Meeting with Shanghai Foreign Affairs Office on Fast Track Channel for Foreign Employees to Enter in Shanghai

2020-05-22 | Shanghai

Meeting with Shanghai Foreign Affairs Office on Fast Track Channel for Foreign Employees to Enter in Shanghai

On 22nd May, European Chamber representatives visited the Foreign Affairs Office of the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government and met with the Deputy Director General (DDG) Liu Guangyong to discuss the local measures for foreign business executives and technicians to return to Shanghai in order for companies to be able to fully resume work and production. DDG Liu explained in detail the implementation procedures of the “normal channel” and the “fast track channel” for corporate employees deemed to be essential to business operations to apply. More details can be found here. It is important to note that the fast track channel is only available to companies whose country of origin reached a bilateral agreement with China.