Abstract:Employee participation is of great significance to employees, work unit and the socicty as well. However, its in-depth and systematicquantitative rescarch of this nature is few. The research uses data from two national sample surveys in 2007 and 2017. It analyzes the situationof employee participation in China, and tends to conclude that the situation of employee participation in China shows a continuous improvementtrend, while opportunities of employee participation are inereasing, their participation rights are also increased, and the utilization rate in variousparticipation channels has also increased significantly. In contrast, the situation of non-institutionalized participation has shown a weakening trend.Therefore, the improvement in participation is mainly reflected in the participation in the labor process, that is mainly to promote the improvementof labor efficiency or organizational performance. The improvement of employee participation, in particular that of participation opportunities andareas of participation, is conducive to enhancing employees' job recognition and reducing their willingness to participate in non-institutionalization.