There are many types of jobs that foreigners can take in China, and the most common one is the normal company. In this case, foreigners generally need to apply for a long-term work visa, but there are also many foreigners who only engage in a job for a short period of time, rather than joining the company. In this case, foreigners need to apply for short-term work visas.

外国人在中国可以从事的工作类型有很多种，正常入职公司一般是最常见的，这种情况外国人一般需要申请长期的工作签证，但也有很多外国人入境只是短期从事一项工作，并非入职企业，这种情况下，外国人就需要申请短期工作签证，

1. to the domestic partner to complete a certain technology, scientific research, management, guidance and other work;

1.到境内合作方完成某项技术、科研、管理、指导等工作；

2.to domestic sports institutions for trial training (including coaches, athletes);

2.到境内体育机构进行试训（包括教练员、运动员）；

3. Shooting films (including commercials and documentaries);

4.fashion show (including car models, shooting print advertisements, etc.).

4.时装表演（包括车模、拍摄平面广告等）。

Short-term work visas are different from long-term work visas, not only because of the different scope of application, but also because short-term work visas have their own advantages and disadvantages:

短期工签有异于长期工签，不仅仅是因为适用范围的不同，而且短期工签也有属于自己的优缺点：

Advantages of short-term work permit:

短期工签的优势：

1.the application time is fast, about 10 working days to complete;

1.申请时间快，大约10个工作日即可完成；

2. the required materials are simple, such as short-term work model, the applicant only needs to prepare passport information materials and health certificates;

2.所需材料简单，如模特类短期工作的，申请人仅需准备护照信息材料和健康证明；

3.and long-term work visa is the same as legal employment, protected by labor law;

3.和长期工签相同属于合法就业，受劳动法保护；

4.allow to work in more than one employer, but need to list the name of all the work city (no more than 5) when applying.

4.允许在多个用人单位工作，但需申请时列明全部工作城市名称（不超过5个）。

Disadvantages of short-term work permit:

短期工签的劣势：

1.the maximum valid time is 90 days, and can not be extended;

1.最长有效时间为90天，且不能延期；

2.there are limits on the scope of application, not any job can apply for short-term work visa, for work beyond the scope of application, should apply for long-term work visa, according to the application requirements of long-term work visa, and the meaning of short-term work visa is not equal to business M visa or visit F visa;

2.有适用范围限制，并非任何工作都能申请短期工签，对于超适用范围的工作，应申请长期工签，按照长期工签的申请要求办理，且短期工签意义不等同于商务M签或访问F签；

3.holders of Z visa, stay for less than 30 days, do not apply for work residence permits, stay for more than 30 days (including 30 days), need to apply for work residence permits.

3.持Z字签证，停留期不超过30日的，不办理工作类居留证件，停留期超过30日的（含30日），需办理工作类居留证件。