In a bid to win the hearts of top foreign talent, Shanghai is aiming to better its exit-entry administration services, as well as to relax talent policies.

Category A foreign workers who work in Shanghai will soon be able to apply for their work and residence permits on the Internet, the city's exit-entry administration bureau told Shanghai Daily.

Since December 2019, foreign talent in this category have been able to apply for both permits at the same time to exit-entry administrators in all Shanghai districts as well as at the Minsheng Road office of the bureau on the city level, known as the "single window" service.