This study explores the current development of public and private partnerships in mainland China. It focuses on the methods of privatization used by the Chinese government to supply occupational training services for migrant workers. The Chinese government privatized this training service by delegation through the use of contracts, grants and vouchers. Although institutional arrangements functioned as a platform for tripartite cooperation, privatization still has not furnished a nurturing environment to improve public-private partnership. This is because the third sector is underdeveloped which lacks mutually dependent relationships with the government.