A Study On The Balance Point Between International Labor Standards And China's Interests

International Labor Standards(ILS) are the general calling for a series of conventions and proposals made by the International Labor Organization(ILO), with its aim at protecting the laborer's basic human rights and benefits which are publicly recognized.Authentication criterion SA8000, incorporating the core content of ILS, is the way ILS spread across the globe and one of the forms of modern production code. It was advocated by transnational corporations and folk organizations, and receives unspoken recognition and support from the developed nations and their representatives, but unanimous objection from the developing countries. Supporters and opponents conducted a fierce debate over such issues as trade fairness, laborer dumping and national sovereignty, etc.. The essence of the debate is a political and economic gaming between the developed nations' adjusting their industries and the developing countries' accumulating capital and striving to keep a comparative advantage. It foresees an unchangeable trend where ILS are to be related to international trade. The governments and enterprises of the developing countries must find the balance point between ILS and their own interests.Factor Price Equalization(FPE) thereon is an objective international economic law, with its relativity content representing an objective trend. In China, FPE law is mainly fit for the laborer factor, and China's laborer's price has its own rule of promotion. China's over-weighted dependence on foreign trade, abnormal processing trade ratio and oversized economic relying on foreign investment resulted in a continuous trade friction. Meanwhile, low-price expansion brings a des-privileged impact on the laborer's welfare and the promotion of capital organic constitution of the enterprise. Blind invitation for foreign investment has produced double-substitution effects on China's Industry,...