People's Republic of China (PRC) labor contract law
Article 22 Where an employing unit provides special training fees and professional technical training for laborers, it may conclude an agreement with the laborers 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 workers 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.
Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Implementation of the Labor Contract Law
Article 16 The training fee stipulated in the second paragraph of Article 22 of the Labor Contract Law includes the well-documented training fee paid by the employer for the professional and technical training of the workers, the travel expenses during the training and other direct expenses incurred by the workers due to the training.