Online residence registration
The law that mandates all foreigners to register their residence within 24hours of arrival in China at a police station.(If you stay in hotels, then you’re fine. The government requires hotels to register their foreign guests as part of the check-in process.) Shanghai launched a self-service resident registration system to help streamline this process. Now […]
China relaxes the five “ones” policy and international quarantine controls
The Global Times, an English language state run paper in China has announced that the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) is preparing to allow domestic and foreign passenger airlines to apply for “green channels” for chartered flights to mainland China. Individuals entering Shanghai can resume work subject to negative COVID-19 test results and certain conditions […]
China’s New Civil Code Includes Punitive Damages in Intentional Intellectual Property Infringement
The Third Session of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) voted and passed the “Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China” on May 28, 2020. This law will come into effect on January 1, 2021. While referred to by the Chinese press as the Encyclopedia of Social Life, the new Civil Law includes many […]
China Public Calandar 2020
Chinese Public Holidays 2020 The General Office of the State Council has recently issued the Circular no. 16 (2019) about the arrangement of the Public Holidays in 2020 in the People’s Republic of China. There are seven legal public holidays, according to the schedule, which are: New Year, falling on January 1st, 2020; Spring Festival, […]
Vaccinations for China
For visitors and tourists, China does not require any particular vaccines unless you are arriving from a country that has a high risk of yellow fever. If you’re traveling through or are a citizen of one of these countries with yellow fever risk, which are all located in Africa, Central & South America, you’ll likely already […]
