I want to ask the question you asked before. Foreigners enter China on tourist visas. How to change into a work visa in China? Thank you.

Foreigners holding tourist visas cannot change to work visas in China.

With all kinds of materials complete, you can apply for a Z visa to enter the country abroad, such as Hong Kong, and then your unit will complete the procedures for changing your residence permit locally.

Other employing units shall fill in the Application Form for Employment of Foreigners (hereinafter referred to as the Application Form), apply to the competent department of industry at the same level of the labor administrative department, and provide the following valid certificates:

(1) Resume certificate of the foreigner to be employed;

(2) letter of intent for employment;

(3) Qualification certificates of foreigners to be employed;

(4) The health certificate of the foreigner to be employed;

(5) A report on the reasons for the proposed employment of foreigners;

(6) Other documents as prescribed by laws and regulations.

After being approved by the competent department of industry, the employing unit shall go through the approval formalities with the labor administrative department of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government or the municipal labor administrative department authorized by it. The labor administrative departments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government or the institutions designated by the municipal labor administrative departments authorized by them shall issue licenses after approval.

If the company is a foreign-invested enterprise, it does not need the approval of the competent department of industry to hire foreigners, and it can directly apply for a license from the issuing authority of the labor administrative department with the business license such as contract, articles of association and approval certificate.

An employing unit that is allowed to employ foreigners shall issue a letter of notification and a certificate of permission from the authorized unit to the foreigner to be employed.