For the purpose of further contributing to the construction of an open and shared "overseas like" environment in Qingdao Free Trade Zone, accelerating the attraction and aggregation of international innovation and entrepreneurship talents, guaranteeing foreign talents their eligibility in introduction, longevity in residence and suitability in position, thus forming an international talent highland with distinctive regional characteristics and strong innovation and entrepreneurship atmosphere, the "free trade whole chain assistance" in Qingdao Free Trade Zone has comprehensively upgraded the content of international talent services recently. A special international talent service window has been set up in the "free trade whole chain assistance" service area of the government affair service hall of Qingdao Free Trade Zone to provide growth partner services for international talents, such as work permit and residence permit assistant agency, international talent policy consultation, declaration counseling, cross-border intellectual property and legal consulting services, talent employment matchmaking services, etc.

Qingdao Free Trade Enterprise Center, as the "free trade whole chain assistance" operation platform, is equipped with service specialists with language and cross-cultural communication skills. After targeted training in relevant professional fields, they are familiar with the business process of work permit and residence permit in China, the declaration and honoring route of international talent policies in Qingdao Free Trade Zone. They can provide assistance and agency services for the talents into China according to the specific circumstances of foreigners who intend to work and reside in China, such as notice for their permit to enter China, application for work permit and residence permit by category and customization, and help the applicants obtain approval and facilitate their employment through one-stop service.

"Our company is a Germany-funded enterprise located in Qingdao Free Trade Zone. The general manager is a foreigner. When we are informed that a special window for international talent service has been set up by Qingdao Free Trade Zone, we feel that it is what we need. In the next step, we can find a professional team to support us in the handling of work permit and residence permit and the application of international talent policies, which will save both time and effort." Xu Yankun, deputy general manager of Qingdao Biaomai Automation Equipment Co., Ltd., said after learning about the service.

It is reported that the international talent service window of Qingdao Free Trade Enterprise Center also provides international talent door-to-door service, regularly visits enterprises and foreigners for deeply understanding the service needs in the interaction between enterprises and international talents, and continuously improving the degree of aggregation of regional international talents. Meanwhile, the online international talent service port will be synchronized in the 360 degree service enterprise online platform of Qingdao Free Trade Zone, which will be combined with the special offline service window to provide facilitation services for international talents in the zone.