國務院宣佈取消臺港澳人員內地就業許可審批

Residents of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao will no longer need work permits when they are hired by enterprises on the Chinese mainland. That was one of the 11 permits halted by the State Council.

國務院日前取消了11項行政許可，其中包括“臺港澳人員就業證”，今後臺港澳民衆赴大陸工作將不再需要就業證了。

Previously, enterprises on the mainland had to apply to city-level authorities for approval to hire employees from the three places. Work permits for residents of Taiwan and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao had been required for more than two decades.

此前，大陸企業如果聘用臺港澳僱員，必須向市級主管部門提交申請等待審批。“臺港澳人員就業證”已存在超過20年。

To get one, residents of the three regions had to submit several documents, including the would-be employer's business license, the employee's health certificate and a valid travel document.

要辦理“臺港澳人員就業證”，申請人員須提供包括僱主營業執照、僱員健康證明和個人有效旅行證件在內的多種材料。

The permit had to be renewed every two years, and a change of employers meant reapplication for the permit.

該就業證每兩年就要續簽，如果工作單位變更，則需重新申辦。

Lo Wenyueh, a 34-year-old editor at a Beijing publishing house, said the new policy will make her life much easier. She was hired in September 2016 and did not get a work permit until the second half of last year.

34歲的羅雯月，是北京一家出版社的編輯，她表示這項新政策會讓自己的生活更簡單。她是在2016年9月份入的職，直到去年下半年纔拿到一份就業證。

Without the permit, she was not eligible for some of the benefits her colleagues received, including medical insurance, she said.

她表示，沒有該就業證，她就沒有資格獲得她的同事所能獲得的一些福利，包括醫療保險。

As a young Taiwan resident, Lo started working in Beijing after graduation from a famous university several years ago. Her younger brother works in Suqian, Jiangsu province. "It will also be easier for my brother," she added.

羅雯月是一名臺灣青年，幾年前從一所知名大學畢業之後，就在北京開始工作。她的弟弟現在在江蘇省宿遷市工作。她補充道：“這樣一來，我弟弟的生活也會變得更簡單一些。”