Do you want to work in China after graduation? Then you have to apply for a work permit. Here comes good news for fresh graduate foreign student in Shanghai!
If you graduated with a bachelor degree from any universities in Shanghai within 2 years, and employed by a company registered in any of the 5 new towns: Jiading, Qingpu, Songjiang, Fengxian and Nanhui, you can apply C work permit directly!
This policy also covers the companies registered in Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ), Zhang Jiang national innovation demonstration zone, Lingang special area and Hongqiao central business district.
Or if you are employed by any companies included in shanghai sci-tech innovation occupation list, you also can apply the type C work permit directly without working experience.

For company HR who wants to recruit fresh graduates in Shanghai, more details can be check with the government authorities, whose contacts are as follows:
According to a new policy released by the Shanghai Student Affairs Center in January 2022, fresh graduates with a master's or doctoral degree from Shanghai universities and who are employed in the municipality's five new towns and the new area of the free trade zone can now apply for permanent household registration in Shanghai.
The center announced that qualified applicants can begin applying in December.

The city's existing policies also grant permanent household registration to bachelor degree holders from Peking University, Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Fudan University, Tongji University, and East China Normal University.
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