Library Documentation Center


The library of the CO-Beijing Office provides broad access to information about the ILO and the world of work. The library' collections include books, periodicals, reports, legislation and statistics covering labour relations, employment, child labour, social security, vocational training, women workers, working conditions, occupational safety and health,and all labour related aspects of economics, social development and technological change in countries around the world. The library provides an enquiry and reference service, loan service and database search facilities. We also handle the promotion and sale of ILO publications. ILO publications can be ordered from ILO Geneva through the CO-Beijing office.

Information retrieval facilities

NORMLEX (Information System on International Labour Standards): NORMLEX is a new information system which brings together information on International Labour Standards (such as ratification information, reporting requirements, comments of the ILO's supervisory bodies, etc.) as well as national labour and social security laws.

LABORDOC: LABORDOC is the world's leading database on labour, employment and related social and economic development issues. Users can search by author, title, subject, country or region, by language and by year of publication.

KILM (Key Indicators of the Labour Market) : The Key Indications of the Labour Market is a multi-functional research tool of the ILO consisting of country-level data on 20 key indicators of the labour market from 1980 to the latest available year.

CISDOC: CISDOC contains information about occupational safety and health publications, including summaries of their content, organized in "records".

Opening hours

Monday to Friday from 09:00 to 17:00 (except official holidays)

For further information please contact

ILO Country Office for China and Mongolia
1-10-1 Tayuan Diplomatic Office Building
14 Liangmahe Nanlu, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100600, China

Tel: +86 10 6532 5091
Fax:+86 10 6532 1420
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