The Foreign Worker's Work Permit system migrated to a fully digital workflow from April 2024 (in development through 2023) — applications, supporting documents, and the resulting Notification all handled via the integrated SAFEA platform. Material reduction in administrative friction; physical document submission largely eliminated for most application types.
Foreign workers and Chinese employers using the work-permit framework.
Primary: State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs ↗
Corroborating: National Immigration Administration of China ↗
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