Your Employer is Against the Law if They Pay You Less than This!

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Recently, Beijing and Sichuan Province both adjusted the minimum monthly wage required to be paid to workers. The Beijing Labor & Social Security Bureau announced that the minimum wage has been adjusted from 2000 CNY to 2120 CNY per month, with changes effective from this September. Sichuan’s minimum wage has increased about 20% for each category. Until June 29th, 11 provinces in total adjusted the minimum wage.

Here’s some more detailed information.

Q&A

So here’s the question you might be wondering.

Do foreigners have a minimum wage in China?

After looking into it, we found that The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the People's Republic of China (MOHRSS) has established 《外国人在中国就业管理规定》(Regulations on Employment Management of Foreigners in China).

The regulations state that foreigners should enjoy the same minimum wage as Chinese citizens in the same area.

On a working visa, there are also different requirements for wages. MOHRSS has announced the《关于全面实施外国人来华工作许可制度的通知》(About the full implementation of the permit system for foreigners to work in China).

It says that for foreigners to apply for working permission, they have to match these criteria. To qualify for Category A, an employee’s average salary must be equal to or more than 6 times the average salary of local citizens in the first half year. To qualify for Category B, the average salary must be equal to or more than 4 times that of locals.

Sample of average salaries for first quarter of 2018:

City

Average Salaries

Category A Salary

Category B Salary

Shanghai

17277

103662

69108

Beijing

15767

94602

63068

Zhejiang

14205

85230

56820

Guangdong

9962

59772

39848

Sichuan

6169

37014

24676

In conclusion, for foreigners to stay in China and get a working visa in the B category, they would need a minimum wage of 63,068 in Beijing and 69,108 in Shanghai. Compare to the locals, it is a really high wage that can help the foreigners to live a good life in big cities.

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