Do not sign a false statement that you resigned voluntarily for personal reasons
Signing a personal-reasons voluntary resignation can forfeit severance and unemployment benefits. Ordinary worker-initiated departure is generally outside compensated termination, except statutory employer faults such as unpaid wages or social-insurance failures. Take time to review rather than signing that day.
What it takes
Free. Resisting pressure to sign immediately can be difficult.
What you may gain
China's Labor Contract Law specifies the situations requiring severance. A worker's ordinary voluntary resignation is not among them, except departures based on statutory employer breaches such as unpaid wages or social insurance. A voluntary-resignation acknowledgment commonly undermines both severance and unemployment eligibility.
Context & considerations
“Sign first for the process; we will pay separately” needs to be written into the actual agreement before signing. The source advises taking a night to consider rather than treating an employer's same-day demand as a legal obligation.
Research & references
NPC Standing Committee (2007). Labor Contract Law, effective January 1, 2008, Articles 38 and 46. http://www.gov.cn/gongbao/content/2007/content_711013.htm