The employing unit or the special service agency entrusted shall register an account online prior to using the system. Registration steps and required materials are as follows:

(i) Identity verification

Firstly, the employing unit shall verify the user's identity with his/her real name in the user registration and record service system, click “Sign up for a company user (legal person)”, fill in the information of the account, the legal person and the principal handler, tick “I have read and agreed to the Registration Agreement for Identity Verification of the Legal Person with His/Her Real Name”, and then click the “Sign up” button.

(ii) Information of the company

When logging into the System for the first time, please complete the information of the company first. Click the "Complete Company Information" button to enter the page for company information. Please truthfully fill in the mandatory columns of the company information. In case of a "white question mark highlighted in blue" mark, hover the mouse to view filling instructions. Among them, the columns that need to pay attention to are as follows:

1. "The fixed-line telephone number of the company" shall be filled in with the fixed-line telephone number of local municipality. If the company has no fixed-line telephone, it shall be filled in with "None";

2. The employing unit shall authorize its regular employee as the handler of the System. Provided that the handler isn’t the legal representative of the company or the investor himself/herself, in addition to uploading the ID card of the handler and a letter of authorization, a certificate shall be submitted to prove that the handler is the regular employee of the employing unit, i.e. an employment contract or a payment certificate of the Social Security. The employing unit is permitted to entrust 1 to 3 regular employees as the handlers of the System. If a handler is a foreigner, a work permit of the handler who can communicate fluently in Chinese shall also be submitted;

3. Provided that the person in charge of the business department is inconsistent with the handler of the employing unit, the “mobile phone number of the person in charge of the business department” and the “mobile phone number” filled in the column of “handler information” shall not be the same number. In case of a change in the handler of the employing unit, log in to the system within 10 days of the change, click the "Information of the employing unit changed" button to modify the information of the handler, export the employing unit information change form online, and upload the ID card, a letter of authorization and the regular employee certificate of the employing unit of the new handler;

4. If pre-approval by a competent authority of industry is required by laws and regulations, approval documents from industry authorities shall be submitted, including but not limited to the following situations:

(1) Enterprises in the telecommunication and information service industry and business-related websites shall submit a Business Certificate for Internet Content Providers (ICPs);

(2) Civil airlines shall submit a Business License of Public Air Transport Enterprises;

(3) Road transport enterprises shall submit a Road Transport Business Permit;

(4) Financial institutions shall submit a Permit of Legal Persons of Financial Institutions or a Business License of Financial Institutions;

(5) Medical institutions shall provide a Practice License of Medical Institutions;

(6) Schools shall provide a Certificate of Legal Persons of Institutions or a Private School Permit;

(7) Accounting firms shall submit a Practising Certificate of Accounting Firms;

(8) Law firms shall submit a Law Firm Practising License;

(9) Tax agents shall submit a Practice License of Tax Agents;

(10) Drug manufacturers shall submit a Drug Manufacturing License;

(11) Food production enterprises shall submit a Food Production License, and food sales and catering service enterprises shall submit a Food Business License;

(12) Enterprises in the hotel industry, the engraving and printing industry, the second-hand goods purchase trust industry, the repair industry and the others shall submit a Special Industry License;

(13) Human resource service agents and the entrusted specialized service agents shall submit a Human Resource Service License;

(14) National high-tech enterprises shall submit a Certificate of High-Tech Enterprises.

5. To apply for work permits for foreigners visiting China, application documents shall be stamped with an official seal of the employing unit. If an employment contract is stamped with a legally engraved Employment Contract Business Seal with the legal name, an authorization letter for the official seal shall be submitted for record. Please click the "Print Official Seal Authorization and Registration Form" button to download a template, fill it in and stamp and upload it to the System.

(iii) Uploading annexes

After completing in company information, click the "Save" button, and after saved successfully, click "Print Company Registration Form" to allow the System to generate a registration form automatically. The printed and stamped copy shall then be uploaded to the system. The annexes required for company registration are clearly stipulated in the "Annexes of the Company Information" column, please upload the annexes according to the instructions of the System.

(iv) Submit for review

Once complete the above steps, click the "Submit for Review" button. If any supplement or modification is required to the filled content, the staff of the Work Permit Window for Foreigners Visiting China will return the application and note existing problems. If application materials for company registration are complete and eligible, log in to the System and the following words will show “Please bring original application materials such as a Company Registration Form, a Legal Registration Certificate of the Company, an ID card of the handler himself/herself, a letter of authorization to the handler, an industry license, etc., as well as the original or photocopy of the ID card of the legal person and the certificate proving the handler is a regular employee of the employing unit, and go to the windows in Tianjin handling applications for work permits for foreigners visiting China (Address: 58 Jiulong Road, Hexi District, Tel: 23269358, 23269359) for on-site confirmation". Then please click the "Submit for Review" button again and go to the acceptance window for materials verification. The company registration review is passed after confirmation. During the implementation period of the non-face-to-face approval policy, the employing unit can call the above-mentioned phone number to confirm.