Back-to-Basics: past and present life of labor dispatch

At the end of 2013, the Interim Regulation on Labor Dispatch was adopted in the ministerial conference of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. This regulation was promulgated before the Lunar New Year and became effective on March 1, 2014, which is expected to preclude the readjustment of labor dispatch.

1. The Emergence and Early Development of Labor Dispatch in China

Labor dispatch emerged in China during 1980s.

At that age, China had just launched its opening-up policy and successfully attracted foreign investors. Foreign companies with an optimistic perspective started to set up Foreign-invested Enterprises in China, while the companies being relatively conservative adopted the approach of setting up representative offices (the "Rep Offices") to enter the Chinese market.