Shenzhen opened the country's first expatriates' job management
office Friday, the Shenzhen Special Zone Daily reported
Saturday.
The management office, previously known as the expatriates' job
service center, is now a government administration to manage and
issue work permits for expatriates legally allowed to work in the
city. For work visas, foreigners still need to go to the municipal
public security bureau with a letter of invitation.
Around 15,000 foreigners as well as Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao
residents working in the city are registered with the city
government while a further 33,000 Chinese citizens work for
representative offices of foreign firms in Shenzhen.
Li Yu, office director, said the number of expatriates working
in Shenzhen and taking on a larger variety of jobs could rise
sharply in the near future.
"With foreigners in Shenzhen from more than 100 countries and
regions, we will beef up management in cooperation with the police
against illegal employment," the official said.
(Shenzhen Daily May 14, 2007)