Notice on Implementation of New Work Permit System for Foreigners in China

Fujian province has adopted a new work permit policy for foreigners in China, replacing the Employment Permit for Foreigners and Foreign Expert Work Permit, as decided by the State Council and the provincial system reform offices and arranged by the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA), and Fujian Department of Human Resources and Social Security (HRSS).

The new policy takes effect from April 1, 2017, and the relevant matters are as follows.

I. Application, acceptance, and approval work will start from April 1, 2017 and specific guides will be issued in the near future and published on the websites of the Fujian provincial HRSS department and Fujian Administration of Foreign (Overseas) Experts Affairs. Approvals of new work permits will be handled respectively by foreign expert offices of local human resources and social security departments, the Party affairs office of the Pingtan Comprehensive Pilot Zone, and administrative committees of Fuzhou, Xiamen, Pingtan sections of the Fujian Free Trade Zone. In accordance with the principle of localized management, agencies in Fujian directly under the provincial or central government should apply to above-mentioned local agencies for foreigner work permits.

II. According to the arrangements of SAFEA and for the continuity of work and an orderly transition, April 1 to June 30 will be a transitional period for the new system. During that time, applications for the two old work permits will still be processed, but according to regulations and procedures of the new one. From July 1, 2017, there will be no more issuance of old work permits and foreign expert certificates. Holders can still use old ones until they expire or choose to renew them.

III. Given that some places are temporarily unable to handle applications for new work permits, during the transition period, the foreign expert windows at the Administrative Services Center of Fujian provincial HRSS department will accept and process applications for both old and new ones. Services for old ones will stop on July 1. Employers should apply to local agencies mentioned above.

IV. Offices in Fujian that handle new work permit applications

1. Foreign expert windows at the Administrative Services Center of Fujian provincial HRSS department (only during the transition period)

Address: second floor, No 11 Sierting Rd, Fuzhou

Tel: 0591-87712625

2. Office in Fuzhou

Address: Windows No 149 and 150, Fuzhou Administrative Services Center, No 69 Wenquangongyuan Rd, Gulou district, Fuzhou

Tel: 0591-83621726

3. Office in Xiamen

Address: second floor, Labor Market Building, No 191 Changqing Rd, Xiamen

Tel: 0592-7703758

4. Office in Zhangzhou

Address: No 86 Xinhuanan Rd, Xiangcheng district, Zhangzhou

Tel: 0596-2072308

5. Office in Quanzhou

Address: No 160 Miaoyun Street, Fengze district, Quanzhou

Tel: 0595-22135541, 22132240

6. Office in Sanming

Address: fourth floor, Government Building, Dongxiner Rd, Meilie district, Sanming

Tel: 0598-8244397

7. Office in Putian

Address: first floor, Building D, South Government Square, Putian

Tel: 0594-2658915

8. Office in Nanping

Address: second floor, Hengli Building, No 98 Jiefang Rd, Yanping district, Nanping

Tel: 0599-8853562, 8870629

9. Office in Longyan

Address: Zone No1, third floor, Building B3, Commercial Center, No 138 Hualian Rd, Xinluo district, Longyan

Tel: 0597-3293323, 2529121

10. Office in Ningde

Address: Human Resource Development Office, Ningde Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, No 48 Jiaochengnan Rd, Ningde

Tel: 0593-2870802

11. Office in Fujian Free Trade Zone (Fuzhou Section)

Address: Room 416, fourth floor, administrative committee of Fujian Free-trade Zone (Fuzhou Section), No 27 Kuaian Huli Rd, Mawei district, Fuzhou

Tel: 0591-28057851

12. Office in Fujian Free Trade Zone (Xiamen Section)

Address: Window No 1, administrative committee of Fujian Free-trade Zone (Xiamen Section), second floor, Section C, International Shipping Center, No 93, Xiangyu Rd, Xiamen

Tel: 0592-2616917

13. Office in the Pingtan Comprehensive Pilot Zone

Address: Window No 50, second floor, Building No 7, Operation Center of Haixia Ruyi Town, Jinjingwan district, Pingtan

Tel: 0591-2312232