Foreign employees who hold key positions in businesses
1 Working staff · Worked in Shanghai continuously for 4 years;
· Stayed in mainland China for no less than 6 months every year in the 4 years;
· With an annual salary income (before tax) no less than six times the average annual salary of urban employees in the previous year in the region for four consecutive years;
· Paid an annual individual income tax (IIT) of not less than 20 percent of their salary; and
· With present employer’s recommendation
2 Foreign staff working in Shanghai Pilot FTZ Lin-Gang Special Area · Worked in Shanghai Pilot FTZ Lin-Gang Special Area continuously for 3 years;
· With an annual salary income (before tax) exceeding RMB 380,000; and
· With present employer’s recommendation
3 Senior/Professional Staff They have been employed in the following 5 types of organizations and hold positions of chairman, vice chairman, general manager, deputy general manager, or have titles of associate professor, associate researcher and above, and have worked consecutively for 4 years (residence in China no less than 3 years), and have good tax records:
· Research institutes of the State Council or Shanghai Municipal People’s Government or public institutions with administrative management or functions
· Key universities (“211 Project” schools and the first batch of admissions colleges)
· Enterprises and institutions that undertake the task of national key projects or major scientific and technological projects
· High-tech enterprises, encouraged foreign-invested enterprises, foreign-invested advanced technology enterprises or foreign-invested product export enterprises
· Enterprises and institutions like national laboratories, national key laboratories, national engineering laboratories, national engineering research centers, national accredited enterprise technology centers, national engineering technology research centers, or foreign-funded R&D centers
High-end and special-skilled talents
4 Core members of research teams · Being recommended and guaranteed by foreign leading experts or pioneering researchers who have been introduced by Shanghai Zhangjiang National Innovation Demonstration Zone or Shanghai Pilot FTZ (“Double Zones”) and accredited by the Administration Committee of Double Zones
5 Special talents · World-class talents, special skilled professionals, or celebrities who have made significant and outstanding contributions to national economic development and social progress or who have great value to the country and recommended by Ministry, Commission or Administration of the State Council, or Shanghai Municipal People’s Government;
· Foreigners who meet the criteria of high-level talent as set by the national key development zones – such as Shanghai Zhangjiang National Innovation Demonstration Zone, Shanghai Pilot FTZ, or Shanghai Pilot FTZ Lin-Gang Special Area – and are recommended by the administration committee of the said zones; or
· Foreign financial talents recommended by Shanghai financial administration authorities.
6 Expatriates with Ph. Degrees · Expatriates who have Ph. degrees and currently work in Shanghai
7 Overseas Chinese working in national key development zones, “double innovation” areas · Overseas Chinese who work in the national key development zones, such as Shanghai Zhangjiang National Innovation Demonstration Zone, Shanghai Pilot FTZ or Shanghai Pilot FTZ Lin-Gang Special Area, or in demonstration base of “mass entrepreneurship and innovation” area for at least 4 consecutive years, and have good tax records, and who live in mainland China for no less than 6 months each year
8 Foreigners holding residence permits for work (marked “high qualified person”) · Foreign high-level experts (talents) who are accredited by a competent national or municipal administration, or employed by science and technology innovation companies designated by a competent department of Shanghai as professionals with expertise can apply for permanent residence in China with the present employer’s recommendation if they have acquired an employment-typed residence permit noted with “Talents” and have worked in Shanghai for over 3 years
9 Excellent foreign graduates · Foreign graduates from key domestic universities (on the List of World-Class Universities and First-Class Disciplines (“Double First-Class” initiative) released by the Ministry of Education) or well-known overseas universities [top 300 universities on Shanghai Ranking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities (originally compiled and issued by Shanghai Jiao Tong University)] who were engaged in innovative entrepreneurship in Shanghai with a residence permit for private affairs (marked “entrepreneurship”) within 2 years after graduation, became employed by eligible Shanghai organizations [① organizations in “Double Zones” or “Double Innovation” Areas; or ② organizations on the list of Shanghai scientific & technological innovative occupations formulated by the Shanghai scientific and technological innovation authorities; or ③ universities or scientific research institutes in Shanghai] during those 2 years and worked there for three consecutive years, and have good records of work performance, tax payment, and social credit may apply for permanent residence in China upon recommendation of their organizations
