Seven Favorable Policies and Measures in Exit-Entry Administration for Hangzhou National Innovation Demonstration Zone Seven Policies

Seven Policies

1. Officially recognised foreign top talents and their spouse and underaged children may apply for permanent residence permits in China on the condition that they are recommended by specified organisations.

2. Recommended by their employer, foreigners who have worked in Hangzhou for 4 consecutive years, spent no less than 6 months accumulatively each year in the country, with stable source of subsistence and a dwelling place, and whose annual wage income and paid annual individual income tax are up to specified standards, may apply for permanent residency in China, together with their spouse and minor children.

3. Foreign nationals of Chinese ethnicity with a doctorate degree or above who work in Hangzhou, or foreign nationals of Chinese ethnicity who have worked in Hangzhou for 4 consecutive years and actually stayed no less than 6 months accumulatively each year in China, may apply for permanent residency.

4. A five-year visa of multi entries may be issued to foreign nationals of Chinese ethnicity who come to Hangzhou for family reunion， commercial activities, exchange activities in science, education, culture and public health, or personal affairs. Residence permit with a valid period of no more than 5 years may be issued to those who need to stay in Hangzhou for a long term for work, study, family reunion or personal affairs.

5. International students who hold a diploma of a Chinese university and have the intention to start up their innovation business in Hangzhou may apply for residence permits for personal affairs(marking “Business Startup”).

During their stay, upon being employed, they may apply for work-type residence permits. Foreign students from a foreign university who come to China for practice as invited by an enterprise on the record of an exit-entry administration authority of a provincial-level public security organisation may apply at Hangzhou Port for a short-term visa for personal affairs (marking “Practice”). Those who have entered China via other types of visa may also apply to convert them into a short-term visa for personal affairs (marking "Practice").

6. In accordance with regulations, work-type residence permits with a valid period of 5 years may be issued to foreigners working in Hangzhou who apply for work-type residence permits for the third time, upon the terms that they have applied successively twice for work-type residence permits and that they have no records of crime or regulation violation.

7. Foreign technical talents and senior management talents who hold a work permit and are employed by specified enterprises may apply for a work visa at the port of entry. In case they don' t have time to obtain a work permit before hand, they may apply for a talent visa for entry by providing the invitation letter from the specified enterprises.