Details of the nine policies:

1. Fast-track the issuing of permanent residence permits for people working in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone who have been recommended to receive a permit.

2. Standardize the process for overseas Chinese to apply for permanent residence permits.

3. Relax the requirement to apply for visa for innovative scientific professionals for overseas talent recommended by the Shanghai Free Trade Zone.

4. Allow foreign students to pursue entrepreneurial projects part-time.

5. Relax restrictions on the employment of foreign students.

6. Allow graduates of overseas universities to obtain employment in China directly after graduation.

7. Make qualification requirements for foreign professional talent more flexible.

8. Set up an "overseas talent bureau" in Pudong New Area.

9. A "ban on saying no" requiring staff at visa application centers to provide applicants with clear information about their applications.

Zhou Hong (R), general manager of Shanghai Roche Pharmaceuticals (German), is presented with the district's first permanent residence ID card for overseas talents. [Photo/sh-italent.com]

Tyler Paul Rhorick, graduate of New York University Shanghai, obtains the first national work permit for overseas students with a bachelor degree. [Photo/sh-italent.com]