To better handle the work permit application of foreigners during the epidemic prevention and control period, Shanghai Science & Technology Committee and Shanghai Foreign Experts Bureau issued the following notice On March 10 2020

1. Reduction or exemption application documents for foreign high-end talents.
2. Shorten the approval time to cancel foreigners' work permits in China.
3. Proving employment termination by uploading E-documents.
4. E-Tax records are acceptable.
5. Flexible salary commitment requirements.
6. Temporarily cancel the time limit of applying for the work permit extension.
7. To approve the materials of "automatic extension of validity of the stay period in China".
8. Provide service guarantee to support foreign experts to resume work and production.