Is it illegal for foreigners to apply for tourist visas to work in China? What are the rules?

It is illegal for foreigners to apply for tourist visas to work in China, and offenders will be deported.

The Law of the People's Republic of China on Exit and Entry Administration stipulates:

Article 62? Foreigners may be deported under any of the following circumstances:

(1) Being sentenced to leave the country within a specified time limit and failing to leave the country within the specified time limit; ?

(2) being denied entry; ?

(3) illegal residence and illegal employment; ?

(4) those who violate this law or other laws and administrative regulations and need to be deported. ?

other overseas personnel under any of the circumstances listed in the preceding paragraph may be deported according to law. ?

the deported people are not allowed to enter the country for one to five years from the date of deportation.

Extended information

The Law of the People's Republic of China on Exit and Entry Administration stipulates:

Article 59? Persons suspected of violating exit and entry administration may be questioned on the spot; After cross-examination on the spot, under any of the following circumstances, cross-examination can be continued according to law:

(1) being suspected of illegally leaving or entering the country; ?

(2) being suspected of assisting others to leave or enter the country illegally; ?

(3) Foreigners are suspected of illegal residence or illegal employment; ?

(4) those who are suspected of endangering national security and interests, disrupting public order or engaging in other illegal and criminal activities. ?

On-the-spot questioning and continuing questioning shall be conducted according to the procedures stipulated in the Law of the People's Republic of China on People's Police. ?

if the public security organ of the local people's government at or above the county level or the entry-exit frontier inspection organ needs to summon a person suspected of violating the entry-exit administration, it shall be implemented in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Public Security Administration Punishment. ?

article 6? If a foreigner falls under any of the circumstances specified in the first paragraph of Article 59 of this Law, he can't be ruled out after on-the-spot questioning or continued questioning, and needs further investigation, he may be detained for examination. ?

To conduct detention review, a decision on detention review shall be presented and an inquiry shall be made within 24 hours. If it is found that the detention review should not be carried out, the detention review should be lifted immediately. ?

The detention review period shall not exceed 3 days; If the case is complicated, it may be extended to 6 days with the approval of the public security organ of the local people's government at the next higher level or the entry-exit frontier inspection organ. For foreigners with unknown nationality and identity, the detention review period shall be counted from the day when their nationality and identity are ascertained. ?

National Immigration Bureau-Law of the People's Republic of China on Exit and Entry Administration.