Below is a table showing the new minimum wage rates in 2010 in some provinces which are active in producing garment products. All are effective since May this year (except Shenzhen, which is effective since July).  

 ...This Law is enacted and formulated in order to improve the labor contract system, specify the rights and obligations of both parties to the labor contracts, protect the legitimate rights and interests of the workers and construct and develop a harmonious and steady employment relationship.

...These Regulations are formulated in order to guarantee availability of medical treatment and economic compensation to staff and workers that suffer from work-related accidental injury or occupational disease，to promote prevention of work-related injury and vocational rehabilitation，and to distribute work-related injury risks of employers. ...

 ...The present law has been enacted for the purpose of strengthening the supervision and administration of production safety, preventing and reducing safety accidents, defending the safety of life and property of the masses, and promoting the development of economy.

 ...This Law is enacted, in accordance wi9th the Constitution, for the purpose of preventing, controlling and eliminating occupational disease hazards, preventing and controlling occupational diseases, protecting the health and related rights an interests of workers, and promoting the development of the economy.

...This Law is hereby formulated in accordance with the Constitution in order to protect the legitimate rights and interests of labourers, readjust labour relationship, establish and safeguard the labour system suiting the socialist market economy, and promote economic development and social progress. 

 ...The present Regulations are formulated to properly handle labor disputes in enterprises, protect the legitimate rights and interests of the enterprise and the workers and employees, maintain the order of normal production and management, develop sound labor relations, and promote the smooth progress of the reform and the implementation of the open policy.