Yangtze zone to speed foreigners’ permits

Foreigners who work in the Yangtze River Delta will soon enjoy quicker approval of work and residence permits as a slew of policies supporting regional integration are coming to a pilot zone in the area.

The delta’s integration demonstration zone will set up a “single window” service to handle the two permits for foreigners, the executive committee for the zone said on July 3 as it elaborated on the 22 new policies put forward on July 1 to accelerate regional integration.

The zone consists of Qingpu district in Shanghai, Wujiang district in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, and Jiashan county in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province.

The policy, first launched in Shanghai, is now being tested in the demonstration zone as part of the new measures released jointly by governments of Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang to accelerate regional integration.