LONDON, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Fast-fashion online retailer

Shein, which is hoping to list in London, faces a UK hearing on

Jan. 7 where a British parliamentary committee plans to question

the firm, founded in China in 2008, about the rights of workers

in its supply chain.

The cross-party Business and Trade Committee will also

question Temu, the global online marketplace owned by Chinese

e-commerce firm PDD Holdings ( PDD ), as part of an inquiry into

employment rights opened in October.

The committee, chaired by former Labour minister Liam Byrne,

is examining the government's flagship employment rights bill in

the context of protections for British workers. But it is also

looking at how to ensure adequate protection against importing

poor labour standards, including concerns over forced labour.

Shein's general counsel for Europe, Middle East and Africa

(EMEA), Yinan Zhu, has been called to be a witness, an update on

the committee website showed.

Stephen Heary, senior legal counsel at Temu, and Leonard

Klenner, senior compliance manager at Temu, have also been asked

to give evidence.

Shein declined to comment on the hearing. Temu was not

immediately available for comment.

Both platforms, which sell clothes, shoes, gadgets and

accessories at rock-bottom prices, have faced allegations of

poor working practices at factories in China that make the

products, and of forced labour in their supply chains.

Shein has previously said it is committed to respecting

human rights and has a zero-tolerance policy on forced labour.

Temu has also said it strictly prohibits forced labour.

Shein was founded in China but is now headquartered in

Singapore.

Having grown rapidly in the U.S., Europe and the UK, it is

awaiting regulatory approval from British and Chinese

authorities for a London initial public offering after filing

papers with Britain's market regulator in early June.

Margaret Beels, director of labour market enforcement at the

Department for Business and Trade, was also asked to speak at

the hearing, along with Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner

Eleanor Lyons, who last year raised concerns about Shein's

London IPO.

McDonald's UK and Ireland CEO Alistair Macrow, and Claire

Lorains, quality technical and sustainability director at

supermarket group Tesco ( TSCDF ), were also called to give oral evidence.