Client
Your company
Signs one services agreement with ChinaTalentDesk's Hong Kong entity.
How it works
How it works
ChinaTalentDesk is an open marketplace by default. You choose from open bids, with paid desk services available when you want expert help.
Brief
Describe the work in your own words. The AI Brief Builder asks a few questions and drafts a structured brief, with a Chinese version for freelancers.
Review open bids
Freelancers respond to your brief. Review their bids and profiles, then choose the candidate you want to hire.
Optional candidate vetting
For a service fee, the desk can vet candidates for you before you decide.
Contract and first milestone
You accept the proposal, sign the contract and fund the first milestone. Work starts once it is paid.
Approval and invoice
You review each deliverable against its criteria and approve it. The freelancer is paid, and your invoices and documents stay in one place.
How payments work
Your contract and invoices stay outside mainland China. We pay freelancers locally in China in RMB, according to the installments agreed with you.
Outside mainland ChinaMainland China
Contract and client invoices
ChinaTalentDesk
Hong Kong entity
Your contractual counterparty. It sends your invoices and receives payment in USD, EUR or HKD.
Agreed installment plan
Agreed schedule
Project installments
Your contract sets the amount and timing of each installment.
Local payment in China
ChinaTalentDesk
Mainland entity
We manage the freelancer's local agreement and RMB payment in China.
Local RMB payout
Freelancer
In mainland China
We pay the freelancer in RMB against the agreed project installments.
You do not pay the freelancer directly, and the freelancer does not invoice you directly.
Compared with the alternatives
| ChinaTalentDesk | Open marketplace | Agency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who picks the candidates | You, from open bids; paid vetting is available | You, from open bids | The agency, from its staff |
| Language | Translated both ways, with a glossary | Up to you | Usually through an account manager |
| When you pay | One milestone at a time | Varies by platform | Often a retainer or deposit |
| If it goes wrong | No replacement guarantee; paid emergency search available | Dispute with the platform | Renegotiate the contract |
| Contracts and tax | One contract; local pay and tax handled | Your own responsibility | Through the agency |
Questions clients ask
- Who owns the work?
- You do. Every contract assigns the intellectual property in the deliverables to you.
- Is my project kept confidential?
- Freelancers see the brief without your company name until a contract is signed, and every contract includes confidentiality terms.
- How do time zones work?
- Each brief records the working hours you need to overlap, and the desk matches on it. A daily handover note covers the hours you are offline.
- How do I pay?
- By card or bank transfer in USD, EUR, GBP, SGD or HKD, one milestone at a time. Subscription clients can pay on invoice terms.