China Work Permit Points in Guangdong: the National Table Item by Item, a Provincial Bonus of Up to 10 Points Published on 5 November 2021 With a Five-Year Term, and the Proof Each Point Needs

Checked on 6 November 2026. We are an interpreting and translation company in Guangzhou (Guangzhou GuanRi Translation Service Co., Ltd.). We are not the work permit approval authority, not a law firm and not an agency that handles work permit applications. The service this article ends up recommending, translating the foreign-language documents that prove your points into Chinese, is one we sell ourselves. This is not legal advice and not compliance advice. Where a number is our own arithmetic rather than a figure from an official document, the paragraph says so; this article uses none of our company's data.

This article is for a foreign employee in Guangzhou or elsewhere in Guangdong, and the employer's HR team, when the work permit category depends on points: a score of 85 or more for category A, 60 or more for category B. It goes through the national scoring table item by item, adds up a case the Guangzhou bureau published, and looks at the extra points Guangdong gives on top of the national table, up to 10, under a provincial notice, published on 5 November 2021, that says it is valid for five years. It also covers what each point has to be proved with, the language of that proof, and what changes when you move between Guangzhou and Foshan. It does not cover residents of Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan, who are not foreign nationals.

1. Which case is yours

The second column summarises the sections it points to; where those sections give our reading, so does the table. Guangzhou's city window is the One-Stop Service Window for Foreigners Working in China at the Guangzhou Immigration Service Center, on the 4th floor of the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau's Entry and Exit Reception Hall for Foreigners, 155 Jiefang South Road, Yuexiu District, open on working days 9:00–12:00 and 13:00–17:00. The bureau's November 2024 pilot notice also lists work permit windows in Huangpu and Nansha districts. Outside Guangzhou, ask your own city's work permit window. The bureau's notices give the city hotline, 020-12345, for questions.

