Notice of the People's Government of Hainan Province on Issuing the Interim Measures for the Administration of the List of High-end and Shortage Talents Enjoying Personal Income Tax Preferential Policies in Hainan Free Trade Port

To the people's governments of all cities, counties and autonomous counties, and all units directly under the provincial government:
The "Interim Measures for the Management of the List of High-end and Shortage Talents Enjoying Personal Income Tax Preferential Policies in Hainan Free Trade Port" are now issued to you. Please implement them conscientiously.
Hainan Provincial People's Government
September 15, 2022

(This document is disclosed voluntarily)
Interim Measures for the Management of the List of High-end and Shortage Talents Enjoying Personal Income Tax Preferential Policies in Hainan Free Trade Port
Article 1 In accordance with the "Hainan Free Trade Port Law of the People's Republic of China", "Overall Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port" and "Notice of the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation on the Personal Income Tax Policy for High-end and Shortage Talents in Hainan Free Trade Port" (Finance and Taxation [2020] No. 32), these measures are formulated to implement the personal income tax preferential policies for high-end talents and scarce talents in Hainan Free Trade Port.
Article 2 A list management system shall be implemented for high-end talents and scarce talents who work in Hainan Free Trade Port and enjoy preferential policies.
Article 3 The following conditions shall be met to enjoy preferential policies:
(I) Live in Hainan Free Trade Port for a total of 183 days in a tax year.
(II) Talents recognized by talent management departments at all levels in Hainan Province or whose income in Hainan Free Trade Port reaches RMB 300,000 or more in a tax year (Hainan Province implements dynamic adjustments based on economic and social development).
Article 4 Specific personnel in the aviation, shipping, offshore oil and gas exploration and other industries who have lived in Hainan Free Trade Port for less than 183 days in a tax year due to their occupational characteristics, while meeting the second paragraph of Article 3 of these Measures, have continuously paid basic pension insurance for employees in Hainan Free Trade Port as an employee of a unit (except for those exempted from payment in countries that have signed social security agreements with China) for more than 6 months (including December of the current year) in a tax year, and have signed a labor contract or employment agreement for more than 1 year with an enterprise or unit registered and substantially operating in Hainan Free Trade Port, or can provide other labor and personnel relationship certification materials with equivalent conditions, shall submit an application to the tax department within the prescribed time and explain the situation. After being reviewed and approved by the Hainan Provincial Human Resources and Social Security Department, they can enjoy preferential policies.
Article 5 The Hainan Provincial Human Resources and Social Security Department is responsible for formulating the industry demand catalogue of scarce talents in Hainan Free Trade Port.
Article 6 The human resources and social security department of Hainan Province shall, together with relevant departments, submit the list of people who enjoy the preferential individual income tax policy to the tax department of Hainan Province on a regular basis in accordance with these Measures.
Article 7 People who are determined to be high-end talents and scarce talents shall enjoy the preferential individual income tax policy in that year. People who no longer meet the conditions of high-end talents and scarce talents shall not enjoy the preferential individual income tax policy in that year.
Article 8 People who are listed as the objects of joint punishment for dishonesty in accordance with the law shall not enjoy the preferential individual income tax policy.
Article 9  Relying on the social management information platform of Hainan Province, the human resources and social security, public security, market supervision, taxation and other departments of Hainan Province shall strengthen in-process and post-process supervision, conduct random inspections on the enjoyment of the preferential individual income tax policy, and carry out risk assessment and risk response work based on the inspection results.
Article 10  If there are objections or disputes about talents who enjoy the preferential individual income tax policy, the human resources and social security departments at all levels in Hainan Province shall take the lead in coordinating and resolving them. If there are objections or disputes about whether the enterprise or unit to which the talent belongs has carried out substantive operations in the Hainan Free Trade Port, the market supervision and management department of Hainan Province shall take the lead in coordinating and resolving them.
