Article: 1st LD-Writethru: 610,000 overseas companies in China have trade unions

1st LD-Writethru: 610,000 overseas companies in China have trade unions

BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) Tuesday said 610,000 overseas companies, including those with investment from Hong Kong and Macao, have established trade unions in China by the end of September in 2006.

The number of union members in overseas companies reached 11,797,000, said Li Bingsheng, director of the research department with ACFTU, on a press conference held here.

The ACFTU figures indicate 54.5 percent of the overseas companies were provided with trade unions while 55.5 percent of their employees had joined the unions.

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