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OhBudPowellWhereArtThou · Joined: 02 Jun 2015 Posts: 1168 Location: Since 2003

For those of you who are wondering about the new point system, here's the latest that I've found:

https://www.ecovis.com/focus-china/chinas-new-point-system/

Though I can't speak for its veracity, the criteria are a far cry from those proposed by a few jokey ex-patriate publications.

max71081 · Joined: 05 Aug 2015 Posts: 125

Elmo is a Category A expat? Laughing

twowheel · Joined: 03 Jul 2015 Posts: 753

mandu · Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 794 Location: china

I got a grade C

max71081 · Joined: 05 Aug 2015 Posts: 125

OhBudPowellWhereArtThou · Joined: 02 Jun 2015 Posts: 1168 Location: Since 2003

Wow! With encouragement points for "a special talent in shortage on local social economic development", I may have scored as high as 73!

OMG! China IS the Land of Milk and Honey!

Recognition, fame, and glory at last! I AM somebody!

* I can pat my head and rub my belly simultaneously while counting aloud 1,000 red rmb notes. I know NO Chinese who can do that.

mandu · Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 794 Location: china

RiverMystic · Joined: 13 Jan 2009 Posts: 1986

Did I miss something? 60 for a B. How many points for A?

ChrisHenry15 · Joined: 03 Jan 2015 Posts: 99

Pinkpiglet · Joined: 31 May 2017 Posts: 15

So does this mean that age doesn't reduce points, it just doesn't add any? #confused

OhBudPowellWhereArtThou · Joined: 02 Jun 2015 Posts: 1168 Location: Since 2003

hz88 · Joined: 27 Sep 2015 Posts: 162

The points system does exist. It is broadly similar to various charts that have been posted online.

The requirement to speak Chinese is being overlooked for Category B and C applications at the moment.

The only way to actually see the points allocated is to use the service system for foreigners working in China which only employers have access to. The employer initially decides which category to apply depending on their own calculation of your score and submits it. If it doesn't meet the criteria it automatically gets downgraded to the next level.

Once the documents are uploaded they are scored by the provincial SAFEA office. In the management system it shows the applicants points when it reaches the approved stage before the card is printed. Therefore some provinces may be more flexible than others in what they allow and not.

It simply is not definitive until they pass the application.

nimadecaomei · Joined: 22 Sep 2016 Posts: 605

All I need to do is scratch up on my writing and do the HSK (remembering not to mix up traditional/simplified characters) and I will be well into A territory. In the end who cares, ABC all allow you to work and that is what matters.