Looking forward to a 5-year visa

SHANGHAI: Antoine Bloch, who is French, has been in Shanghai for seven years and is currently the vice-president of Asia Pacific in Silliker, the international food safety and quality consulting company.

He hopes he can get one of the new five-year residence visas for expatriates.

He holds a one-year residence permit, which has had to be renewed every year since he came to Shanghai seven years ago.