The Zhejiang Federation of Trade Unions (ZJFTU; Chinese: 浙江省总工会), a provincial branch of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU), was formally established in November 1927 in Hangzhou during the Chinese Communist Party-led labor movement.
[2] During the Second Sino-Japanese War, the ZJFTU coordinated sabotage operations in the Siming Mountains, disrupting Japanese silk and tea shipments along the Hangyong Railway.
[3] Post-1949, the ZJFTU centralized labor governance in state-owned industries, managing enterprises like the Hangzhou Iron and Steel Group in 1957.
During the 1980s reforms, it pioneered labor arbitration in Wenzhou's private manufacturing clusters and mediated disputes in Ningbo's port logistics sector.
[4] In the 2010s, the ZJFTU prioritized digital labor integration through the Zhejiang Workers' Cloud Platform in 2018, partnering with tech giants like Alibaba and Geely Auto to train workers in AI, e-commerce, and smart manufacturing.