What are the requirements for employers hiring foreigners?

Individual economic organizations and individual citizens are prohibited from hiring foreigners. Enterprises and institutions other than individual economic organizations may hire foreigners. With the stipulations of laws and regulations of China, for those require the industry’s competent authorities to pre-approve or possess the corresponding entry-level occupational qualifications in China, must obtain the industry’s competent authority’s approval document or possess the occupational qualification certificate. Employing units to hire foreigners in specific positions, such as doctors and teachers, need to obtain industry-related qualifications.

For education consulting companies to hire language teachers, they need to obtain permission from the education department to run their schools, and their business licenses must include “Training”.