The high-quality development of trade union work in the Xizang autonomous region will receive better legal protection, as the regional legislative body recently announced the Xizang Autonomous Region's Implementation Measures of the Trade Union Law of the People's Republic of China starting on Feb 1.

The measure was adopted at the sixth session of the Twelfth Xizang People's Congress on Nov 29. The Standing Committee of the People's Congress of the Xizang Autonomous Region and the region's federation of trade unions have urged all regional institutions to enhance the implementation and publicity of the measures.

The newly revised measures consist of five chapters and 39 articles. Explicit provisions have been made in various aspects, such as advancing the reform of the industrial workforce, strengthening the protection of the rights and interests of workers in new forms of employment, implementing actions to improve the quality of workers' lives, establishing a mechanism for increasing the welfare standards of workers, improving the system of joint meetings between the government and trade unions, and enhancing the treatment of socialized trade union workers, as well as providing comprehensive and effective legal guarantees for trade union work.

The revised measures are also viewed as a specific follow-up for trade unions at all levels in the entire region to fulfill their duties according to law.

The revisions are expected to provide solid legal guarantees for the high-quality development of trade union work and the industrial workers' cause in Xizang in the new era.