Arriving in China gets planned carefully. Leaving usually does not. Most foreign teachers and professionals finish their contract, pack their bags, and move on without realising that leaving China is an administrative process with real consequences if handled casually.

Work permit cancellation, residence permit closure, social insurance refunds, bank account status, tax records, termination certificates: none of these close automatically when you resign or your contract ends.

The problems surface later, sometimes years later, when you need documentation for a mortgage, a visa application in another country, a pension claim, or an immigration process.

By then, the employer may have closed, the HR staff may be gone, and the records may be inaccessible. The article walks through a 90/60/30/7 day exit timeline covering every step that needs to be confirmed before you leave.

Full checklist here: https://www.tropicalhainan.com/leaving-china-the-exit-checklist-nobody-gives-you/

Did you get a proper handover when you left a job in China, or did you have to figure it out yourself?