A company in Kunming is willing to back me for applying for a business visa (F). I want to apply for it in the embassy in Holland, where I'm from. Obviously I'd like a 12 or 6 months visa with multiple entries. I heard the company has to get an "official notification", in Chinese it's called: 被授权单位签证通知表. Does anyone know where to get those? The PSB-office in Kunming don't have them.

I'm pretty sure if you want a year and multiple entries you'll have to get a z visa which allows you to get a residence permit and therefore affords you the luxury of staying for 12 months but leaving as much as you like. But I may be wrong and there have been some changes to the process recently. Can anyone else chime in on this?

I don't think so, I'm reading it's possible to get a 12 months multiple entry F-visa, as long as you get your hands on a magic piece of paper called: 被授权单位签证通知表. And I'm keen to find out where I can get one of those...

This is an example of one: visumdienst.com/download/china%20voorbeeld.pdf