According to the Labor Contract Law of People's Republic of China (PRC):
Article 22 Service period
If the employing unit provides special training expenses and conducts professional technical training for the workers, it may conclude an agreement with the workers to stipulate the service period. If the laborer violates the service period agreement, he shall pay liquidated damages to the employer in accordance with the agreement.
The amount of liquidated damages shall not exceed the training expenses provided by the employer. The liquidated damages that the employer requires the laborer to pay shall not exceed the training expenses that should be shared for the unfinished part of the service period.
If the employer and the employee agree on the service period, it will not affect the employee's improvement of labor remuneration in accordance with the normal wage adjustment mechanism during the service period.
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According to the Labor Contract Law of People's Republic of China (PRC):
Twenty-third confidentiality obligations and non-competition restrictions
The employer and the employee may agree in the labor contract to keep the employer's business secrets and confidential matters related to intellectual property rights. For the workers who have the obligation of confidentiality, the employer may stipulate the non-competition clause with the workers in the labor contract or confidentiality agreement, and stipulate that after the labor contract is dissolved or terminated.
During the period of non-competition, economic compensation shall be given to workers on a monthly basis. If the laborer violates the non-competition agreement, he shall pay liquidated damages to the employer in accordance with the agreement.
Article 24 Scope and duration of non-competition restrictions
The personnel with non-competition restrictions are limited to the senior managers, senior technicians and other personnel with confidentiality obligations of the employing unit. The scope, area and time limit of non-competition shall be agreed by the employer and the employee, and the agreement on non-competition shall not violate the provisions of laws and regulations.
After the dissolution or termination of the labor contract, if the personnel specified in the preceding paragraph go to other employers that have a competitive relationship with their own units to produce or operate similar products or engage in similar businesses, or start their own businesses to produce or operate similar products or engage in similar businesses, the non-competition period shall not exceed two years.
According to the Labor Law of People's Republic of China (PRC):
Article 16 A labor contract is an agreement between a laborer and an employer to establish a labor relationship and clarify the rights and obligations of both parties.
To establish labor relations, a labor contract shall be concluded.
Article 17 The conclusion and modification of labor contracts shall follow the principles of equality, voluntariness and consensus through consultation, and shall not violate the provisions of laws and administrative regulations.
After a labor contract is concluded in accordance with the law, it is legally binding, and the parties must fulfill their obligations under the labor contract.
Article 18 The following labor contracts are invalid:
(1) Labor contracts that violate laws and administrative regulations;
(2) Labor contracts concluded by fraud or threat.
An invalid labor contract is not legally binding from the time it is concluded. If part of the labor contract is confirmed to be invalid, the remaining part is still valid without affecting the validity of the remaining part.
The invalidity of a labor contract shall be confirmed by the labor dispute arbitration commission or the people's court.
Article 19 A labor contract shall be concluded in written form and contain the following clauses:
(a) the term of the labor contract;
(2) Work content;
(3) Labor protection and working conditions;
(4) Labor remuneration;
(5) labor discipline;
(6) Conditions for the termination of the labor contract;
(seven) the responsibility for violating the labor contract.
In addition to the necessary provisions stipulated in the preceding paragraph, the parties to a labor contract may agree on other contents through consultation.
Baidu Encyclopedia-People's Republic of China (PRC) Labor Contract Law