommendations). The MNE Declaration facilitates outreach and understanding of the Decent Work agenda in the private sector. It is a key instrument guiding the Responsible Business Conduct (RBC) agenda to achieve inclusive, sustainable and responsible supply chains.

  3. Green jobs potential in ger and nature tourism in Mongolia

    23 March 2023

    The ILO as part of PAGE (Green Recovery) Mongolia’s activities conducted a green jobs potential assessment to identify opportunities for and barriers to the promotion of green jobs and decent work standards in the nature-based tourism sector in Mongolia. This policy brief captures the key findings and recommendations of the assessment.

  4. China-ILO Cooperation

    21 March 2023

  5. World Employment and Social Outlook 2023: The value of essential work

    15 March 2023

    Key workers are essential for societies to function. The new edition of the ILO flagship report calls for a revaluation of their work to reflect their social contribution, and for greater investment in key sectors.

  6. More than a billion reasons: The urgent need to build universal social protection for children

    01 March 2023

    This second joint ILO-Unicef report on social protection for children outlines the devastating impact of a lack of social protection on child poverty, health, education, nutrition, child marriage and child labour.

  7. Effects of digitalization on the human centricity of social security administration and services

    06 February 2023

2022

  1. Case studies on digital transformation of social security administration and services

    28 December 2022

    This report is part of series of country and case study analysis developed as a part of the Study on the digital transformation of social insurance administration and services to ensure universal social security coverage in the People’s Republic of China.

  2. Mongolia: The Employment - Environment - Climate Nexus: Employment and environmental sustainability factsheet

    30 November 2022

    The Employment-Environment-Climate Nexus Factsheets are a series produced for countries in the Asia-Pacific region. This Factsheet provides key features of labour market and environmental sustainability performance in Mongolia, as well as vulnerability to climate change and sectors with green jobs potential.

  3. China: The Employment - Environment - Climate Nexus: Employment and environmental sustainability factsheet

    30 November 2022

    The Employment-Environment-Climate Nexus Factsheets are a series produced for countries in the Asia-Pacific region. This Factsheet provides key features of labour market and environmental sustainability performance in China, as well as vulnerability to climate change and sectors with green jobs potential.

  4. Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2022: Rethinking sectoral strategies for a human-centred future of work (Summary)

    28 November 2022

    Labour markets are recovering from the COVID-19 crisis in Asia and the Pacific, but now face new challenges like inflation and geopolitical tensions. The report gives the regional labour market context and makes a first-time assessment of regional sectoral estimates to highlight which sectors are growing as sources of jobs, which are shrinking and which harbour opportunities for “decent work”.

  5. Asia-Pacific Employment and Social Outlook 2022: Rethinking sectoral strategies for a human-centred future of work

    28 November 2022

    Labour markets are recovering from the COVID-19 crisis in Asia and the Pacific, but now face new challenges like inflation and geopolitical tensions. The report gives the regional labour market context and makes a first-time assessment of regional sectoral estimates to highlight which sectors are growing as sources of jobs, which are shrinking and which harbour opportunities for “decent work”.

  6. Assessment of social security coverage of workers in diverse forms of employment and in platform employment in China

    12 October 2022

  7. ILO information leaflet

    01 October 2022

  8. Social Security Policy Monitor China May – August 2022, Issue 11

    01 September 2022

  9. World Social Protection Report 2020-22: Regional companion report for Asia and the Pacific

    30 August 2022

    This regional companion report is intended to complement the ILO’s World Social Protection Report 2020–22. It includes a section summarizing the status of social protection worldwide, followed by a section highlighting key social protection developments, challenges and priorities for this region from a life-cycle perspective.

  10. Meeting Minutes of International Conference on the Future of Social Security for New Forms of Work

    29 July 2022

  11. Agenda of The Future of Social Security for New Forms of Work International Conference

    06 July 2022

    The international conference gathers prominent national and international speakers to address the challenges of social security and responsesin the future of work in China and across the globe, in the context of key mega trends of digitalisation of work and transformations in employment relations. It addresses the question of how the future of social security can be strengthened and remain human centred, as well as different ways to ensure social security systems can adapt in response to rapid demographic changes.

  12. Labor migration in Asia: COVID-19 impacts, challenges, and policy responses

    31 May 2022

    This publication analyzes the region’s labour migration outlook, corresponding economic and policy developments, and changes caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. It overviews labour migration to and from different Asian economies and details policy approaches in major origin and destination economies of labour migrants.

  13. Social Security Policy Monitor China February – May 2022, Issue 10

    24 May 2022