The China University of Labor Relations (CULR) is a public undergraduate college headquartered in Haidian,

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, China. It is owned by the

All-China Federation of Trade Unions The All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) is the national trade union center and people's organization of the China, People's Republic of China. It is the largest trade union in the world with 302 million members in 1,713,000 primary tra ...

. Formerly called China Institute of Workers' Movement (), the college originated from the Cadre School for All-China Federation of Trade Unions established in 1946 and was upgraded to a regular college for undergraduate education with the approval of the

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. With over 6 decades’ history, it is a multi-disciplinary college with distinctive features covering economics, management, law study, literature, engineering and art. Ciir beijing dorm

History

The college history began in the year 1946 with the establishment of the School of Administrative Cadres at

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– Chahar–

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Border Area and later became China Institute of Labour Movement offering continuing education to

trade unions A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

and the society. After years of explorations and hard work, the college had developed into a nationally influential institute for higher adult education. Till May 2003, under the influence of China's newly established

socialist market economy The socialist market economy (SME) is the economic system and model of economic development employed in the China, People's Republic of China. The system is a market economy with the predominance of public ownership and State-owned enterpr ...

mechanism, the college was renamed as China Institute of Industrial Relations and upgraded into a regular undergraduate college to meet the new requirements of the developing domestic labor movement for high-level professionals. In 2016, the university's English name was changed to China University of Labor Relations.

Schools and departments

Majors for undergraduate education include labor relations, labor and social insurance, safety engineering, financial management, human resource management, administrative management (on administrative culture building for entrepreneurs and public institutions), business administration, hotel management, economics, politics and administration science, journalism, Chinese language and literature, drama and film-television literature, etc. In December 2012, officially approved by the Academic Degree Committee of the

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, CIIR started the pilot professional master's degree education, with MPA being authorized professional degree. In 2013, CIIR began to recruit graduate students. Teaching organizations include: * Department of Labor Relations * Department of Economic Management * Department of Public Management * Department of Safety Engineering * Law School * Trade Union School * School of Cultural Communication * School of Cadre Training * School of Advanced Vocational Education * School of Continuing Education

Research

CIIR has a great number of senior experts in the fields of trade union theory, labour and employment, industrial relations, labour law, social security legislation, basic labour theory and labour market. Within a long period of time, It has gradually put in place a unique research structure in trade union and labour sciences. There are 10 institutes, such as the Industrial Relations Institute, Enterprise Development Institute, Labour Study Institute, Labour Market Institute and Culture and Communication Institute. They stand in the forefront in the academic excellence in the fields of trade union study, history of

workers' movement The labour movement is the collective organisation of Working class, working people to further their shared political and economic interests. It consists of the trade union or labour union movement, as well as political parties of labour. It ca ...

, industrial relations theory, labour law, labour economics and

social security in China Social security in the People's Republic of China consists of two systems: one for urban workers in the formal sector and one for rural farmers and nonworking urban residents. The systems have different benefits and are funded differently. The urba ...

. They have undertaken and completed a number of state- and province-or-ministry-level research projects, participated in ACFTU's work and labour legislation, offered theoretical supports for government departments in their making policies on trade unions, labour and social security and provided trade unions, local labour departments and business with policy consulting and management formula. The Journal of China Institute of Industrial Relations is rated as one of the core Chinese political journals and one of the core social journals in China.

Campus

* Beijing campus: No.45, Zengguang Road, Haidian,

. It is located in the urban area of Beijing besides the West 3rd Ring Road. The nearest subway station is

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and Line. * Zhuozhou campus: Zhuolai Road,

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. It is located in the western suburb area of Zhuozhou, Hebei Province.

Notable people

Li Lisan Li Lisan (; 18 November 1899 – 22 June 1967) was a Chinese politician, member of the Politburo, and later a member of the Central Committee. Early years Li was born in Liling, Hunan province in China in 1899, under the name of Li Rongzh ...

, the first president of the college *

Gao Yuanyuan Gao Yuanyuan ( zh, s= 高圆圆, p=Gāo yuányuán, born 5 October 1979) is a Chinese actress and model. She gained attention in 2000 for appearing in a commercial for Qingzui (Clear Mouth) lozenges, earning her the nickname "Clear-Mouth Girl." She ...

, film actress, graduated in 2002 with a certificate in public relations *

Jiang Rong Lü Jiamin (born 1946 in Jiangsu), better known by his pseudonym Jiang Rong, is a Chinese writer, most famous for his best-selling 2004 novel ''Wolf Totem'', which he wrote under the pseudonym Jiang Rong. He is married to fellow novelist Zhang ...

(Lü Jiamin), former associate professor, author of best-selling novel ''

Wolf Totem ''Wolf Totem'' () is a 2004 Chinese semi-autobiographical novel about the experiences of a young student from Beijing who finds himself sent to the countryside of Inner Mongolia in 1967, at the height of China's Cultural Revolution. The author, ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:China Institute of Industrial Relations Universities and colleges in Beijing Labor studies organizations Universities and colleges established in 1946 1946 establishments in China All-China Federation of Trade Unions