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- Human Resources and Payroll in China 2016-2017 (5th Edition)
Maternity allowance
In the following table, we present the cities which have already implemented the new maternity leave policies (up to May 17, 2016):
Maternity Leave (in days)
Province Base Maternity
Leave
Difficult
Childbirth
Multiple
Children
Late
Childbirth
Only
Child
Newly-added
Maternity Leave
Paternity
Leave
Shanghai
98
+15
+15/child
N/A
N/A
+30
10
Guangdong
98
+15
+15/child
N/A
N/A
+30
15
Shenzhen
98
+15
+15/child
N/A
N/A
+45
15
Zhejiang
98
+15
+15/child
N/A
N/A
+30
15
Tianjin
98
+15
+15/child
N/A
N/A
+30*
7
Hubei
98
+15
+15/child
N/A
N/A
+30
15
Sichuan
98
+15
+15/child
N/A
N/A
+60
20
Shandong
98
+15
+15/child
N/A
N/A
+60
7
Fujian
98
+15
+15/child
N/A
N/A
+60~82
15
Shanxi
98
+15
+15/child
N/A
N/A
+60
15
Ningxia
98
+15
+15/child
N/A
N/A
+60
25
Guangxi
98
+15
+15/child
N/A
N/A
+50
25
Jiangxi
98
+15
+15/child
N/A
N/A
+60
15
Anhui
98
+15
+15/child
N/A
N/A
+60
10**
Beijing
98
+15
+15/child
N/A
N/A
+30
15
Jiangsu***
98
+15
+15/child
N/A
N/A
+30
15
Chongqing
98
+15
+15/child
N/A
N/A
+30
15
Hainan
98
+15
+15/child
N/A
N/A
+3 month
15
Inner Mongolia
98
+15
+15/child
N/A
N/A
+60
25
Yunnan
98
+15
+15/child
N/A
N/A
+60
30
Hunan
98
+15
+15/child
N/A
N/A
+60
20
Gansu
98
+15
+15/child
N/A
N/A
+82
30
Jilin
98
+15
+15/child
N/A
N/A
+60
15
Hebei
98
+15
+15/child
N/A
N/A
+60
15
Liaoning
98
+15
+15/child
N/A
N/A
+60
15
Guizhou
98
+15
+15/child
N/A
N/A
+60
15
Qinghai
98
+15
+15/child
N/A
N/A
+60
15
Heilongjiang
98
+15
+15/child
N/A
N/A
+82
15
*If the company has difficulty to give 30 days’ additional leave, as an alternative, it can pay additional one month salary to the employee.
**The paternity leave shall be 20 days if the couple lived in different cities.
***In Jiangsu province, the maternity leave and paternity leave exclude weekends and public holidays.
****In Beijing, Hainan,Chongqing, Jilin, upon the agreement of the employer, the employee can get extra leaves with certain amount of payment.