Category: Operations
Company operations of businesses with offices in China
Fact Sheet: Communist Party Groups in Foreign Companies in China
The Chinese government is pushing foreign companies to include party organizations among their employees. Where do these companies stand if they don't want to acquiesce to their demands?
Hiring Local Employees in China
By HROne, Payroll & Employment Solutions in Greater China The employment of staff offers fundamental challenges that all foreign companies or Representative Offices entering China need to master. What rules and regulations apply in creating labor contracts? How do employees...
Coworking Space Regulation Coming to China Following Beijing Reform
Coworking and incubator spaces have expanded quickly throughout major cities as China’s entrepreneurial drive accelerates. While government had been slow to regulate coworking spaces--the use of such addresses for business registration has floundered in ambiguous territory--industry observers contend that the...
Shanghai CHOPS Conference 2017
On behalf of all of us at the US-China Business Council, we would like to thank our member companies for their generous support of USCBC’s Shanghai CHOPS Conference 2017, held on November 30th at the Shanghai Hilton. The Shanghai China...
IT Solutions: Improving Efficiency, Accuracy and Transparency in Payroll Processing in China
The digitization of business functions is not a new phenomenon, particularly in developed economies. However, the adoption of technology for HR and payroll processes in developing countries such as China is far less common. Arguably, it is in these countries...
Healthcare Series Part 1: Reimbursement Drug Lists
Recently announced provincial reimbursement drug lists (PRDLs) provide possible new opportunities for US pharmaceutical companies seeking to expand market reach for their drugs in China. These updated subnational lists largely reflect the national reimbursement drug list (NRDL), which was released...
China Work Visa: Unified Work Permit Benefits Foreigners
In an effort to attract more foreign talents, the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA) has quickened reform to make it easier for foreigners to apply for China’s work visa. Effective on April 1, 2017, the SAFEA rolled out...
Individual Income Tax for Expats in China
China’s Individual Income Tax (IIT) Law stipulates that all individuals working and deriving income from within the territory of China are subject to IIT. While Chinese nationals are taxed on all income sourced both domestically and overseas, non-Chinese nationals are...
Shanghai Revises Minimum Wage and Social Insurance Contribution Rates
The Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Human Resources & Social Security recently released its annual minimum wage adjustments for 2017, as well as the associated changes to employee benefits. The adjustments, which came into effect on April 1, affect minimum wages,...
Minimizing Headaches During China Investigations
Any company with more than a small presence in China will likely need to conduct an internal investigation in China at some point. Companies can take certain steps to minimize headaches when such an investigation is needed.