1. In good health, with no mental illness and epidemic such as leprosy, AIDS, venereal diseases, open tuberculosis etc. or the disease prohibited by the post they hold;

2. With a clearly-defined employer;

3. With professional skills, proper academic background required for the job of the intended employment and more than two-year relevant working experiences;

4. With no criminal record;

5. With valid passport or other international travel document in lieu of the passport;

6 aged between 18 and 60 for male, and between 18 and 55 for female

The application procedures

1. Applying for Employment License

The employer intending to employ a foreigner shall apply to the Shanghai Municipal Labour & Social Security Bureau for Employment License.

Address: No. 1800 Tianshan

Tel: 021-12333

After the application is approved, the Bureau will issue the License to the employer. Then the employer shall go through formalities with the authorized organizations for the Employment Visa and entry of the foreigner with relevant documents, including the Employment Visa, and send the letter of visa notification and the Employment License to the foreigner to be employed through the authorized unit.

2. Applying for Employment Visa

Foreigners with permission to work in shanghai shall apply for the Employment Visa at the Chinese embassies, consulates or visa offices, by presenting the letter of visa notification and the Employment License mentioned above.

3. Applying for Employment Permit

The employer should, within fifteen days after the entry of the employed foreigner, bring valid documents to the Labor &Social Security Bureau to apply for the Employment Permit.

4. Applying for residence certificate

Foreigners who hold their Employment Permits should, within thirty days after their entry, apply for the residence certificate to the municipal public security authority, bringing with them the Employment Permits.

5. Representatives applying for Employment Permit

Foreigners who are representatives or chief representative of shanghai Office of foreign enterprises or enterprises of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao may be exempted from the Employment License. After their entry, their office shall apply for the Employment Permit to Labor and Social Security Bureau with“Work Permit for Representatives of the Office of foreign Enterprise in China”issued by the Municipal industry and commerce administration authorities and the relevant documents mentioned above.

Duration of the employment Permit

1. Defining the Duration of the Employment Permit

The duration of the Employment Permit is determined by that of the labor contract signed by the employer and the foreign employee or the duration of the work, but the valid period for one review shall not exceed one year and shall not exceed the term of the business license of the employer, and the validity of the foreigner’s passport or other international travel documents in lieu of the passport either.

2 .The renewal of the Employment Permit

If the renewal of the Employment Permit is required, the employer should, within thirty days prior to the expiration of the Employment Permit, apply to the labor and social security Bureau for extension of the Permit.

3 .Termination of the employment

If the employment is terminated at the expiration of the labor contract or revoked within its term, or if the foreigner switches his employer and moves to other province or city to work, the original employer should, within ten days after his leaving, return the Employment Permit to the original certificate office; if the Employment Permit cannot be returned, the employer should, within ten days after his leaving, present a written report to the shanghai Labor and social security Bureau.

The 1,318-kilometer-long high-speed rail line will cut travel time between China’s two major metropolises to about five hours, the ministry said. The line is scheduled to go into commercial service at the end of June, according to the ministry.

Fault simulations and emergency drills will be carried out during the one-month trial, the ministry said.

Some sections of the rail line have already started trials. One section between the city of Zaozhuang in Shandong Province and the city of Bengbu in Anhui Province began trails on Nov. 15, 2010, according to the ministry.

Trains on the line will run at two speeds, 300 kilometers per hour and 250 kilometers per hour, with different ticket prices depending on the speed of the train. A precise ticket price scale has yet to be approved by the National Development and Reform Commission, the country’s top economic planning body.

The line will use 90 pairs of bullet trains after it goes into service, with the ministry vowing to optimize the use of its trains to provide the best service possible for prospective travelers.

China plans to invest 2.8 trillion yuan (431.7 billion U.S. dollars) to build about 30,000 kilometers of new rail lines over the next five years.The total length of China’s railways is set to exceed 120,000 kilometers by the end of 2015, railway minister Sheng Guangzu said last month.

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I just got back to Shanghai May 1st and the city seems to be as it was.  What slow down, does not seem to be one in Shanghai.  More news to come when I get back into gear and check out the city.