Are You a Grade A, B, or C Expat in the Govt's Eyes

Earlier this fall we informed our readers about China's new work permitting regulations that will grade foreigners based on a points system, and offered up our own speculative scoring system.

Earlier this week, a discussion on Reddit linked to a Shanghai government website that contains a draft of the actual points system that will ultimately determine which of us are prime cuts and which are merely chopped liver.

We have no confirmation as to whether this is the "real deal," but its appearance on the Shanghai Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau's website (12333sh.gov.cn) lends it some serious credibility.

We've taken that data and made a handy quiz to determine whether you are an A, B or C ... click "Read more" to find your grade!

Though we reported in September that the system is due to be launched on Nov. 1 in many foreigner-rife locales like Beijing, the Beijinger parent company True Run Media, which has foreign employees on staff, has spoken to the Labor Bureau about the matter yesterday, and a representative said they had yet to be told of any imminent changes. This leads us to conclude that the likelihood of this new system being fully implemented by next week is quite low. However, it does appear to be coming down the pipeline eventually: one Reddit user recently commented: "To assure you all that this is actually happening soon, here's a picture from Shijiazhuang of a training class in implementing the system".

Click "Read more" for the rest of this story and to take the quiz.

On another note, voting is now open for the Elite 8 round in this year's Pizza Cup. Read the voting process here or head straight to the voting page by scanning/extracting the QR code below. Voting for this round closes on October 31 (Monday) at 2pm.