Division of Tourist Market Management, Shanghai Municipal Tourism Administrative Commission

Address: Room 1021, Municipal Building, No. 100, Dagu Road Postal code: 200003

23115544 23115546 Fax: 63367121 Shanghai Municipal Tourism Administrative Commission

1、Pass the tour guide exam and obtain Tour Guide Certificate;

2、Sign employment contract with travel agency or register in tour guide management service institution;

3、When travel agency needs temporary tour guide for tourist task, it shall apply to the Municipal Tourism Administrative Commission for Temporary Tour Guide Certificate. Person with one of the following conditions can engage in temporary tour guiding activities:

（1）With certain, special linguistic competence;

（2）Students or graduates of college or vocational school of tourism or related majors;

（3）Lose the Tour Guide Certificate.

4、Persons who hold the Tour Guide Certificate issued by tourism administrative department of other province or municipality apply for tour guide certificate shall be handled according to the related national regulations.

1、Once obtained the tour guide certificate and intends to be practitioners, the individual can submit practitioner application to Municipal Tourism Commission through the contracted travel agency or registered tour guide service company.

Application documents include:

（1）Applicant’s Tour Guide Certificate;

（2）Employment contract between the applicant and travel agency or the registration document in the tour guide service company;

（3）Applicant’s ID card and replicate, original diploma certificate and replicate.

2、The municipal shall make evaluation decisions within 15 days after receiving the application, and issue tour guide certificate to approved personnel, and notify to the objected individual in written form.

3、Tour guide with one of the following conditions applies for continuous practice, shall apply for re-issuance of Tour Guide Certificate:

（1）Sign contract with another travel agency or register in another tour guide service company;

（2）Through qualification evaluation, obtain a higher grade tour guide certificate;

（3）For tour guide expiring the three-year valid period and in need of re-issuance, the application shall be submitted three months prior to the expiration of the tour guide certificate. The application formalities shall be handled according to the procedures of issuing tour guide certificate.

Article 4, 5, 6, 8, Regulations on the Management of Tour Guide (Published in No. 263 order by the State Council of the People’s Republic of China in 1999)

Articles 9, 10, Implementation Measures for the Management of Tour Guide (Published in No. 15 order by State Tourism Administration of People’s Republic of China)

Articles 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, Shanghai Regulations on the Management of Tour Guide (No. 98 by Shanghai Municipal People’s Government in 2001)