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August 16, 2026Labour & Industry a journal of the social and economic relations of work

Divide and govern: institutionalisation, worker segmentation, and labour control in China’s bianwai employment reforms

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LRLiliang Rong

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Qualitative and judicial analysis reveals worker segmentation in Chinese public sector non-established employment, highlighting persistent labour control and cost-reduction imperatives.

Key Points

  • To examine how the institutionalisation of non-established (bianwai) employment in China's public sector influences labour control and worker welfare through the lens of Labour Process Theory.
  • Analyzed 76 judicial labour dispute judgements involving non-established public-sector workers.
  • Conducted ethnographic fieldwork examining workforce management practices in R County, China.
  • Institutional reforms segmented non-established workers into 'recognized' and 'unrecognized' groups, creating stark disparities in job stability, welfare access, and legal protections.
  • Judicial courts reinforced workforce segmentation by applying restrictive legal interpretations to employment relationships and rejecting worker compensation claims.

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Liliang Rong (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a81796af2fb91fc834ac99ehttps://doi.org/10.1080/10301763.2026.2718675
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