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| Social Justice and Trade Unions, Publication

Publication: Platform Economy – Labour Law Policy Recommendations for Decent Work

Chinese and German labour law experts and practitioners met for a total of five workshops to discuss the implications of the rise of the platform economy for labour law in the two countries. They put their conclusions and policy recommendations into this paper that meticulously describes the current situation in Germany and China and puts forward a number of concrete solutions.


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| Sustainable Growth Model, Publication

Publication: Pathways Towards a Just Transition to Carbon Neutrality in China

China plans to become climate-neutral by 2060. A number of case studies showcase the social implications of this goal.


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30.11.2022 | Publication

Paradigm shift or incremental changes? Shaping mobility for liveable and social cities

What characterises sustainable urban mobility and how can we achieve it? This is the pivotal question that research teams have tried to answer by analysing four metropolises from Asia and Europe that define themselves as progressive and future-oriented on different fields of action. The results of these case studies have been collected and merged into a meta-study with best practices to create a vanguard image of social-ecological cities.


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Policy recommendations for a carbon-neutral China

This discussion paper is based on a series of workshops and interviews and discusses the driving forces behind China’s quest for carbon neutrality. It also highlights obstacles to implementing the carbon-peaking and carbon-neutral commitments and makes policy recommendations to help keep China on the path to achieving carbon neutrality by 2060.


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31.08.2022 | Publication

Position Paper »The resilient city«

Weather extremes, failures in global supply chains, dangers through digitized processes and systems. Phenomena like these will increasingly threaten the functionality of a city. This vulnerability will lead to a higher probability for cities not to be able to hold their promise of economic and social advancement. The establishment of resilience is therefore crucial for risk minimisation and quick recovery from shocks.


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18.10.2021 | Regional and International Affairs, Publication

Global Health Policy: Perspectives from the EU and China

The COVID-19 pandemic constitutes a global health crisis the world has not witnessed within a century – since the “Spanish Flue” pandemic of 1919. Unlike 1919, when many governments were still busy dealing with the aftermaths of World War I, the COVID-19 pandemic was met with considerable counter-measures across the world.


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| Social Justice and Trade Unions, Publication

Machines replace Humans? Automation at Chinese car suppliers

What is the actual impact of increased automatisation in the manufacturing sector? This study looks at several automotive supplier firms in South China and their workers in an attempt to find out. While there have not been dramatic job losses so far, and although workers often welcome higher automatisation during the gradual transformation of their workplace, problems emerge that are contributing to an increasingly unbalanced worker-employer…


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| Social Justice and Trade Unions, Publication

Gender Perspectives on the Future of Work in China

Outlook on China’s industrial development and the impact of digitalisation and automation on employment.


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| Sustainable Growth Model, Publication

Taobao Villages - The Emergence of a New Pattern of Rural Ecommerce in China and its Social Implications

Taobao, a subsidiary to the biggest Chinese e-commerce player Alibaba, is a Chinese online shopping website and platform with over 580 million monthly active users in 2018.


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15.07.2018 | Social Justice and Trade Unions, Publication

Discussion Paper: German Robots in China and the Alibaba Villages

At the conference "Intelligent Manufacturing and Work 4.0 - Challenges and Perspectives in China, South-East Asia and Germany", the ongoing global technology-driven industrial and platform-based revolution was discussed by experts from industry, trade unions and academia from Asia, Europe and the United States. The results of the debates are summed up in this discussion paper which was jointly authored by the Shanghai Representative Office and…


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Flexible retirement reform in an aging society

Flexible retirement reform in an aging society

From international experience to Chinese practice
Shanghai, 2024

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Platform economy in China and Germany

Platform economy in China and Germany

Labour law policy recommendations for decent work
Shanghai, 2023

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Pathways towards a just transition to carbon neutrality in China

Goron, Coraline; Zhang, Junjie

Pathways towards a just transition to carbon neutrality in China

Shanghai, 2023

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Paradigm shift or incremental changes?

Bormann, René; Gaffron, Philine; Kucz, Ingo

Paradigm shift or incremental changes?

Shaping mobility for liveable and social cities
Shanghai, 2022

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Governance first, markets second

Governance first, markets second

Policy recommendations for a carbon-neutral China
Shanghai, 2022

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Gender perspectives on the future of work in China

Chen, Yuting

Gender perspectives on the future of work in China

Shanghai, 2020

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Machines replace humans?

Yang, Tao; Luo, Siqi

Machines replace humans?

Automation and upgrading at car suppliers in China
Shanghai, 2020

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German robots in China and the Alibaba villages

Grassi, Sergio; Pantekoek, Stefan; Ringot, Yannick

German robots in China and the Alibaba villages

Discussion paper based on a conference on "Intelligent Manufacturing and Work 4.0 - Challenges and perspectives in China, South East Asia and Germany"
Jakarta, 2018

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Achieving a socially equitable energy transition in China

Achieving a socially equitable energy transition in China

Shanghai, 2018

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Different societies, same solutions?

Feng, Jin; Meyer, Traute

Different societies, same solutions?

A critical reflection on 'ageing as a burden' in China and the European Union
Shanghai, 2018

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