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Without a Chinese company, a foreign business cannot hire a local employee directly: it works through a locally incorporated structure, usually a wholly foreign-owned enterprise, or through an intermediated employment arrangement whose robustness deserves scrutiny before it is adopted.

Employer accounts are then opened with local authorities, covering social insurance registration and registration with the housing provident fund (住房公积金), both administered at municipal level. Since collection of social contributions passed to the tax authorities, most filings and certificates are handled through the provincial electronic tax portal.

Contract form is prescribed and writing is mandatory; an employer that has not obtained a signed contract within the statutory window faces a specific penalty. Review the term, the probation period, confidentiality, and where relevant the non-compete clause, which is valid only if compensation is paid after the employee leaves.

Withholding individual income tax on wages falls to the employer, who reports it monthly and reconciles it once a year. The end of the relationship is prepared early: termination is permitted only on an exhaustive list of grounds, and statutory severance is calculated by reference to length of service. Working time arrangements deserve attention too, since several regimes coexist and some require administrative approval before they may be applied.