It can be directly elected by the general meeting or congress of the grass-roots trade union organization, or it can be elected by the grass-roots trade union Committee, but it must also be reported to the higher-level trade union organization for approval. The chairman of the grass-roots trade union is equipped with a cadre equivalent to the deputy party and government at the same level, and enjoys the political and economic treatment of the deputy party and government at the same level during his tenure.
These Measures shall apply to the production of trade union chairmen in enterprises, institutions with enterprise management and private non-enterprise units in People's Republic of China (PRC). The chairman of the enterprise trade union should adhere to the principles of party management of cadres, standardization according to law, democratic centralism and orderly organization. The trade union at the next higher level directly guides the production of the chairman of the enterprise trade union.
Treatment and management Article 19 After the election of the chairman of the trade union in an enterprise, the registration of the legal person qualification of the trade union or the change of the legal representative of the trade union shall be handled in time. The chairman of an enterprise trade union should generally be appointed according to the conditions of the deputy manager of the enterprise and enjoy the corresponding treatment. The chairman of the trade union of a company-based enterprise shall enter the board of directors according to law.
Article 20 The chairman of a trade union in an enterprise is under the dual leadership of a party organization at the same level and a trade union at a higher level, with the leadership of the party organization at the same level as the main one. The chairman of the trade union of an enterprise that has not established a party organization shall accept the leadership of the superior trade union.
Twenty-first enterprises with more than 200 employees shall be equipped with full-time trade union chairmen according to law. If the person in charge of the Party organization at the same level serves as the chairman of the trade union, he shall be equipped with a full-time vice-chairman of the trade union. Enterprises shall guarantee the working hours and corresponding treatment of part-time trade union chairmen according to law.