On 28 December 2012 the Beijing Municipal Human Resource and Social Security Bureau issued an order to increase the statutory minimum wage from 1 January 2013.

Under the order the hourly and monthly minimum wages in Beijing are increased to CNY8.05 and CNY1,400 respectively. The above standards do not include items such as the night shift allowance, high/low temperature allowance, overtime pay payable to the employee, and the portion of social insurance and housing fund […]

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