If useful to your job application, explain how your disability certificate relates to the employer's employment obligations
Chinese employers have a disability employment quota of at least 1.5%, with the precise provincial proportion and current exemptions applying. Those below the applicable quota may owe an employment security levy. Hiring an eligible disabled worker can therefore affect a real business cost. If you choose to disclose your certificate, it can help the employer understand that context alongside your skills.
What it takes
Nothing. Disclosure is a personal choice and can feel difficult.
What you may gain
Article 8 of the Disability Employment Regulations sets a minimum disability employment proportion of 1.5% of staff, with the provincial government specifying the local proportion. Article 9 requires the employment security levy where the proportion is not met. Article 8 of the 2015 levy measures gives the formula: annual levy = (previous-year staff count × local required proportion − previous-year qualifying disabled employees) × previous-year average annual employee wage. Article 16 of that dated text exempts newly registered small or micro enterprises with no more than 20 employees for the first three years where the quota is not met. Article 36 of the Law on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities provides lawful tax preferences for employers meeting or exceeding quotas or employing disabled workers in concentrated arrangements. The employment regulations took effect May 1, 2007.
Context & considerations
The source notes that the old three-year, 20-worker exemption would remove this particular incentive for covered firms, but exemptions and levy reductions have changed over time; use the current finance ministry and local rules rather than treating the 2015 threshold as current everywhere. Quota employment must be genuine. Lending a certificate for fictitious employment or a sham payroll can involve fraud. For employment-difficulty status and insurance subsidies, see chapter 7, entry 12; for training support, entry 13. You are the beneficiary.
Research & references
State Council (2007). Disability Employment Regulations, Articles 8 and 9. https://www.gov.cn/zhengce/zhengceku/2008-03/28/content_6646.htm; Ministry of Finance, State Administration of Taxation, and China Disabled Persons' Federation (2015). Measures for collection and use of the disability employment security levy, Caishui [2015] No. 72, Articles 6, 8, and 16. http://www.gov.cn/zhengce/zhengceku/2015-09/15/content_5650063.htm; Law on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities, Article 36. https://flk.npc.gov.cn/detail?id=ff8080816f135f46016f1d134c88132b