{"id":557,"date":"2023-10-24T03:58:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2023\/10\/24\/foreigners-prefer-to-work-in-chinas-new-first-tier-cities-2\/"},"modified":"2023-10-24T03:58:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:58:47","slug":"foreigners-prefer-to-work-in-chinas-new-first-tier-cities-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/foreigners-prefer-to-work-in-chinas-new-first-tier-cities-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreigners Prefer To Work in China\u2019s New First-Tier Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>With favorable policies and improving career environment, the Chinese mainland has been luring more global talents.  According to Taiwan media, foreign expats no longer confine themselves in working in big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With favorable policies and improving career environment, the Chinese mainland has been luring more global talents.&nbsp; According to Taiwan media, foreign expats no longer confine themselves in working in big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen. Rather, smaller cities are their top choices to stay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1.jpeg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FkdXVijHvgUbYtt6z7uZ00kXM_OV?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Shanghai Daily<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Compared with traditional first-tier cities, foreigners are more willing to live in cities like <span style=\"color: rgb(4, 77, 246);\"><strong>Hangzhou, Ningbo and Nanjing <\/strong><\/span>in East China. Last year, Hangzhou attracted most foreign expats among all cities in the mainland, of 8.9 percent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2.jpg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fir57U8-JMx5hXMr9o3KE5TALnMA?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"640\" height=\"251\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Top China Travel<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"3.png\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FoU9urnKp2BGYoai416mtE9kayWC?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"589\" height=\"232.32777777777778\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Top China Travel<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"4.jpg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FvCU9X65MnJCaXxpQs991YBlTWJW?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"640\" height=\"251\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Top China Travel<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Global career social media platform LinkedIn says cities of &#8220;highly international&#8221; and &#8220;highly friendly environment to foreigners&#8221; are the two key factors that would affect foreigners&#8217; choice in regard to where they would like to work. 28 percent of foreigners interviewed say multicultural environment is their most important consideration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"5.png\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fudxn1Ta9OZ2DDW44gBj2eNP0-C2?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"599\" height=\"347\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;Headquarter of Alibaba in Hangzhou&nbsp; Photo: Apdnews.com<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"66.jpg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fve4IZegA1HUyvEdXgiCyktW4RkM?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/foreigners-prefer-to-work-in-chinas-new-first-tier-cities-2\/#Photo_The_Beijinger\" title=\"Photo: The Beijinger\">Photo: The Beijinger<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/foreigners-prefer-to-work-in-chinas-new-first-tier-cities-2\/#Photo_China_Business_Talk\" title=\"Photo: China Business Talk\">Photo: China Business Talk<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_The_Beijinger\"><\/span>Photo: The Beijinger<br \/><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"7.jpg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FmBo6pU0BciIum68pbhqwKbL7ru9?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"600\" height=\"453\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Photo: One World 365<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the State Administration of Foreign Expert Affairs, foreign experts paid more than 3 million visits to China between 2011 and 2015, either for short trips and long-term employment, a 30 percent increase compared with 2006 to 2010.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"8.jpg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FqNYJxs5Emv7iOB9Ogg6OedbtZBw?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"589\" height=\"402.698296836983\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_China_Business_Talk\"><\/span>Photo: China Business Talk <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr>\n<p>At the same time, since the green card scheme was introduced in 2004, about 7,000 foreigners have been granted permanent residency in the following ten years, whereas some 600,000 foreigners were estimated to have lived in China during the period.<\/p>\n<p>The number of cards issued has risen significantly in recent years, with 1,576 foreigners approved for permanent residency last year, almost doubled than a year ago.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"GIC.jpg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FlXXlKXBxtykYAuKbjvAxKMwIbVH?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"450\" height=\"488.9643463497453\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With favorable policies and improving career environment, the Chinese mainland has been luring more global talents. 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