Tentative Measures for the Enrolment in Social Insurance by Foreign Nationals Employed in China

在中国境内就业的外国人参加社会保险暂行办法

The Measures require foreign employees in China to be enrolled in social insurance. Arrangement is also laid down when a foreign employee departs from China before he/she reaches the specified age at which he/she can withdraw his/her pension.

(Promulgated by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on September 6 2011 and effective as of October 15 2011.)

(人力资源和社会保障部于二零一一年九月六日公布,自二零一一年十月十五日起施行。)

Order No.16 of the MOHRSS

Article 1: These Measures have been formulated pursuant to the PRC Social Insurance Law (the Social Insurance Law) in order to safeguard the lawful rights and interests of foreign nationals employed in China with respect to their enrolment in social insurance and eligibility for social insurance benefits in accordance with the law, and strengthen the administration of social insurance.

人保部令第16号

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