清末民初劳工立法中的童工保护

Child Labor Protection in the Labor Legislations at the End ofthe Qin Dynasty and the Beginning of the Republic of China

清末民初各行业中普遍存在着使用童工的现象且工作环境十分恶劣。社会各界为改善劳工处境而进行了劳动立法的活动并制定了一系列劳工法案。通过这些“劳工立法”中对童工进行保护的条款,童工的利益得到了一定的保护,这是社会进步的标志之一。

Child labor was prevalent everywhere in China at the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China with very bad working conditions. Personnel of all walks of life carried on a movement for labor legislations and established a series of labor acts to improve the said working conditions. With those articles in these “labor acts” beneficial to the protection of child labor, the interests of the children were guaranteed to a certain extent. And .this marks the progress obtained by .the then society.