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10 Peking U. L.J. 1 (2022)

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PEKING UNIVERSITY LAW JOURNAL
2022, VOL. 10, NO. 1, 1-23
https://doi.org/1 0.1080/20517483.2022.2133768


Routledge
Taylor & Francis Group


The   contemporary meaning of the constitutional norm of
distribution according to labor

Yan  Tian
Peking University Law School, Beijing, China

   ABSTRACT                                                        KEYWORDS
   Distribution according to labor is an important economic and labor  Distribution According to
   system in China's Constitution, and its contemporary meaning    Labor; Chinese Constitution;
         tcn ko vnlic-t-1 frnm rho n    cQ-ti of  nr n mir rof m   constitutional interpretation


1. Introduction


Distribution according to labor is the subject of China's distribution system. The current
Constitution stipulates the distribution system including distribution according to labor,
together with the basic economic  system in article 6, at the head of the economic system
in the general outline chapter, which leads the whole constitutional conception of econ-
omic  life. This shows the importance of its role in the system of constitutional norms.
Distribution according to labor is also one of the key rules of the labor system in the Con-
stitution. Whether it can be implemented  not only  affects the realization of the right to
labor, but also reflects the status of laborers in national political and economic life. It is
also widely regarded as an important feature of socialism. Whether its position is conso-
lidated and fully realized is related to the stability and development of the fundamental
system  of a country. It is precisely because of the supporting function of distribution
according  to labor in many aspects in the Constitution that the norm  of it is written in
the Constitution  of 1975, the  Constitution of  1978 and  the  current Constitution  of
China. Only  by accurately explicating the contemporary   meaning  of the constitutional

CONTACT  Yan Tian yan.tian@pku.edu.cn Peking University Law School, Beijing 100871, China
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