NOTICE TO FOREIGN EXPERTS AND TEACHERS
Cards and Certificates
Upon arrival, within a week, the foreign experts or teachers are supposed to hand in 9
passport-size photos to the International Office in order to handle the following cards and certificate.
1. Foreigner’s Work Visa
Those foreign experts and teachers (hereinafter referred to as “you”) who take up a job in China should apply for a Work Visa，which is issued by the Foreign Affairs Department of the Guangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau.
Up-to-date medical check-up reports, including an original Aids Report and a Venereal Report on separate, individual forms, should be presented when applying for the Residence Permit. If the medical reports are outdated and/or you don’t have medical reports you can apply for a Work Visa only after you take a general medical check-up in an appointed hospital and are proved to be healthy.
Medical Service Card
During the contract time, with the Medical Service Card issued by the clinic of the University you enjoy the Public Health Service, just like the Chinese teachers in this school. Each time you go to see the doctors in the clinic, you pay 10 percent of the medical fee for the outpatient service. The university will offer the medical and accident insurance for the foreign experts and teachers. Those diseases which can not be treated in the school clinic will be borne by the insurances.
3. Library Card
With the Library Card issued by the library, you can borrow books from the library. You should follow the regulations of the library and return the books on time. A penalty fee may be imposed if you lose or delay the return of books.
Salary, Subsidies and Foreign Exchange
1. Salary
Your salary is fixed officially according to your work amount, your professional competence demonstrated, as well as your academic training, qualifications and work experience. The salary covers days from the beginning of the contracted date till the date the contract expires. Pay day is generally fixed on the 15th of each month and the salary is to be deposited in your bank account by the financial department.
Subsidies
Those who have one academic year contract, enjoy 2200 yuan RMB travel allowance; those with half a year contract, have 1100 yuan RMB allowance, which shall be issued before the week the contract expires. When you have one academic year contract, you can reimburse the one way ticket (equal to 6000yuanRMB) from your permanent address, home country to Guangzhou or vice versa.
Exchange of Foreign Currency
Your salary shall be paid in RMB and according to the contract, 30% of your salary can be converted into foreign currency, which you can hold the certification of the university to go to the appointed bank to exchange.
Living conditions
An apartment of one bedroom, one sitting-room, one kitchen and one bathroom shall be provided for you, furnished with a washing machine, a set of furniture, a colored TV set, an air-conditioner, telephone, computer with internet, a refrigerator, etc. Running water and electricity are free of charge while the gas shall be on the tenant’s own expense.
Holidays
You enjoy Chinese legal holidays just like the Chinese teachers do during the contract time; and salary shall be fully paid during the above mentioned holiday time.
Sick Leave
In case you fall sick, you can ask for sick leave to the Department you work for, showing the doctor’s certificate for sick leave. For sick leave within 30 days, the salary shall be paid without discount; after 30 days, if the foreign teacher still can not go back to work, the contract signed by both sides disbands automatically, the foreign teacher should leave the school for a hospital for further treatments. During the period he leaves his post, his salary will be frozen till he recovers.
Leave of Absence
If you ask for leave of absence you should get the approval of the Department you work for. Within the contracted school year, leave of absence should not exceed 10 days on the whole, and the successive leave of absence should not exceed 3 days. If you are absent from your work without the Department’s consent, the Department shall regard it as you stay away from work without leave or good reason. In such a case, a deduction of 3 day’s salary shall be made for each day you are absent.
Reception and Lodging of Visitors
You should appeal to the International Office for permission if you intend to lodge your relations and/or friends, you are required to show the visitor’s passport, residence permit and /or other authentic I.Ds to the International Office, then the International Office shall arrange the Guests to the school guest house, and the guests shall pay for his or her own lodging.
With the International Office’s permission, you may arrange your direct relations (parents, spouse and children) to stay in your apartment.
Security
1. Take good care of the key to the door of your apartment. Lock the doors of the entrance of the apartment when you are out.
2. Take good care of your personal things when travelling. Report to the local Public Security Bureau right away if anything is found missing or stolen; and in the meantime, inform the International Office.
Keep everything in its original place and report to the International Office if anything in your apartment is found missing or stolen.
Subscription of Newspapers and magazines
If you intend to subscribe to newspapers and periodicals you should come to the International Office to register and pay in advance. The papers and magazines subscribed shall be distributed to your mail boxes by the school dispatcher.
Departure upon Conclusion of Contract
1. Be sure to book tickets one month before your contract expires.
2. Books and periodicals borrowed from the library should be returned one week before you leave your post for home or other places.
3. The International Office shall send someone to each apartment to check the furniture and other daily necessities provided by the university one week before you leave your post. If anything in your apartment is found damaged or missing, you should pay for the losses.
You should hand in to the International Office your Library Card and Medical Card, as well as the key(s) to your apartment before you leave the university.
International Office
Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University
2008-1-28 |