Your situation	What applies	What to do	Who decides
You have a bachelor's degree or above and 2 years or more of related work experience, and you are 60 or under	Guangzhou's guide names this as a basis for category B, without points; points are the other way in (section 8)	Have your employer apply on the degree-and-experience basis; you do not need to add up points for B	The work permit approval authority
Your score from the national table alone, without any Guangdong bonus, already reaches the line for the category you are applying for: 60 for B, 85 for A	That category does not depend on the Guangdong bonus; every point you claim still has to be proved (section 6). If you have 60 to 84 points and need the bonus to reach 85 for A, the next row is yours	Collect a document for each item you score on; for the foreign-language ones, the guide wants a Chinese translation issued by a notary office or authenticated by an embassy or consulate (section 6)	The approval authority
You reach 60 or 85 only with Guangdong's bonus of up to 10 points	The provincial notice that sets the bonus was published on 5 November 2021 and says it is valid for five years; on 6 November 2026 we found no extension or replacement (section 4)	Before you file a new application, ask the window whether the bonus is still added, and which date it goes by; if you can, have a second route ready (sections 5 and 8). If you are renewing, see the next row: do not let the question hold up the filing	The approval authority; whether a new or extended standard is issued is for the Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology
You are renewing, and your last permit was granted with the Guangdong bonus (for example for 2 or more consecutive years of work in Guangdong)	The notice says the bonus applies to new applications and to extensions; Guangzhou's renewal checklist does not ask for points proof again (sections 4 and 6)	Have your employer file the renewal in the online system 30–90 days before the permit expires: with fewer than 30 days left the system will not take it, and the guide says a category A holder then has to apply again through the in-China procedure, and other categories through the procedure for applicants outside China; if fewer than 30 days are left, treat it as a new application (row above). Ask the window whether your renewal is re-scored, but do not hold the filing back for the answer	The approval authority
You hold a permit granted with the Guangdong bonus and plan to change employer	A new employer means a new application, unless both employers are on the list of Guangzhou's pilot (section 8); when a contract ends early, Guangzhou's guide has the employer apply to cancel the permit within 10 working days (section 5)	Before you resign, add up your score without the bonus, and, if the new employer is in Guangdong, ask the window in its city whether the bonus is still added to new applications	The approval authority
You have already filed and are still waiting	Nothing we read says which date the bonus is assessed on	Ask the window whether the bonus is counted in your file	The approval authority
You hold a degree from a "Double First-Class" or high-level university in China	Three different rules: the national table's 5 points for a high-level university are for one outside the Chinese mainland in the Chinese text; the Guangdong notice in section 4, whose five-year term that section looks at, gives such a degree 10 bonus points; a Guangzhou pilot until 31 December 2026 gives some STEM master's graduates category B without work experience (sections 2, 4 and 8)	Add up your score without the 10 first, then check the routes in section 8	The approval authority
Your degree was taught in Chinese, or you passed HSK	The Chinese text gives 5 for a bachelor's degree or above "taught in Chinese" and 5 for HSK level 5 or above, with 5 as the maximum for the item; the official English of Guangzhou's guide says "Chinese related major" instead (section 2)	We would go by the Chinese text (section 2); if those 5 points decide your category, ask the window, whichever line you score them on	The approval authority
Your salary is exactly RMB 450,000, 350,000, 250,000, 150,000 or 70,000 a year, or you work exactly 6 or 9 months a year	The table writes the bands between two figures with square brackets at both ends, and "45 or more" and "9 or more" include the figure itself, so a boundary figure sits in two bands (section 2)	Ask the window which band it counts you in before you rely on the higher one	The approval authority
You are moving from a Guangzhou permit to a Foshan employer, or the other way	Unless both employers are on the list under Guangzhou's 2024 pilot (units in the same system within Guangdong, which can move a permit without a new application), you apply again; the Guangzhou–Foshan measures waive the highest degree certificate, and the work experience proof if the post and title are the same; they do not say whether that covers your points proof (sections 7 and 8)	Ask the window or both employers whether they are on the pilot's list (the pilot runs to 31 December 2026); if not, ask the new city's window which points proof it still wants	The approval authority in the new city
You are over 60	The table gives 0 points for age over 60. Guangzhou's guide says category A is free from age limits; it limits category B to 60 or under, but says the limits on age, education or work experience may be relaxed where there is a genuine need, including for applicants who meet the points standard for B. The Guangzhou–Foshan measures set B's age limit by the statutory retirement age and put no age limit on A (sections 2 and 7)	Add up the other items, which still count; ask the window whether an age limit applies to your category and route, and whether the relaxation is open to you; at 60 or over, the guide also asks for proof of commercial insurance, including accident and medical insurance, bought by the employer	The approval authority
You earn 4 or 6 times the local average wage	That is a separate way into B or A, not points; for Guangzhou and Foshan, the Guangzhou–Foshan measures set the average as Guangdong's previous-year average wage of all urban employees	Ask the window which average figure it uses; see our article on Guangzhou's published cases	The approval authority

2. The national table

The points come from the "Integral Points Score Table (Temporary)" (积分要素计分赋值表（暂行版）), attached to the Evaluation Criteria for Foreigners Employed in China (Trial) (外国人来华工作分类标准（试行）). Guangzhou's work permit guide carries both as its Appendix 1, in Chinese and in an official English version; the PDF of Appendix 1 on the bureau's page carries a modification date of 18 September 2026. The national basis is the 2017 notice of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs and three ministries (外专发〔2017〕40号). Category A is a score of 85 or more and category B 60 or more; Guangzhou's guide writes both as "85 分及以上" and "60 分及以上", so the number itself counts.

Three groups qualify for category A directly and are marked "—" in the table: people selected by a national talent programme or meeting internationally recognised achievement standards; people in the market-oriented encouraged posts; and innovative and entrepreneurial talents and excellent young talents. Everyone else adds up the items below. Salary is in units of RMB 10,000 a year.

Item (maximum)	Standards and points
Annual salary paid by the employer in China (20)	45 or more: 20; [35,45]: 17; [25,35]: 14; [15,25]: 11; [7,15]: 8; [5,7]: 5; under 5: 0
Education, or vocational skills certificate (20)	doctorate, the highest internationally recognised vocational skills certificate, senior technician or equivalent: 20; master's, technician or equivalent: 15; bachelor's, senior worker or equivalent: 10
Years of work experience (20)	2 years: 5; each year beyond 2: 1 more, up to 20; under 2 years: 0
Months worked per year (15)	9 or more: 15; [6,9]: 10; [3,6]: 5; under 3: 0
Chinese (5)	formerly a Chinese national: 5; a bachelor's degree or above taught in Chinese: 5; HSK level 5 or above: 5; HSK 4: 4; HSK 3: 3; HSK 2: 2; HSK 1: 1
Work location (10)	western China: 10; the northeast and other old industrial bases: 10; national-level poverty-stricken counties and other special areas: 10
Age (15)	[18,25]: 10; [26,45]: 15; [46,55]: 10; [56,60]: 5; over 60: 0
High-level university, Global 500 and other conditions (5)	graduated from a high-level university outside the Chinese mainland: 5; work experience in a Global 500 company: 5; patents or other intellectual property: 5; 5 or more consecutive years of work in China: 5
Local bonus (10)	special talent needed for local development, standard set by the provincial authority: 0–10 (Guangdong's is in section 4)

