Foxconn admitted that interns as young as 14 worked at one of its Chinese plants . Chinese law prohibits workers younger than 16 from working in the factories . `` An internal investigation carried out by our company has confirmed media reports in China that some participants in the short-term student internship program that is administered at our campus in Yantai , Shandong Province are under the legal working age of 16 years , '' the company said in a statement . The interns worked for about three weeks at Foxconn 's Yantai manufacturing plant . Comment:
Foxconn admitted that interns as young as 14 worked at one of its Chinese plants . Chinese law prohibits workers younger than 16 from working in the factories . The interns worked for about three weeks at Foxconn 's Yantai manufacturing plant . Comment: