Most foreign professionals assume a new job offer means continuity of legal status in China. It does not. Your work permit is tied to a specific employer, and the moment you resign, a multi-step administrative process begins involving your former employer, your new employer, the work permit authority, and the PSB.

Your former employer has 10 working days to cancel your permit after you leave. Until the new permit is issued, you cannot legally work for anyone.

The article covers the full sequence, the deadlines that matter, what to do if your former employer refuses to cooperate, and the documents you need to secure before you walk out the door.

Full guide here: https://www.tropicalhainan.com/change-jobs-in-china-without-losing-your-legal-status/

What has been the trickiest part of changing jobs in China for you? Former employer cooperation, document timing, or something else entirely?