Seven things about this table that are easy to get wrong:

The bands overlap at their edges. Each band between two figures is written with square brackets at both ends, so RMB 350,000 is in both [25,35] and [35,45], RMB 450,000 is in both [35,45] and "45 or more", and 9 months a year is in both "9 or more" and [6,9]. The table does not say which band a boundary figure falls in. Ask before you count on the higher one.
Which universities count as "high-level", the table does not say. The Guangzhou–Foshan measures, in another context, go by the list in the national work permit system; ask the window which list it uses for this item.
Each item has its own maximum. Chinese stops at 5 however many of its lines you meet, and so does the high-level university and Global 500 item. On education, by our reading you score one line, the highest you meet; the case in section 3 is consistent with that, but it does not give its months a year, so it does not settle the point.
Years of work reach 20 at 17 years. Two years give 5, and each further year adds 1, so 20 points need 17 years. That is our arithmetic from the table.
The work location item names regions it does not define. In the Guangzhou case in section 3, the items the bureau listed do not include it.
The maximum is 120, and 100 without the two regional items. That is our arithmetic: 20 + 20 + 20 + 15 + 5 + 10 + 15 + 5 + 10.
The official English of Guangzhou's guide differs from the Chinese on two lines. The Chinese gives 5 points for "取得以汉语为教学语言的学士及以上学位", a bachelor's degree or above taught in Chinese; the English says "Chinese related major bachelor or equivalent". The Chinese gives 5 points for "毕业于国（境）外高水平大学", a high-level university outside the Chinese mainland; the English says "Graduate high-level from domestic and overseas universities". The English is wider on the second line, and on the first it is wider in one way and narrower in another. The Chinese text is the one we would go by; if your file turns on either line, ask the window.

3. A Guangzhou case added up: 76 plus 10

On 24 December 2025 the Guangzhou bureau published five "typical cases" of approved work permits. In case 3, a foreign national was approved for category A on 86 points. The bureau gives the applicant's facts but not the score item by item. Here is the table from section 2 applied to those facts; the arithmetic is ours.

Item	What the case says	Points by our reading
Annual salary	in the RMB 70,000–150,000 range	8
Education	a bachelor's degree from a high-level university abroad and a master's degree from a "Double First-Class" university in China	15, for the master's
Years of work	10 years of relevant work experience	13: 5 for the first 2 years, 1 for each of the next 8
Months worked per year	a signed labour contract for long-term work in China; no number of months	15, if it is 9 months or more
Chinese	formerly a Chinese national	5
Age	in the 26–45 range	15
High-level university	the bachelor's degree from abroad	5
Base score		76

That comes to the 76 the case states as the base score. It is not the only way to get there: counting both degrees (20 at most) and 6 to 9 months a year (10) also gives 76, and the case gives neither its months nor how it counted the degrees. The case then adds 10 under item (2) of the Guangdong notice in section 4, a degree from a "Double First-Class" or high-level university in China, and reaches 86. Its closing reminder has two sentences; the second reads:

申请人若以积分方式申请外国人来华工作许可，可自行对照“积分要素计分赋值表（暂行版）”了解自身条件是否满足积分要求，积分达60分以上的可申请外国人来华工作许可（B类），85分以上的可申请外国人来华工作许可（A类）。

In English (our translation): an applicant applying through points can check the table themselves to see whether they meet the points requirement; 60 points or more can apply for category B, 85 points or more for category A.

