China7 ministries drafted a 54-article gig-worker rulebook.
It is China’s first departmental rule covering workers managed by platforms without formal employment.
Article 29 requires a human to review account bans, order cutoffs and large compensation demands, not an algorithm alone.
Public comment closes 8 November, and platforms would owe workers 7 days’ notice of rule changes.
How each outlet framed it
- TMTPost leans critical
- frames platform 'freedom' as a managed system: incentives replace fines so penalties need no stated justification, and workers self-police through the app
Sources: TMTPost