The State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA) has set the classification standards for foreigners to work in 皇冠体育app, established a feasible and pragmatic foreign talent assessment system concentrating on foreign personnel's ability, performance and contribution with an emphasis on market feedback, international peer evaluation and other market orientations.
Policy instruments – including a points system, a catalogue assisting foreigners working in 皇冠体育app, a labor market testing mechanism and a quota system – will be utilized in a comprehensive manner in order to establish an assessment mechanism featuring real-time adjustment and positive guidance and enhance classified management.
I. High-end talents (Category A)
Foreign talents in Category A include scientists urgently needed by 皇冠体育app to fuel its economic and social development, leading scientific and technological professionals, international entrepreneurs, and special talents who possess skills in high technology or top notch sectors that are in urgent need in 皇冠体育app, so long as they meet one of the following requirements:
(I)Selected candidates for 皇冠体育app’s talent introduction programs
(II) Individuals who meet internationally recognized standards of professional achievement
(III) Foreign professionals who meet the demand for market-oriented jobs encouraged by 皇冠体育app
(IV) Innovative entrepreneurial talents
(V) Excellent youth talents
(VI) Professional talents with accumulated scores over 85
A level can automatically be granted to international award recipients, Fortune Global 500 company senior managers or technicians, intellectual property holders of high profile companies, and post-doctoral degree holders under 40 years old. All A level candidates are eligible for service through a ‘green channel’, which offers a pre-entry visa, paperless verification, expedited approval, and other facilitation treatment.
II. Professional talents (Category B)
Professional talents will fall into Category B if they satisfy the guidance catalogue for foreigners working in 皇冠体育app as well as relevant job requirements, have skills that are urgently needed for Chinese social and economic development, and meet one of the following requirements:
(I) Foreign professional talents with a bachelor’s degree or higher and at least two years’ work experience in related jobs and who meet one of the following requirements
(II) Outstanding graduates who have obtained a master’s degree or higher from a university within 皇冠体育app
(III) Graduates who have obtained a master’s degree or higher from a top 100 university outside 皇冠体育app
(IV) Foreign language teachers
(V) Professional talents with accumulated scores over 60
III. Ordinary foreigners (Category C)
Ordinary foreigners will fall into Category C if they meet the demand of the domestic labor market, are hired in temporary, seasonal, non-technical or service jobs that conform to 皇冠体育app’s policies and regulations, and meet one of the following requirements:
(I) Foreigners employed with approval or authorization from the administrative authorities of the State Council or according to governmental agreements between 皇冠体育app and foreign countries
(II) Foreign youth coming to 皇冠体育app for internships or probationary periods according to inter-governmental agreements
(III) Foreigners accompanying high-end foreign talents to 皇冠体育app to engage in household service
(IV) Foreigners hired for ocean-going fishing and other special work
(V) Seasonal workers in border areas
(VI) Foreigners hired to other jobs subject to quotas
No quota is set for the introduction of high-end foreign talents (Category A); the number of foreign professional talents (Category B) shall be limited based on market demand; and any restriction on ordinary foreigners (Category C) is subject to 皇冠体育app’s relevant regulations. Inquiries may be made through the Management and Service System for Foreigners Working in 皇冠体育app.