Social compliance monitoring company Cal Safety Compliance Corporation (CSCC) informs CSCC, STR, and the CPDC (branch of Chinese government based in Beijing) will partner to host “Social Compliance and Supply Chain Security: Discussions and Solutions on Effective Program Management in China”, a conference being held in Shanghai on February 21, 2006.

The CPDC, or Chinese Productivity Distribution and Regional Economic Development Committee, is a widely recognized NGO registered with the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As a branch of the Chinese government, CPDC has the capability to extend its power, reach, and goals to government officials as well as top executives from multi-national corporations.

CPDC’s decision to co-sponsor this conference is unprecedented and marks the first time CPDC has partnered with a monitoring firm. This will be a rare chance to hear, first hand, Chinese government officials from Beijing speak on CSR issues!

Speakers Include:
- Wang Maolin, Deputy Director, Law Committee, 10th National Law Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
- Guo Jun, Director of Law Department, ACFTU - All China Federation of Trade Unions (China’s Official State Union)
- Zhai Ligong, Chairman, Supervisory Panel of the State-Owned Key and Large Enterprises of SASAC
- Fan Zhanjiang, Vice Deputy Director of China Labor Dispute Agency
- Fu Wei, Vice Deputy Director, China Safety Production Supervision & Administration Bureau

- Yin Songnian, Researcher, Occupational Safety Research Institute, Ministry of Health of PRC - Mr. Xu, Senior Employee Relations Manager, Motorola (China) Electronics Limited - Tara Holeman, East Asia Director, Reebok Human Rights Program - Martin Ma, China Program Director, SAI - CSCC, Hong Kong Regional, Supply Chain Security and China Training Managers The workshops, The Voice of Trade Unions in Chinese Factories, and Effectively Managing Employment Relationships and Labor Disputes, will navigate participants through the historical progression of trade unions in China (i.e. ACFTU), the role of trade unions in building positive relationships between management and workers, the consequences of labor disputes to Chinese enterprises, as well as the corporate perspective of retailers/manufacturers towards the involvement of trade unions in the resolution of labor disputes. CSCC clients are global brands and retailers in a variety of industries such as garments and textiles, home furnishings, hard-lines, technology, cosmetics, toys, food processing, and agriculture.

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