In September 2020, Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (Shanghai Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs) took the lead in making a breakthrough, allowing foreign talents and R & D teams during the incubation period to apply for work permits for foreigners to come to China through entrepreneurial carriers such as parks, incubators, mass entrepreneurship spaces, functional platforms, and so on. Let's understand how foreign talents and team members apply for work permits during the start-up period. Interpret how to handle the process "Foreign Talents and Team Members for Application for the Notification Letter of Foreigner's Work Permit and the Work Permit for Foreigners within Entrepreneurial Period".

How is the policy launched?

In September 2020, Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (Shanghai Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs) took the lead in making a breakthrough, allowing foreign talents and R & D teams during the incubation period to apply for work permits for foreigners to come to China through entrepreneurial carriers such as parks, incubators, mass entrepreneurship spaces, functional platforms, and so on. Guide to Foreign Talents and Team Members for Application for the Notification Letter of Foreigner’s Work Permit and the Work Permit for Foreigners within Entrepreneurial Period (Trial)

How did the first work permit come out during the start-up period?

On December 24, 2020, two Japanese, Kazuzawa Kurosawa and Hiroshi Osaka, who came to Shanghai to start a business, as overseas talents introduced by Shanghai CTJungle Incubator, won the first batch of "foreigner work permits" issued to foreign entrepreneurs in Pudong，Shanghai.

Which incubator issued the first work permit during the startup period?

The CTJungle Incubator is based on Zhang Jiang's aim at integrated circuits and artificial intelligence. On the 2023 Global Unicorn list released by Hurun, Metax Tech, SemiDrive, and Zongmu Tech , three Shanghai unicorn enterprises all "graduated" from the incubator.

How to handle work permit during the startup period？