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This paper attempts a new approach to analyze labor relations at the level of companies, industries and regions in China. The analysis refers to Western and Chinese labor sociology and industrial relations theory, applying the concept of “regimes of production” to the next context of China’s emerging capitalism. The focus is on China’s modern core manufacturing industries. The research explores regimes of production in major corporations and new forms of labor-management cooperation, the growing inequality and fragmentation of labor policies within the modern sectors of the Chinese economy, consequences for further reform regarding labor standards, collective bargaining, and workers’ participation.