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In its continuing quest to attract more highly-skilled foreign talent -- and limit the number of less-skilled laowai -- China is planning to streamline its work visa system, while also neatly categorizing all the expats.

Currently, if you want to work in China, there are two types of work permits you can apply for: an employment license for foreigners from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security or a foreign expert work permit from the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA).

The system has always been a bit confusing, what with figuring out who is a foreign expert and who is not. And one permit is obviously easier than two, so China has decided to simply combine them into a single unified work permit. According to the SAFEA, this will help to simplify the process and reduce the paper. High-end foreign talent hate nothing more than complicated paperwork, so SAFEA reasons that these new rules will help see the number of highly-skilled expats in China swell.
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