| Item | Criteria | Points |
| Annual Salary paid by domestic company (Highest possible score: 20) | 450,000 and above | 20 |
| 350,000 – 449,999 | 17 | |
| 250,000 – 349,999 | 14 | |
| 150,000 – 249,999 | 11 | |
| 70,000 – 149,999 | 8 | |
| 50,000 – 69,999 | 5 | |
| Less than 50,000 | 0 | |
| Level of Education or International Professional Qualification Certificate (Highest possible score: 20) | Doctor; Highest level International vocational qualification certificate; Senior technician or equivalent | 20 |
| Master’s; technician or equivalent | 15 | |
| Bachelor’s; Senior Worker or equivalent | 10 | |
| Related work experience (Highest possible score: 20) | One additional point for every year above 2 years | Maximum 20 |
| 2 years | 5 | 5 |
| Less than 2 years | 0 | 0 |
| Annual working time in China will be? (Highest possible score: 15) (Unit: Month) | Above 9 months | Above 9 months |
| 6 – 9 months | 10 | |
| 3 – 6 months | 5 | |
| Less than 3 months | 0 | |
| Level of Chinese (Highest possible score: 5) | If you are Chinese before | 5 |
| Bachelor’s or Higher degree on Chinese study (Major) | 5 | |
| HSK 5 and above | 5 | |
| HSK 4 | 4 | |
| HSK 3 | 3 | |
| HSK 2 | 2 | |
| HSK 1 | 1 | |
| Age (Year) (Highest possible score: 15) | 18 – 25 years old | 10 |
| 26 – 45 years old | 15 | |
| 46 – 55 years old | 10 | |
| 56 – 60 years old | 5 | |
| Above 60 years old | 0 | |
| Globally recognized university or experience in top 500 company (Highest possible score: 5) | Graduated from Globally recognized high level university in the world | 5 |
| Work experience in Fortune Global 500 company | 5 | |
| You own patent or intellectual property | 5 | |
| Continuously work in China over 5 years | 5 |
Class-A Work Permit Criteria:
The most popular Class-A expat is following <High Incoming Earners>:
Salary is over 600,000RMB/year and Incoming tax over 120,000RMB/year.
Other high personal worth individuals may apply if they meet one of the following criteria.
- Employed by a Central state-owned enterprises; Fortune Global 500 China headquarters; National high-tech enterprises (Licensed by MOST) or Large-sized enterprise
- Is a GM or Vice GM, with technical talents or is the backbone of scientific research team employed by Medium-sized enterprise
- Employed at an Enterprise engineering research center (Licensed by NDRC); Engineering laboratory (Licensed by NDRC); Engineering and technology research center (Licensed by MOST); Enterprise technology center (Licensed by EITC); Local technological innovation service platform (Licensed by MOST)
- Employed at a China local university and academy; China local first-class hospitals; Foreign-invested hospitals; China first-class orchestra; Chinese mainstream media; National or Provincial sport team or club.
- Personal comprehensive quality – score >85 points
If you can’t qualify for Class-A work permit, the following criteria will secure you a B catagory permit:
B1. You have Bachelor degree and 2 years full time related work experience after graduation.
B2. You are a experienced Technology Worker (have International certificate of technical skills) and 2 years full time related work experience and Your salary is equal or over 26,100 RMB/Month (the government will check your income tax receipt next year)
B3. You are a foreign language teacher (native speaker) in China. You have Bachelor or higher degree and 2 years full time teaching experience (if your major is Education, Language or Teaching or if you have recognized TEFL certificate, then 2 years full time teaching experience can be exempt)
B4. Personal comprehensive quality – score over 60 points.
The final category is Class C.
Class-C criteria:
C1. Fresh graduated student in Shanghai, have a bachelors or higher diploma (Issued from any university in shanghai and graduated within 1-year). Employed by a company registered in Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ) or Zhang Jiang high technology Park.
C2. You study in China, have a Masters or higher diploma (Issued from any university in China and graduated within 1-year, scores reach 80/100 or B+/B over average). Employed by a company registered in Shanghai