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...
Talent Tax / 人才税收, Tax Compliance / 税务合规
2026-08-28
In China, tax residency turns on domicile or an aggregate 183-day stay in a tax year; a resident is taxed on worldwide income, a non-resident only on China-source income....
2026-08-28
Caishui No. 34 extends the Greater Bay Area individual income tax preference through 31 December 2027. 财税〔2023〕34号将粤港澳大湾区个人所得税优惠政策延续执行至2027年12月31日。Guangdong and Shenzhen pay a subsidy on the mainland–Hong Kong SAR...
2026-08-28
Alipay and WeChat Pay now accept foreign cards (UnionPay, Visa, Mastercard, JCB).支付宝与微信支付已支持绑定境外银行卡（银联、Visa、Mastercard、JCB），覆盖绝大多数线下扫码付款场景。Baidu Maps and AMap (Gaode) are the two essential navigation apps in China.百度地图与高德地图是来华必备的导航工具，提供公交、地铁、步行与驾车实时路线。Both maps also handle hotel booking...