Many importers end up feeling good about a particular individual, and hire him/her for a fixed salary. The objective is usually to communicate with suppliers, to follow new developments, to inspect product quality, and to source new products/suppliers.
When is it legal?
In theory, it is only legal in three cases:
1.You have set up a company in mainland China (not in Hong Kong or Taiwan), and that company hires local workers.
2.The person you want to hire sets up a company on her own, and you pay that company for consulting work.
3.A company already established in mainland China hires that individual, dedicates her to your projects, and re-invoices you give her full cost (plus a margin, one would guess). Actually this is not really legal either, except if that individual spends part of her time on projects for the company that hired her.
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