6 December 2008

Director Huang Leping participates in the 2008 annual meeting of the Professional Committee on Labor and Social Security Law of the All China Lawyers Association (ACLA), and is elected as a new member of the Committee.

18 November2008

Director Huang Leping is invited to teach a training course to the public service lawyers and legal workers of trade unions of China.

4 November 2008

On the one-year anniversary of the founding of Yilian, leaders of the Beijing Judicial Bureau, the Beijing Legal Aid Foundation, and the Hai Dian District Judicial Bureau attend a forum to inspect Yilian’s work situation, and they fully approve of Yilian’s legal aid work.

31 October 2008

Two of Yilian’s labor rights protection projects are short-listed on the World Bank’s 2008 China Development Marketplace. They earn high praise from the participating experts, and one project, a migrant workers' compensation rights network, is awarded funds.