By Ron Cai
Earlier this week, the Chinese Ministry of
According to the draft Interim Measures, expatriates who are legally employed by enterprises, public institutions, social groups, privately owned non-enterprise units, foundations, law firms, and
For expatriates who enter into employment contracts with employers outside of China and are then dispatched to work in branch or representative offices registered or recorded in China, both the expatriate and the branch or representative offices are required to pay the social insurance contributions in accordance with relevant regulations.
However, for expatriates who are nationals of countries that have entered into bilateral or multilateral treaties relating to social insurance with China, participation will be handled in accordance with such treaties. Currently only South Korea and Germany have such treaties with China.
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