International Services Shanghai Changning offers comprehensive support for expats, returnees

For Jiang Yuying, a new graduate from the University of Melbourne, the biggest appeal of the portal is the service for applying for special support for apartment rentals for overseas talent. Thanks to the portal, she found a dream flat with a right price in the Changning district.

According to the portal's information section about Changning, the area has implemented special rental support during the transitional period for certain eligible overseas returnees, even if they do not sign a labor contract with the district's companies.

"Renting an apartment with subsidies that Changning provides to overseas returnees saved me a lot of time running around the city, and also money," said Jiang, who completed her master's degree at the University of Melbourne before returning to China in 2023.

She is now renting a one-bedroom flat that is conveniently located just five minutes' walk from the company she works for. "The policy of special support really saved me a significant amount of money, and helped me settle down to work here," Jiang added.