4. Guangdong's bonus: four items, up to 10 points, five years

The table leaves the local bonus to each province. Guangdong's is set by a notice of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology (Guangdong Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs) on the standard for local bonus points in the work permit points system, 粤科规范字〔2021〕8号, dated and published on 5 November 2021. Its third article (三) is the bonus itself (five sentences in the original):

三、对符合以下任一项标准的来粤工作外国人给予地方鼓励性加分，总得分不超过10分。

（一）到粤东西北地区或惠州、江门、肇庆市享受省财政转移支付县（市）工作的外国人（计10分）。

（二）在我国“双一流”建设高校、高水平大学建设高校获得学士及以上学位的外国人及根据政府间协议来华实习的外国青年（计10分）。

（三）连续在粤工作2年及以上，并依法参加社会保险、缴纳个人所得税、无犯罪记录的外国人（从2年加6分起计算，每增加1年加2分，超过2年不满3年的计6分，以此类推，最高计10分）。

（四）符合地级以上市人民政府或人才主管部门编制（发布）的本地区急需紧缺人才目录的外国人（计10分）。

In English (our translation): foreign nationals working in Guangdong who meet any one of the following get a local bonus, 10 points at most in total. (1) Working in eastern, western or northern Guangdong, or in counties of Huizhou, Jiangmen and Zhaoqing that receive provincial fiscal transfer payments: 10. (2) A bachelor's degree or above from a university in China's "Double First-Class" initiative or in the high-level university building programme, or a young foreign intern in China under an intergovernmental agreement: 10. (3) Two or more consecutive years of work in Guangdong, with social insurance and individual income tax paid as the law requires and no criminal record: 6 points from 2 years, 2 more for each further year, so more than 2 but under 3 years is 6, and so on, up to 10. (4) Meeting the catalogue of urgently needed talent for its area compiled (published) by the government or talent authority of a prefecture-level or higher city: 10.

By our arithmetic, item (3) gives 6 points for 2 to under 3 years, 8 for 3 to under 4, and 10 for 4 years or more. The notice's second article says it applies to employers lawfully established in Guangdong, for new applications and extensions of both the work permit notice and the work permit. It does not name a change of category; if you are changing category on points, ask whether the bonus counts. The notice gives a contact at the department: 020-83163671.

The notice does not list which catalogues count for item (4); if your post is on a catalogue Guangzhou has published, ask the window whether it counts. The notice does not name the universities in item (2), or say which list it goes by.

The fourth article is the term (two sentences):

四、本通知自发布之日起实施，有效期5年。原《广东省外国专家局关于印发〈广东省外国人来华工作许可计点积分制度地方鼓励性加分赋值表（暂行）〉的通知》（粤外专规〔2018〕1号）自行失效。

In English (our translation): this notice takes effect on the day it is published and is valid for five years; the 2018 notice of the Guangdong Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs that issued the earlier bonus table ceases to be valid.

The department's page shows it was published on 5 November 2021 at 18:26. By our arithmetic, five years from that day end on 4 or 5 November 2026, depending on whether the first day counts; either way, that is before 6 November, the day we write. The notice itself gives no end date.

What we checked on 6 November 2026. The department's column of departmental normative documents (49 items, the newest dated 10 October 2026) has no new bonus standard and no notice extending this one, although the same column has two notices extending other documents (3 January 2025 and 2 September 2026). Its notices column back to May 2025, and the newest 40 items of its policy interpretation column (back to November 2024), have nothing that extends or replaces it either. Nor do the Guangzhou bureau's work permit column or the newest 2,900 items of its open government list, back to April 2020; both carry the December 2025 cases that apply the bonus, but nothing that extends or replaces it. Two web searches for the bonus turned up nothing newer among the results we could open. We have not found a replacement; that is not the same as there being none.

What happened last time. The 2018 notice that this one replaced says its bonus table took effect on 1 July 2018 and was valid for three years (one sentence):

本通知印发的《广东省外国人来华工作许可计点积分制度地方鼓励性加分赋值表（暂行）》自2018年7月1日实施，有效期3年。

By its wording, it ran to the end of June 2021. The notice that replaced it came on 5 November 2021. We found no written record of how the bonus was assessed in the months between. We do not predict what happens this time.

5. What changes if the bonus is not counted

Take the case in section 3 without the 10: 76 points, which is 60 or more but under 85. By the table, the same person would be a category B applicant, not A. The notice's second article names new applications and extensions; it does not say what happens to permits already granted. A change of employer is a new application unless the pilot in section 8 covers both employers, and when a contract ends early, Guangzhou's guide has the employer apply to cancel the permit within 10 working days; if your score relies on the bonus, ask before you resign.