Article 11 The departments of human resources and social security, public security, finance, market supervision, taxation, etc. of Hainan Province may formulate specific implementation regulations in conjunction with these Measures.
Article 12  These Measures shall come into force on January 1, 2023. The Interim Measures for the Management of the List of High-end and Shortage Talents Enjoying Personal Income Tax Preferential Policies in Hainan Free Trade Port (Qiongfu [2020] No. 41) issued by the People's Government of Hainan Province on August 26, 2020 shall be repealed at the same time.
Attachment: Catalog of Industry Demand for Shortage Talents in Hainan Free Trade Port

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Catalog of Industry Demand for Shortage Talents in Hainan Free Trade Port
1. Technical and skilled backbones and management talents in the tourism industry, including tourism strategy research talents, tourism industry research talents, tourism market research talents, tourism service and management talents, tourism resource development and utilization talents, scenic spot development and management talents, tourism and cultural innovation talents, travel agency management talents, hotel management talents, catering management and service talents, exhibition planning and management talents, tourism information management and analysis talents, special tour guides, hotel senior trainers, etc.
2. Technical and skilled backbones and management talents in the modern service industry, including strategic research talents, business negotiation talents, international trade relief talents, business law talents, translation talents, food engineers, industrial planning and analysis talents, economic analysis and product analysis talents, market operation and monitoring talents; foreign-related notarization talents, judicial identification forensic talents, judicial identification evidence talents, judicial identification industry environmental damage talents, international commercial arbitration talents; management consulting talents, investment promotion professional service talents, marketing management talents; logistics enterprise management talents, logistics industry research talents, logistics project development talents, logistics park distribution center planning and design talents, logistics planning engineers, supply chain specialists, international procurement managers, international freight forwarding managers, customs specialists; architectural planning project management talents, architectural design and research talents, urban and rural planning and research talents, landscape design and research talents; research statistics professionals, analysis statistics professionals, legal statistics professionals, etc.
3. Technical and skilled backbones and management talents in high-tech industries, including R&D and manufacturing talents in high-end manufacturing, ship R&D, design and manufacturing talents, marine engineering R&D, design and manufacturing talents, marine oil and gas engineering tracking and management talents, marine oil and gas resource evaluation talents, marine oil and gas exploration talents, marine oil and gas geological evaluation talents, automotive R&D, design and manufacturing talents, environmental protection engineers, petrochemical engineers, energy-saving and emission reduction project operation talents, pollution prevention and treatment professionals, process research engineers, laboratory analysts, senior software testing engineers, automation equipment engineers, digital integrated circuit design engineers, new energy development and utilization and project operation talents, etc.
4. Technical and skilled backbones and management talents in the agricultural field, including seed industry management talents, system compilation and promotion talents, seed industry achievement promotion and application talents, animal and plant genetic breeding talents, germplasm resource development and research talents, planting, breeding and processing talents, project planning talents, and southern breeding construction and operation talents, etc.
5. Technical and skilled personnel and management talents in the medical field, including R&D project leaders, drug R&D personnel, drug quality researchers, drug synthesis technicians, animal experiment researchers, organic synthesis researchers, pharmacological analysts, pathological diagnostic personnel, clinical research leaders, clinical inspection personnel, clinical experiment (CRO) personnel, drug testing personnel, senior technical consultants for medical devices, pharmaceutical logistics management talents, strategic procurement managers, pharmaceutical retail management talents, practicing doctors, practicing pharmacists, rehabilitation therapists, etc.
6. Technical and skilled personnel and management talents in the education field, including scientific research team members, teachers, researchers, education management talents, cooperative education project management talents, gold medal winners of the World Skills Competition and the National Skills Competition, coaches, referees, etc.
7. Technical and skilled personnel and management talents for employment and entrepreneurship in the sports field, including sports industry management talents, project event operation and development talents, sports project management and promotion talents, sports coaches, event project managers, event executive specialists, overseas event BD talents, etc.

