Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have expanded internal political and personnel investigations beyond managers to include ordinary employees, requiring workers to disclose extensive personal and family information, according to internal documents circulated online and interviews with retired employees.
The measures, introduced at some SOEs beginning in March, require employees to report the employment status of close relatives, overseas travel records, educational history dating back to elementary school, and overseas family connections. In some cases, workers were also instructed to submit screenshots of their immigration records through China’s official immigration applet.
Retired employees and former officials told The Epoch Times the expanded scrutiny reflects the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) growing emphasis on political loyalty and social control, extending oversight into workers’ private lives and family relationships in ways they say raise human rights concerns. …
Chinese State Firms Expand Political Vetting to Ordinary Employees, Requiring Extensive Personal Disclosures
