HR & payroll 人事薪酬
HR and payroll in China, fully managed.
Bilingual contracts, social insurance, monthly payroll, IIT withholding. Every obligation a Chinese hire creates, run for you from Haikou. No entity yet? A licensed employer of record can hire them for you until you have one.
500+ companies supported · PEO/EOR option when you have no entity yet
What it is 概述
One hire in China creates a monthly stack of obligations. We take the stack.
Chinese employment runs on written, Chinese-language contracts, city-registered social insurance and housing fund accounts, and income tax withheld at source. Monthly, per employee, with penalties for getting any of it wrong. We draft the contracts, register the accounts, run the payroll and file the taxes.
Not ready to form a company? A PEO/EOR arrangement puts a licensed employer of record between you and the obligations: your staff work to your direction, while the legal employment sits with an entity that already exists.
The problem it solves
痛点A foreign contract template that reads fine in English and fails in labour arbitration. Chinese employment law protects the employee, not your boilerplate.
Social insurance rules that differ city by city. Register wrong, and the arrears plus penalties are yours.
"Contractors" who are legally employees all along. Misclassification builds liability with every invoice they send.
Deliverables 交付清单
What lands on our desk instead of yours.
Bilingual employment contracts & handbook
Chinese-law contracts in Chinese and English, plus the employee handbook, the two documents that decide disputes before they start.
Social insurance & housing fund
Employer accounts registered, employees enrolled, monthly contributions calculated and paid under the rules of each employee's city.
Monthly payroll run
Gross-to-net for every employee, payslips issued, salaries paid on the date you set. Quietly, every month.
IIT withholding & filings
Individual income tax computed, withheld at source and filed with the tax bureau, including Hainan's 15% IIT cap where an employee qualifies.
Onboarding & offboarding packs
Offer letters, first-day documents and, when it comes to it, exits run by the book. Notice, severance and paperwork in the right order.
PEO / EOR arrangement
Need staff before (or instead of) an entity? A licensed employer of record employs them for you while you direct the work, and when you outgrow it, see Company Formation.
6 deliverables · one fixed quote, nothing invoiced mid-process
Get an itemised, fixed quote for this service.
Book a free consultationProcess 流程
Set up once. After that, it's a calendar.
One setup, then a fixed monthly rhythm. You approve every run before money moves.
HR audit & setup
Roles, salaries and terms reviewed; contracts and handbook drafted; the true cost of each hire modelled before you offer.
Week 1Registrations
Social insurance and housing fund accounts opened in the employee's city; enrolments filed.
Weeks 1 to 3First payroll cycle
Gross-to-net calculated, your approval taken, salaries paid, payslips issued, IIT withheld and filed.
First month-endMonthly cycle
Payroll, contributions and filings on a fixed calendar. Joiners, leavers and raises handled as they come.
OngoingYour side of the desk 您需准备
Four things before the first run.
Everything comes with a template and a worked example. If this is your first employee in China, the HR audit walks you through all of it in one call.
Names, salaries, start dates and any allowances you've promised.
We turn them into contract duties and probation targets that hold up.
Business licence and bank details. No entity? Ask about PEO instead.
We build the monthly calendar backwards from it.
Pricing 费用
Per employee, per month, in writing.
Payroll pricing depends on headcount, cities and whether staff sit on your entity or our PEO arrangement. We quote a fixed monthly fee per employee before you commit, and model the full employer cost of each hire, so the offer you make is one you can afford.
- Fixed per-employee fee, not a percentage of payroll
- Employer cost modelled per hire, before you make the offer
- Payroll + accounting + tax bundles on one monthly invoice
Why HCSG for this 凭什么
HR is where small errors compound monthly. We've made it a routine instead.
500+ companies supported, from a single PEO hire to full local teams, across contribution rules that differ city by city.
One team, no subcontractor chain. Contracts, payroll and filings sit with the same Haikou office that answers your messages.
Hires that move with you. PEO staff migrate onto your WFOE when it's ready, terms intact, without renegotiating from zero.
What comes next 相关服务
Hiring rarely travels alone.
Company Formation
When the team outgrows a PEO arrangement, a WFOE of your own makes the hiring, and the margin. Yours.
Next stepImmigration & Visas
Z visas and work permits for the foreign staff on your China payroll, sponsored properly.
Next stepTax & Accounting
Payroll feeds the books. Monthly accounting and filings, run from the same office.
Next step
Payroll questions 薪酬问答
The questions every first call asks.
01Can I hire in China without a Chinese company?
Yes. Under a PEO/EOR arrangement, a licensed employer of record employs your staff on your behalf. Compliant contract, payroll, social insurance, all of it. While they work to your direction. It's the standard way to test the market before committing to an entity, and when you form your WFOE later, we migrate the employment across.
02What does an employee really cost?
Gross salary plus employer contributions to social insurance and the housing fund, and the contribution rates and bases vary by city. The total sits well above the number on the offer letter. We model the exact cost for each hire before you make the offer, so the figure is a decision rather than a surprise.
03How does probation work?
Probation is regulated, not a free trial: its maximum length is set by the length of the contract, probation pay has a legal floor, and dismissal during probation still needs documented grounds. Drafted correctly, it does what you expect it to. Drafted from a foreign template, it usually doesn't. Which is why we write it into the contract properly from the start.
04Can I use my global employment contract template?
No, and this one matters. Employment contracts in China must follow Chinese law and be in Chinese to be enforceable; we issue bilingual versions so both sides read the same terms. Foreign templates fail in labour arbitration, which is precisely the moment you'd need them to work.
05How do terminations work?
By rule, not by conversation. Lawful grounds, notice periods and statutory severance formulas apply, and the burden of documentation sits with the employer. The contract and handbook we draft on day one are what protect you on day five hundred. That's why we front-load them.
Client words 客户之声
From clients who’ve done this.
I was done managing manufacturers through a broker overseas. HCSG registered my company while I stayed focused on product. Best business decision I’ve made in years.
Samuel Lamont Chatman II海南查特曼户外运动有限公司 · licence on fileThey opened the company and the account, then they stayed. First customs filing, small-small questions: same-day answers. A partner in China, not a service provider.
Urenyi John海南九章进出口贸易有限公司 · licence on fileAlmost everything from home: documents on WhatsApp, a video call for the bank, one two-day visit to sign. They answered every question, even the ones I asked twice.
Rehman Sadia海南环悦进出口贸易有限公司 · licence on fileReal clients, real registrations, every review is paired with that client’s watermarked business licence. See the licence wall.
Next step 下一步
Get a hiring cost model.
Tell us who you want to hire, where, and on what salary. You'll get the true monthly cost. Salary, contributions, our fee, and a contract plan. Free, in writing.