Legal analysis: Trade unions are mass organizations, not political parties or other organizations. As long as manual workers and mental workers whose main source of livelihood is wages in enterprises, institutions and organs in China, regardless of nationality, race, sex, occupation, religious belief and education level, they have the right to join and form trade unions. Trade unions are mass organizations of the working class.
Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Trade Union Law.
Article 2 A trade union is a mass organization of the working class in which employees voluntarily participate.
Article 3 Manual and mental workers of enterprises, institutions and state organs in China have the right to join and form trade unions according to law, regardless of nationality, race, sex, occupation, religious belief and education level.