The China Institute of Industrial Relations, known until 2003 as the China Labor College, is a university in Beijing, China. It is run by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions. As of 2009, its enrollment comprised roughly 1,100 people in the undergraduate division, and 600 in the vocational division. It carries out teaching and research across a range of the social and management sciences, with a particular focus on courses on trade unionism, labour law, industrial relations, economic management and public administration.
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