A company headquartered in France is going to hire me directly as an engineer to do projects abroad. I would like to know whether I need to pay tax in China and what are the specific procedures?

You can sign a work contract with a foreign company.

Your domestic insurance and provident fund can be changed to personal payment after you leave your job in China. The relevant departments will ask you to go to a designated bank to apply for a bank card, and then ask your relatives to help you pay every month. Just put money into the card.

The process for you to go abroad is that the company that employs you sends an invitation letter. You apply for a work visa with the invitation letter, and sign a work contract after you arrive overseas.

As for personal income tax, to put it bluntly, companies in France do not have the obligation to file tax returns with the China Tax Bureau, so the China Tax Bureau cannot count your personal income, which means that you do not have to pay taxes to China. that part. . . Unless you are very patriotic. . . I rushed to file my taxes. . .

Your company will pay the French tax for you. You will have a payslip every month, and your insurance and taxes are clearly written on it. You only need to collect your salary every month. That's it.

In France, your work-related injury insurance and pension insurance are paid for by your company, so you don’t need to take care of them. You have to buy basic medical insurance yourself. At that time, you can go to the office of the local insurance company to handle it. There are two ways to settle your medical claims. One is to directly reimburse the money to the hospital or your doctor, and you will pay less directly; the other is to transfer the money to Your bank card or send you a check.

I don’t study law, so I can’t give you detailed legal provisions. I hope these are useful to you!