Reviewing human resource management, work and employment in China over the last fifty tears, this book explores, contemplates and reveals this dynamic subject through a combination of rigorous research and first hand interviews.

1. Introduction 2. Employment Relations in China and Its Institutional Context 3. Reforms of the Personnel System in the State Sector 4. Pay Systems and Recent Remuneration Schemes 5. Vocational and Enterprise Training Systems 6. Gender Equality Policy and Practice in Employment and Management 7. Minimum Wage and Implications for Equality in Employment 8. Employment Relations in Private Small Firms 9. HRM in China: Recent Developments 10. The Future Prospects of HRM, Work and Employment in China

Fang Lee Cooke is Senior Lecturer in Employment Studies at the Manchester Business School, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.