South China's Guangdong Province is drafting a regulation to
restrict the employment of foreigners and to ban them from certain
jobs.
Under the proposed regulation, the provincial labor and social
security department will divide jobs into three categories -
"encouraged", "restricted" and "forbidden" - to be published
annually, said a spokesman with the bureau.
For jobs in the "encouraged" category, prospective foreign
employees will be issued permits. Employers will be charged fees
for hiring foreigners for "restricted" positions.
The employment of foreigners without permits will be illegal,
said the spokesman, without indicating specific jobs in the three
categories.
Foreign students and foreigners without residence permits are
ineligible to work without government approval, and they risk fines
of up to 1,000 yuan (US$130) for working illegally.
This act was intended to cut crime among the growing number of
foreigners illegally residing and working in Guangdong, said Yan
Xiangrong, a deputy of the province's people's congress.
About 10,000 foreigners are living in Guangdong, many of them
financially insecure and some even involved in crimes, such as drug
trafficking, fraud and theft.
In the first half of this year, 102 foreigners were arrested on
criminal charges, more than triple the number of the same period
last year.
The local public security department plans to set up a database
at the end of this year, recording information from foreigners'
visas, residence status, travel and departure and entrance
registrations.
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(Xinhua News Agency October 9, 2007)