1. The employing unit shall apply for employment permits and obtain employment permit certificates for China people and foreigners.

2. Foreigners who enter the country with professional visas need to obtain the Employment Permit for Foreigners and the Residence Permit for Foreigners.

3. The employer and the unit indicated on the foreigner's employment certificate must be consistent.

4. When a foreigner changes his employer or occupation, he must go through the formalities for changing the employment permit or reapply for the employment permit.

The law of foreigners' employment in China stipulates that:

1. Employment permit: Foreigners working in China need to obtain employment permit for foreigners;

2. Visa application: apply for a Z-type visa to China embassies and consulates abroad with an employment permit;

3. Health check-up: health check-up in the designated hospital after employment;

4. Residence permit: apply to the public security organ for a foreigner's residence permit with a health certificate, employment permit and Z visa;

5. Tax registration: foreign employees are required to go through tax registration according to law and pay taxes according to regulations;

6. Social insurance: qualified foreign employees should participate in social insurance in China;

7. Labor contract: sign a labor contract with the employer in accordance with the laws of China.

To sum up, to hire foreigners, you need to apply for an employment permit, obtain a foreigner employment permit certificate, and obtain a foreigner employment permit and residence certificate after entering the country with a professional visa, so as to ensure that the employer on the employment permit is consistent with the employer, and go through the corresponding change procedures or re-apply for a permit when changing jobs or units.

Legal basis:

Regulations on the Administration of Employment of Foreigners in China

Article 8

Foreigners who are employed in China shall enter the country with a professional visa (if there is a visa-free agreement, it shall be handled according to the agreement), and after entering the country, they shall obtain the Employment Certificate for Foreigners (hereinafter referred to as the Employment Certificate) and the Residence Certificate for Foreigners before they can be employed in China. Foreigners who have not obtained residence certificates (that is, those who hold F, L, C and G visas), foreigners who study and practice in China, and accompanying family members of foreigners who hold professional visas are not allowed to work in China. Under special circumstances, the employer shall apply for the license certificate according to the examination and approval procedures specified in these Provisions. A foreigner who has been hired can change his identity with a permit to the public security organ and apply for an employment permit and residence permit before he can be hired. Spouses of foreign embassies and consulates in China personnel and personnel of representative offices of the United Nations system and other international organizations in China are employed in China in accordance with the Provisions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Spouses of Foreign embassies and consulates in China Personnel and Personnel of Representative Offices of United Nations System Organizations in China, and relevant formalities shall be handled according to the examination and approval procedures specified in the second paragraph of this article.

Article 13

Central-level employers and employers without industry departments can apply directly to the license-issuing organ of the labor administrative department to handle employment permit procedures. Foreign-invested enterprises that employ foreigners may, without the approval of the competent department of industry, directly apply for a license from the license-issuing organ of the labor administrative department on the basis of the contract, articles of association, approval certificate, business license and the documents specified in Article 11 of these Provisions.

Article 14

An employer who is allowed to hire foreigners must issue a letter of notification and a license from the authorized unit, and may not directly issue a license to the foreigner to be hired.

Article 15

Foreigners who are allowed to come to China for employment should apply for a professional visa to China's embassies, consulates and offices abroad with a permit issued by the Ministry of Labor, a letter of notification from the authorized unit, a telegram and a valid passport or a certificate that can replace the passport.