For employers and managers
Manage a Business in China
These guides are for foreign founders, investors, line managers and HR leaders. They separate the employing entity’s legal duties from a manager’s day-to-day role, and distinguish national rules from local implementation and workplace judgment.
Employment Contracts in China: An Employer’s Pre-Signing Checklist
A practical China employment-contract guide for foreign employers: legal entity, mandatory terms, contract types, onboarding records, renewals and bilingual drafting risks.
Probation Periods in China: Rules Foreign Employers Often Miss
China probation rules for employers: statutory length and pay limits, recruitment conditions, evidence, reviews and lawful termination boundaries.
Working Hours and Overtime in China: A Manager’s Compliance Guide
How employers in China should classify working time, control overtime, calculate the three premium categories and manage leave and digital work evidence.
Terminating an Employee in China: A Decision Process for Foreign Employers
A risk-controlled China termination guide covering mutual separation, fault, incompetence, layoffs, protected employees and the real boundaries of N, N+1 and 2N.
Important: These guides provide general information, not legal, tax or immigration advice for a specific case. Local implementation and individual facts can change the answer.