China unveils 12-point labour protection plan for 200 million gig workers

China's State Council and Communist Party Central Committee issued a 12-point plan to strengthen protections for the country's 200 million gig workers, a workforce that has expanded rapidly amid economic slowdown. The document targets 'new employment groups' in delivery, ride-hailing, and other platform-based informal jobs. Measures include timely and fair wage payments, stronger social security, enhanced protections during extreme weather, and greater transparency in platform algorithms for order allocation, pricing, and time limits. Authorities aim to standardize labour practices across the platform economy by 2027, as reported by Xinhua on Sunday.