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ARTICLE · 27 FEBRUARY 2012

New Social Insurance Policy On Foreigners

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The Interim Measures on Participation in Social Insurance by Foreigners Working in China ("Interim Measures") were issued by the PRC Ministry of Human Resource and Social Security on 6 September 2011 and came into force on 15 October 2011.

ChinaInternational Law
Jeanette Yu
Jeanette Yu
Angela Feng
Angela Feng

The Interim Measures on Participation in Social Insurance by Foreigners Working in China ("Interim Measures") were issued by the PRC Ministry of Human Resource and Social Security on 6 September 2011 and came into force on 15 October 2011. According to the Interim Measures, foreigners working in China are obliged to participate in the PRC social insurance scheme.

In practice, so far, the Interim Measures have not been fully implemented by local governments in many places. However, on 18 January 2012, the Suzhou Human Resource and Social Security Bureau ("Suzhou HRSSB") issued a Notice on Implementing the Work of Participation by Foreigners Working in Suzhou in the Social Insurance Scheme ( 苏人保规 [2012] 1 号 , "Suzhou Notice"), which expressly requires that all foreigners working in Suzhou shall participate in the social insurance scheme. The details are as follows:

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