Over the past three decades, China’s shift from a centrally planned economy to a ‘socialist market economy’ has transformed the foundations of its labour market and the regulation of employment relations. The Chinese state has sought to use law and other forms of regulation to govern this new labour market, with recent regulatory efforts aimed at enhancing worker protections and tackling the growth of individual and (in particular) collective labour disputes. This course introduces students to the key concepts, principles, rules, institutions, and practices in a number of important and topical areas in PRC employment law. Both legal and extra-legal techniques of regulating work relations are examined.