Experts will help promote collective bargaining in city

A team of experts will delve into the divisive issue of who earns what in the capital.

The special committee will study income distribution among employees in Beijing and is the first such committee to be set up nationwide, the local government has announced.

"Income distribution among employees is an important issue in Beijing and we need a team of experts to do research on the issue," said Huang Wei, director of the labor rights department of the Beijing Municipal Federation of Trade Unions.