The title of examination and approval project: the confirmation letter and invitation of retaining economic foreign expert (category: examination and approval)

Examination and approval project number: BJXSAWS007-2002 (Beijing trade examination, category A: foreign affairs, 007-2 sub - item, 2002)

The relevant criteria of examination and approval Item: the Announcement about Application and Management for Confirmation of Retaining Foreign Expert issued by the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (No. 16 document  issued by Foreign Expert office [1996])

The fee of examination and approval Item: no charge

The time limit of examination and approval procedure: 7 working day

Examination and Approval Procedure:

I  Acceptance

The requirements:

The essential materials are as follows:

1. the copies of business license for relevant institution (see the article 4 of the relevant regulations on retaining economic and technologic foreign expert and applying foreign expert license.) 

2. The employment contract between retaining institution and foreign expert and its copies.

3. The application of the foreign experts who are invited by retaining institution.

4. The educational degree, work experiences and copies of passport.

5. The health examination pass of foreign expert.

Requirements:

The materials submitted by an applicant should be complete, normal and valid. 

The person in charge: a clerk of foreign affair department

Responsibilities and Authorities

To examine application materials on the regulations. 

If an application is accord with regulations, it should be done promptly as follows:

to fill in a invitation for a cultural and educational foreign expert;
to give a transaction form to the applicant;
to transfer the applications to examiners.

If an application is not accord with regulations, it shouldn't be done , but it should be done in writing as follows:

to inform the applicant information as follows:
to submit a complete materials promptly;
to learn about his relevant rights and complain ways;
to put on records to the top kick.

Time limit: one day

II  Examination and Approval

The requirements:

1.An application should be complete, normal and valid.

2. The qualifications of invited foreign experts:

a  who meets the requirement of the regulations
b  whose educational degree should be bachelor or above
c  whose technologic title should be engineer or above
d  who should have work experiences for 5 years or above in certain specialty and be competent for the task.
e who is specialized in certain technology or specialty and special skill which is necessary in China;
f  who has management experiences for five years or above in oversea;
g  who had ever worked as a manager of certain department in a large or middle-size foreign fund enterprise or a high-tech enterprise or above.(see the article 3 in the announcement of the relevant regulations on retaining economic and technologic foreign expert and applying foreign expert license)

The person in charge: an examiner of foreign affairs department.

The responsibilities and authorities:To examine and approve it according to the relevant regulations.

If an application is accord with regulations, it should be approved and transfer the application and relevant result to a re-examiner.

If an application is not accord with the article one of regulations, the procedure should be ceased to return to examiner and put on records to the top kick.

Time limit: 2 day

III  Re-Examination

The requirement: the same as that of examination and approval

The person in charge: a header of foreign affairs department.

The responsibilities and authorities: To re-examine it according to the re-examination regulations.

If the re-examination passed, it should be approved and transfer the application and relevant result to a re-examiner.

If an application is refused, the re-examiner should give reasons and opinions to the examiner; to fill in official approval form.

Time limit: 2 day

IV  Approval

The requirement: the same as that of examination and approval

The person in charge: a director of relevant department in charge 

The responsibilities and authorities:To approve it according to the re-examination regulations.

If re-examination passed, the invitation and confirmation of cultural and educational foreign expert should be given opinions, and the application, the invitation and confirmation should return to the original clerk.

If an application is refused, the director should give reason and opinions to the original clerk.

Time limit: one day

V  Notification

The person in charge: a clerk of foreign affairs department.

The requirements:

1 to inform an applicant the exact results in time;

2 to issue a complete, right and valid official document;

3 to put the examination and approval documents on records completely and normally.

The responsibilities and authorities:To inform an applicant;

To issue examination and approval documents and put it on records according to the relevant regulations.

To inform applicant to get relevant official document and to publicize the results on network, if examination passed;

To inform applicants to submit a complete material; to inform them about applicant's relevant rights and complain ways in writing; to return application to the original applicant, if the procedure is ceased.

To explain reason to applicant; to inform them about their relevant rights and complain ways in writing; to return it to the original applicant if the application is refused.

To put relevant examination and approval documents on records to the top kick.

Time limit: one day

(Beijing Foreign Affairs Office October 18, 2006)