2026-08-28
China's 240-hour (10-day) visa-free transit policy lets eligible travellers from 55 countries transit through China to a third country/region without a visa, staying up to 240 hours (10 days)...
2026-08-28
China added R (talent) and K (young tech talent) visa categories to its entry-exit regulations, effective 1 October 2025. 中国已在出入境管理条例中新增 R 字（人才）与 K 字（青年科技人才）签证类别，自 2025 年 10 月...
2026-08-28
The Foreign Permanent Resident ID Card ("China Green Card") lets its holder reside in China without time limit and enter/exit on passport + card; it is granted by the...
2026-08-28
On 12 August 2026 Jinan High-tech Zone opened the city's first joint window for foreigner work permits and residence permits, completing the entire process in under ten minutes for...
2026-08-28
Bringing a foreigner to work in China is a sequential two-stage process: obtain the Z visa (entry), then, within 30 days of arrival, the work permit and the work-type...
2026-08-28
On 31 July 2026 the State Council published the Regulations on Exit-Entry Administration (State Council Order No. 841), effective 15 September 2026, a 19-article set of rules supplementing the...
2026-08-28
China has merged foreign work authorization with social security functions into a single, faster service known as the "One Thing." 中国已将外国人在华工作的多项审批整合为一项更快捷的"一件事"服务。The foreign work permit is now fused into the...
2026-08-28
The 15th Five-Year Plan for human resources and social security elevates foreign-talent management, linking work permits to a high-skilled migration system and a multi-department coordination mechanism.人力资源和社会保障事业"十五五"规划提升了外国人才管理地位，将工作许可与高技术人才移民制度衔接，并建立多部门联动协调机制。China's work-permit system classifies...
2026-08-28
On 7 August 2025, the State Council issued Order No. 814 adding a new "K" visa to China's ordinary-visa catalogue, expressly for incoming foreign young science-and-technology talent; it takes...