wp 180 sectoral activities programme working paper the construction industry in china its image employment prospects and skill requirements lu you jie 1 paul w fox 2 papers are preliminary documents circulated to stimulate discussion obtain comments international labour office geneva october 2001 department of civil engineering tsinghua university beijing building real estate hong kong polytechnic hung hom kowloon foreword december organisation held a tripartite meeting with representatives employers workers governments title was 21 st century one 23 countries whose government invited participate this prepared as case study contribution from provide input into report for view paucity information available an audience on recent developments it decided publish is now widely recognized that