What is the legal age for child labor?

Legal analysis: Child labor refers to the employment of people under the age of 16, and minors refer to people under the age of 18. Setting the age limit for child labor is based on different situations of citizens' behavior. Child labor is legally defined as employment under the age of 16. Enterprises, institutions and individual industrial and commercial households employ minors under the age of 16 to engage in labor, which is an illegal act of recruiting child labor. This is the key protection measure for minors in national laws.

Legal basis: Article 94 of the Labor Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that if an employer illegally recruits minors under the age of 16, the labor administrative department shall order it to make corrections and impose a fine; If the circumstances are serious, the business license shall be revoked by the administrative department for industry and commerce. If the circumstances are serious, he shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).