A second example, with numbers we have made up: a 27-year-old foreign graduate with a bachelor's degree from a "Double First-Class" university in Guangzhou, 1 year of work experience, a salary of RMB 120,000 a year for 12 months, and HSK 5.

Salary 8, education 10, years of work 0, months 15, Chinese 5, age 15: 53 points.
High-level university: 0 by the Chinese text, because the university is in the Chinese mainland. By the English of Guangzhou's guide it would be 5, for 58.
With item (2) of the Guangdong bonus: 63, enough for B.
Without it: 53 or 58, short of 60, and with 1 year of experience the degree-and-experience route to B is not open either.

That is our arithmetic, and the reader it describes is the one most exposed: someone who reaches 60 only through the bonus and has no other route. If that is you, ask the window before you file a new application, and read section 8; a renewal still has to go in on time, whatever the answer (section 1).

6. Proof for every point, and the language it is in

Guangzhou's guide asks for proof of every point you claim. In its Table 1, the checklist for the work permit notice applied for before you enter China, the official English reads (one sentence):

Applicants who meet the standards of Category A or B via the point-based system shall provide proofs for each granting points.

For a change of category on points, the guide asks for "计点积分的相关证明材料", the supporting documents for the points. For a renewal, its checklist does not ask for points proof again; it asks for the last 12 months' individual income tax records and similar proof if the last application reached category A or B on a salary commitment. The guide puts the renewal on the employer, in the online system 30–90 days before the permit expires; if it is not filed by then, a category A holder applies again through the in-China procedure and other categories through the procedure for applicants outside China.

The guide does not list which document proves which item. Some items can only be proved with documents issued abroad: a degree from a university abroad, a work experience certificate from an employer abroad, a foreign patent, employment with a Global 500 company outside China. For those, the guide's note on translation applies. The official English reads (two sentences):

For documents of non-Chinese language (passport or international travel documents excluded), the employer shall provide the translated version issued by Chinese notary organizations or the translated version authenticated by Chinese diplomatic or consular missions in foreign countries or foreign diplomatic or consular missions in China. The employer shall re-submit the document if the translated version is in serious discrepancy with the original copy.

The issuer the guide names is a notary office or an embassy or consulate, not a translation company; in its general requirements for documents, the guide names only a notary office in China. The same guide asks for the highest degree obtained abroad to be authenticated by a Chinese embassy or consulate, by the embassy or consulate in China of the country where the degree was obtained, or by China's degree verification body; it was revised in 2020, before the Apostille Convention took effect for China in November 2023, and it does not say whether an apostille now takes the place of the consular step. Ask the window, and see our articles on degree verification and on apostille or consular legalisation.

The notes to the same table also say that if your earlier work permit is on record in the system, a new application does not need your highest degree certificate again (a degree higher than the one on record has to be authenticated by an embassy or consulate), and does not need the work experience proof from your previous employer if the post is the same as before. The guide does not say whether that also covers the proof for the education and years-of-work points.

7. Moving between Guangzhou and Foshan

The Guangzhou and Foshan science and technology bureaus issued joint measures on 3 February 2026, published on 27 February and valid for two years. Their third article has two paragraphs. The first gives category A permits granted for a national talent programme or for internationally recognised achievements one approval recognised in both cities (一地审批、两市互认); points-based A is not one of the two bases it names. The second paragraph has two sentences; the first reads:

已取得广州（佛山）来华工作许可的外国人，在佛山（广州）再次申请办理外国人来华工作许可时，无需提交最高学位（学历）证书；岗位及职务相同时，无需提交工作资历证明。

In English (our translation): a foreign national who already holds a work permit in Guangzhou (Foshan) and applies again in Foshan (Guangzhou) does not need to submit the highest degree certificate, nor the work experience proof if the post and title are the same. The second sentence is about staff moving within a multinational's headquarters or an enterprise group in Guangzhou and Foshan, who do not need to submit a criminal record certificate or medical report if they file the new application within 30 days of cancellation.

So, unless both employers are on the list under Guangzhou's 2024 facilitation pilot (section 8), you apply again, and your category is assessed again. The measures do not say whether those two waivers reach the points proof. Their first article puts no age limit on category A and sets B's age limit by the statutory retirement age; the national table still gives 0 points for age over 60.

