Here is a score table to calculate which category you belong to, A, B, or C category. Integrated point over 85 belongs to A category, integrated point over 60 is B category, otherwise is C category.
Point Assignment Table for Work Permit in China(2017)
| Scoring Item | Standard | Point |
| Directly qualified | Candidates who has been included in the China Domestic Talent Introduction Plan; Candidates who conformed to the internationally recognized identification standard for professional achievement | ???/td> |
| Foreigners who meet the market-oriented demand for encouraged jobs | ???/td> | |
| Innovative entrepreneurial talent; Excellent young talent | ???/td> | |
| Annual domestic salary
A maximum of 20 points |
45 and above | 20 |
| ???5,45???/td> | 17 | |
| ???5,35???/td> | 14 | |
| ???5,25???/td> | 11 | |
| ???,15???/td> | 8 | |
| ???,7???/td> | 5 | |
| Below 5 | 0 | |
| Education degree or vocational skills qualification certificate
A maximum of 20 points |
Doctor’s degree; holders of the qualification of the international highest level of vocational skills, senior technician or equivalent | 20 |
| Master’s degree; an or equivalent | 15 | |
| Bachelor’s degree; senior worker or equivalent | 10 | |
| Working duration
A maximum of 20 points |
Add a point for each additional year for those who worked more than two years | Up to 20 |
| Two years | 5 | |
| Less than two years | 0 | |
| Annual working months
A maximum of 15 points |
9 months annually and above | 15 |
| ???,9)
6-9 months |
10 | |
| ???,6)
3-6 months |
5 | |
| Less than 3 months | 0 | |
| Mandarin levels
A maximum of 5 points |
Foreigners who once had Chinese nationality | 5 |
| Bachelor’s degree and above in Chinese | 5 | |
| Pass the Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK) Level 5 and above | 5 | |
| Pass the Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK) Level 4 | 4 | |
| Pass the Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK) Level 3 | 3 | |
| Pass the Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK) Level 2 | 2 | |
| Pass the Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK) Level 1 | 1 | |
| Work Place
A maximum of 10 points |
Western China | 10 |
| Old industrial bases in northeastern China | 10 | |
| State-level impoverished counties and other special areas | 10 | |
| Age limits (Year)
A maximum of 15 points |
???8,25???/td> | 10 |
| ???6,45???/td> | 15 | |
| ???6,55???/td> | 10 | |
| ???6,60???/td> | 5 | |
| Above 60 | 0 | |
| Graduated from oversea famous universities or worked at world’s top 500 enterprises, and meet the conditions
A maximum of 5 points |
Graduated from famous overseas universities | 5 |
| Worked at the world’s top 500 enterprises | 5 | |
| With patent and intellectual property rights | 5 | |
| Worked in China for 5 consecutive years and above | 5 | |
| Local encouraging extra points
A maximum of 10 points |
Special professionals for local urgent economic and social development
(See the specific standards by provincial foreigners management departments) |
0-10 |
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Classification Standards for Foreigners Working in China (2017)
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