Instructions from Exit-Entry Administration Division of Xinyang Public Security Bureau

The reform and opening up policies of China have attracted a large number of foreigners to travel, work, study and exchange in Xinyang, we sincerely welcome you and wish you happy work and life in Xinyang.

The laws relevant to foreigners working and traveling in China exist to protect the interests and the personal safety of foreigners in China. Our laws require all foreigners in China to abide by the laws and regulations of the country, so as not to endanger the state security, harm public interests or disrupt the public order.

It is exactly for these considerations that we wish to remind you about the aspects of laws and regulations applying to foreigners while in China, hoping that you will find this useful.

Section One Residence management

1.Foreigners entering the country with a tourist or other visa and clearly requiring a residence permit to be arranged after arrival shall, within 30 days after their arrival in China, apply to the Exit-Entry Administration Division of the Xinyang Public Security Bureau for issuance of a residence permit.

For foreigners who would like to stay in Xinyang after the expiry of his/her visa or residence permit, the person to whom the visa was issued shall apply for a visa extension of one month to the Exit-Entry Administration Division of the Xinyang Public Security Bureau seven days prior to the expiration date indicated in his/her visa. Those persons holding a residence permit shall apply to the Exit-Entry Administration Division of the Xinyang Public Security Bureau thirty days prior to the expiry of his/her residence permit for an extension of the residence permit.

The decision made by Exit-Entry Administration Division of Xinyang Public Security Bureau of not handling the extension, renewal or replacement of an ordinary visa, or not handling foreigner’s residence permit, or not extending residence duration is final decision.

2.Foreigners who are staying or residing in China shall not be engaged in activities incompatible with purposes of his/her stay or residence, and shall leave China prior to the expiry of his/her prescribed stay or residence duration.

3.Foreigners who reach the age of 16 and who are staying or residing in China shall carry his/her passport or other international travel documents, or foreigner’s visa or residence permit around, so as to accept the inspection of public security organs.

4.Foreigners who are residing in China shall submit his/her foreigner’s residence permit to public security organs of local people's governments above the county level of his/her residence place within the prescribed time.

5.For foreigners who are checking in a hotel in China, the hotel shall handle the registration procedures as per relevant provisions of the hotel industry security management.

6.Foreigners who are residing or staying in accommodations in China instead of a hotel shall initiate the registration procedures in person or through the landlord of the accommodation with the public security organs of his/her residence district within twenty-four hours after the accommodation.

For foreigners who are working in China shall obtain work permit or residence permit based on employment as prescribed. No work unit or individual shall hire a foreigner without work permit or residence permit based on their approved employment.

It is unlawful for a foreigner to engage in any of the following employment actions:
（1）Working without a work permit or residence permit based on employment as prescribed;

（2）Working beyond the qualifying dimension of his/her work permit;

（3）A foreign student violating work-study management provisions and working in China beyond prescribed job range or time limit.

7.For a foreign infant born in China, his/her parents or proxy shall bring the child’s birth

certificate within 60 days after his/her birth to the Exit-Entry Administration Division of the Public Security Bureau above the county level of his/her parents’ official residence location to arrange the issuance of the child’s residence permit.

Section Two Security management

Foreigners travelling, residing or working in Xinyang shall abide by the relevant laws and regulations of China, and shall not undertake any of the following activities:

-Disturb the public order nor impair public security;

- Illegally carry or keep guns, ammunition, restricted knives, explosives, explosive devices, or bomb-making materials;

- Infringe another's personal rights, assault or harass others, nor illegally restrain another's personal freedom or illegally intrude into another's residence;

- Impair social management, hinder civil servants from performing their duties in accordance with the law nor forcibly enter into any restricted area established by any public security institution.

- Furthermore, foreigners are forbidden to take or administer illegal drugs or other similar substances; and shall not sell, distribute or transport illegal drugs, and are forbidden to engage in prostitution or promiscuous sexual activities, or to provide conditions for such activities.

Section Three Management of religious activities

1.Foreigners, within the duration of his/her stay or residence in Xinyang, shall not establish a religious or spiritual organization or organization catering to superstitious beliefs, set up an office for the purposes of undertaking religious, spiritual or superstitious activities, build a religious site or run a religious institute, attempt or undertake to proselytize Chinese citizens, assign religious workers or carry out any other religious, spiritual or superstitious activities.

2.It is unlawful for foreigners to bring or distribute harmful religious publications, or audio or video products or products and publications dealing with spiritual, or superstitious subject material into and within China.

Section Four Management of other affairs

1.In accordance with the need to maintain state and public security, public and national security organs have the legal right to and may restrain foreigners and foreign agencies from establishing residences or offices in some regions, and may require the relocation of residences or offices already established within a time limit

Without approval, foreigners shall not enter into an area with restrictions of foreigners' entrance.

2.Foreigners shall not drive a motor vehicle in Xinyang City without the approval of the Chinese police traffic management department and acquisition of a driver's license of China.