1/ Ahead of the annual 11 November #SinglesDay, China Labour Bulletin has launched an English-language explainer on the platform economy in China, as part of our series, What You Need to Know About Workers in China. #gigeconomy clb.org.hk/content/platfo…
2/ We originally published this explainer in Chinese, available here: clb.org.hk/zh-hans/conten…
3/ We focus on food delivery riders and ride-hailing drivers as we describe the rise of China's tech companies, how algorithms have shaped working conditions, barriers to asserting labour rights, collective actions, and government regulation of the industry, among other topics. 
4/ We recommend for China's official trade union to continue its focus on "eight major groups" of workers that includes some gig economy workers, and to create subcategories of unions within the gig economy to focus on the specific challenges of various types of workers.
end/ Find our whole suite of explainers on labour topics in China here: clb.org.hk/content/what-y…
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