8. Routes that do not use points

If you are near the line, here are some of the other ways into a category that Guangzhou's documents name; Appendix 1 lists more (section 2). Which one fits your file is for the approval authority.

Category B on a bachelor's degree or above and 2 years or more of related work experience, for applicants aged 60 or under, according to Guangzhou's guide, which allows the age, education or work experience limits to be relaxed where there is a genuine need for groups it names, such as innovative and entrepreneurial talent, skilled talent, excellent foreign graduates and applicants who meet the points standard for B. The guide's official English says "under the age of 60", which leaves out a 60-year-old whom the Chinese text includes.
4 or 6 times the local average wage, for B or A; see our article on Guangzhou's published cases.
The 2017 graduate route: a master's degree or above from a university in China or a well-known university abroad, within one year of graduating, without needing work experience, if conditions such as an average grade of 80 or more and a job matching the major are met; the Guangzhou–Foshan measures (article 1) also waive the 2-year work experience requirement for excellent master's graduates of universities in China or well-known universities abroad who have a confirmed employer, without stating a time limit after graduation. Appendix 1 lists foreign students and graduates of universities abroad who meet the set conditions under category C, in its group of people managed by quota, while the 2025 Guangzhou case 1, citing Guangzhou's comprehensive reform pilot for foreign talent services, approved a master's graduate of a university in China as category B; the guide says Guangzhou's quota for foreign graduates is set by Guangdong and applications stop once the year's quota is used. See our article on staying to work after a degree in China.
Guangzhou's work facilitation pilot. The Guangzhou bureau's notice of 21 November 2024 lets a foreign graduate with a master's degree or above in science, technology, engineering or mathematics from a listed world high-level university or one of the 147 "Double First-Class" universities in China, within one year of graduating and with a confirmed employer, get a category B permit of up to one year without work experience. A notice of 23 January 2026, published on 27 January, extended the pilot by a year, to 31 December 2026. The November 2024 notice also lets a foreign national who has invested (paid in) RMB 4 million or more in Guangzhou, or holds 30% or more, in a registered business they take part in running apply for category B once the district market regulator confirms it; lets a foreign national move between listed units in the same system within Guangdong without a new application, with the consent of both units and after both have filed it; and keeps Guangzhou's standards for identifying high-end, precision, cutting-edge and in-short-supply (高精尖缺) foreign talent in use.

9. What we do

We translate the foreign-language documents that prove your points: degree certificates and transcripts, work experience certificates from employers abroad, patent certificates and similar documents, in the languages listed on our FAQ page (between Chinese and 24+ languages; some, such as Persian, Mongolian, Lao and Burmese, need more lead time). Because Guangzhou's guide asks for a Chinese translation issued by a notary office or authenticated by an embassy or consulate, we do the step before that: we translate the document accurately, in a layout that matches the original, for the notary office; whether it accepts the translation is decided by the notary office under its own procedure.

Our FAQ page says we coordinate notarised translation with Chinese notary offices; the notary step typically adds 3–7 business days and RMB 150–400 per document; certificates such as diplomas are charged per document, typically RMB 50–120, and longer documents by the 1,000 Chinese characters; new clients typically pay a 30–50% deposit; an invoice adds 6% for a VAT special invoice or 3% for a general invoice. We do not judge how many points you have, which category you fall in or whether the Guangdong bonus still counts, and we do not apply for work permits.

Send us the documents and the date you need them by: WhatsApp / 微信 +86 139 2416 6640 (WeChat ID: Saralee93), or our contact page.

Sources

Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, Guangzhou work permit guide (2020 revision) and its attachments, including Appendix 1, Evaluation Criteria for Foreigners Employed in China (Trial) with the points table, the Chinese guide and the official English guide.
Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology, notice on the local bonus standard for work permit points (粤科规范字〔2021〕8号), 5 November 2021; its column of departmental normative documents, read on 6 November 2026.
Guangdong Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, notice issuing the 2018 bonus table (粤外专规〔2018〕1号), 10 May 2018, in the provincial government gazette.
Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, typical work permit cases, 24 December 2025.
Guangzhou and Foshan Municipal Science and Technology Bureaus, measures on Guangzhou–Foshan work permit facilitation, 3 February 2026.
Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, notice on the work facilitation pilot, 21 November 2024, and notice extending it, 23 January 2026.
Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, notice moving the work permit window to the Guangzhou Immigration Service Center, 19 September 2025.