Using strategic price negotiations to contain costs and expand access to medicines in China

On 28 November 2019, China’s Nation Healthcare Security Administration and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security released: Notice on Including Year 2019 Negotiated Medicines in ‘National Basic Medical Insurance, Work-related Injury Insurance and Childbirth Insurance Medicine List (Category B)’. A key feature of the amendment to the list was a process of centralised strategic price negotiation with pharmaceutical companies underpinned by health technology assessment (HTA) evidence. In addition, medicines for cancers, rare diseases, chronic diseases and children’s diseases were prioritised in the price negotiations. In China, there is a nascent HTA network housed in 48 academic centres across the country and routinely called on to conduct such studies and deliver workshops and seminars. Although it draws on much guidance from HTA institutions in high-income countries (eg, UK and Australia), it differs in its independence from government and its decentralised nature. It is vital for China to continue to build capacity in the field of HTA and institutionalise it into health sector decision making to expand access to healthcare at reasonable cost and thereby achieve universal health coverage

The Dispatch Labor System in China Questioned

This document is part of a digital collection provided by the Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University, pertaining to the effects of globalization on the workplace worldwide. Special emphasis is placed on labor rights, working conditions, labor market changes, and union organizing.CLW_2012_Report_China_dispatch_labor.pdf: 96 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020

China Employment Law Update - October 2018

In This Issue: Various new regulations issued on Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao residents working in mainland China Local governments ordered to slow down pursuit of unpaid and underpaid social insurance contributions New regulations issued on college and university work-study internships New draft of civil code would enhance protection against sexual harassment Employers can now use education department websites to verify job applicant and employee education history Social insurance blacklist proposed in new draft regulations Shanghai court rules camgirl not employee of live streaming platform Shanghai court requires employer to issue a “proof of termination” in recognition of employee\u27s lawful resignatio

China Employment Law Update - April 2014

[Excerpt] The government of the southern province of Guangdong publicly issued draft Collective Bargaining and Collective Contract Regulations, which, if passed into law, would grant employees a right to strike in certain circumstances. According to the draft regulations, if no less than 1/3 of all employees or employee representative council members demand that a collective bargaining process be initiated, the company union or (if the company has no labor union) the upper level union should send a written demand to the management for collective bargaining. The management must respond to such demand within 20 days after receipt of the demand notice. If the management fails to respond or refuses the demand for collective bargaining without justification, and the employees go on strike, then the employer may not terminate the striking employees. This would put further pressure on companies to engage in good-faith collective bargaining with employees if and when such a demand is made by the company union or other employee representatives. However, if the management agrees to collective bargaining, and during the collective bargaining process some employees strike or engage in other disruptive activities, e.g. blocking entrances or exits of the company’s facility, then such employees can be terminated if their conduct is defined as serious violation of company rules in the company’s legally adopted rules or policies

China Employment Law Update - February 2014

An update in ongoing developments regarding labor relations and employment in China

China Employment Law Update - October 2017

In This Issue: Social Insurance Updates: Compliance Rates Remain Low and China–Netherlands Social Security Treaty Comes into Force Long-term Work Permits Available in China Work Permit Requirements Clarified for Foreign Nationals Working with Foreign NGOs in China Jiangsu Province Labor Arbitration Committee Provides Guidance on Controversial Labor Questions MOHRSS Adjusts Work-Related Injury Insurance Benefits Equity Incentives Ruled to be Part of Labor Compensation Former Employee and His New Company Ordered to Pay RMB 5 million to Former Employer for Trade Secret Infringement Termination Without Specifying Termination Ground Ruled Unlawful Company Ordered to Pay RMB 10,000 for Revoking Offer Lette

Labour Administration Reforms in China

[Excerpt] This publication provides an explanation of the comprehensive labour administration system in China, including its recent advances, with emphasis on its public services functions, such as public employment, labour inspection and social insurance services. With the recent improvements to both the legal framework and the institutions of labour administration, it is believed that these public services will play bigger and more active roles in ensuring compliance with legislation and protecting the legitimate rights and interests of employers and workers alike

Bloomberg: Hon Hai May Raise China Wages 20% as Suicides Mount

This document is part of a digital collection provided by the Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University, pertaining to the effects of globalization on the workplace worldwide. Special emphasis is placed on labor rights, working conditions, labor market changes, and union organizing.CLW_2010_Report_China_bloomberg_hon_hai.pdf: 81 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020