8. Technical and skilled backbones and management talents in the telecommunications field, including information technology consultants, electronic engineers, chip design engineers, chip design architects, weak current intelligent designers, surface treatment engineers, SMT engineers, printed circuit board layout (PCB  Layout) engineers, vacuum coating engineers, industrial (IE) engineers, process (PE) engineers, new product introduction (NPI) engineers, radio frequency (RF) engineers, telecommunications designers, communication professionals, etc.
9. Technical and skilled backbones and management talents in the Internet field, including management talents, product (project) managers, software engineers, hardware engineers, big data analysis engineers, big data processing and application personnel, space information and digital technicians, interface designers (UI) engineers, WEB front-end development engineers, multimedia (game) development engineers, algorithm engineers, system architecture engineers, network security engineers, mobile development engineers, operation and maintenance engineers, information security engineers, communication professionals, computer-aided design (CAD) R&D engineers, computer-aided engineering (CAE) R&D engineers, digital media technicians, intelligent science and technology personnel, etc.
10. Technical and skilled backbones and management talents in the cultural field, including cultural and sports project management talents, document development talents, document editing talents, archaeological professionals, cultural relics appraisal talents, cultural relics protection talents, cultural relics restoration talents, display and education talents, cultural relics collection data management talents, screenwriters, directors, composers, conductors, performers, stage design talents, stage technicians, literary painting and sculpture creation talents, news editing and broadcasting talents, cultural and art curators, animation design and creation talents, advertising designers, graphic designers, new media operation talents, auctioneers, etc.
11. Technical and skilled backbones and management talents in the maintenance field, including automobile maintenance talents, ship maintenance talents, aviation maintenance talents, medical equipment maintenance talents, etc.
12. Technical and skilled backbones and management talents in the financial field, including financial management talents, strategic research talents, industry research talents, market research talents, science and technology finance talents, fund managers, investment banking talents, credit approval talents, fixed income foreign exchange commodities (FICC) talents, exchange investment talents, industrial investment consulting talents, insurance actuarial talents, supply chain finance talents, shipping finance talents, offshore finance talents, cross-border finance talents, cross-border international trade finance talents, green finance talents, cultural finance talents, Internet finance talents, entrepreneurial finance talents, wealth management talents, financial product development talents, financial public relations talents, financial data analysis talents, financial legal talents, financial accounting talents, financial auditing talents, financial supervision talents, guarantee business talents, factoring business talents, insurance asset management talents, reinsurance business talents, underwriting and claims talents, financial leasing talents, credit assessment talents, compliance and anti-money laundering talents, risk management talents, etc.
13. Technical and skilled backbones and management talents in the shipping field, including port civil engineering project managers, port and waterway planning, construction and operation talents, shipping management talents, ship service talents, foreign-related port business personnel, foreign-related legal affairs specialists, port on-site instructors (dispatchers, central control personnel, planners), foreign affairs representatives, registered surveyors, crew qualification personnel (including crew members, fishery crew members), pilots, aviation personnel qualification personnel (flight personnel and ground personnel, including foreign pilots of civil aircraft, navigators, flight engineers, flight communication personnel, aviation safety personnel, civil aviation telecommunications personnel, navigation information personnel, meteorological personnel, flight attendants, etc.), propulsion R&D talents, satellite navigation development talents, aerodynamic design engineers, modeling and calculation engineers, aerospace information technology personnel, etc.
14. Talents of government agencies and institutions in Hainan Province, as well as talents employed by statutory institutions and social organizations.
15. Other foreign personnel (Category C) that meet the relevant standards of the Interim Measures for the Management and Service of Work Permits for Foreigners in Hainan (Qiong Fu Ban [2019] No. 37) issued by the General Office of the People's Government of Hainan Province.
16. Talents from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan working in Hainan Free Trade Port.
17. Technical and skilled backbones and management talents urgently needed in other non-restrictive access industries in Hainan.