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Foreign talents only account for 0.04% of population in China
Published on: 2020-06-02
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foreign 01On February 27, 2020, the Ministry of Justice of China published the full text of the draft version of the "Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the administration of permanent residence of foreigners" (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations).

The Regulations represents a concrete action in answering of "widely attracting best talent from all over the world." According to statistics from several ministries and commissions, the total number of international degree students in China has reached about 258,000 over the years. There are only a few hundred thousand foreigners working in China. The proportion of international talent in China's workforce is only 0.04 percent, the lowest in the world.

In contrast, according to statistics from the Ministry of Education of China, in 2018 alone, 621,000 Chinese students went abroad to study, making China the world's largest source of international students and largest talent outbound country.

The latest data from the United Nations show that in 2019, China overtook Russia with 10.7 million emigrants (India, 17.5 million; Mexico, 11.8 million) to become the third biggest country of origin of immigrants. The remittance data indicate that in 2018, China ranked second in remittances receiving countries with 67.4 billion dollars.

foreign 02At present, only about 20,000 foreigners have obtained permanent residence in China. According to estimates by OECD officials, more than 200,000 Chinese doctoral students and two million graduate students currently work in OECD countries.

As its economy grows, China also needs to upgrade some of its "demographic dividend" into "talent dividend." The apparent lack of international talent is hindering China's science and technological innovation as well as economic and global development.

Foreign job hunters look at job information during a job fair in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Dec. 18, 2019. Over 700 job opportunities were offered at the job fair for foreign talents

The Regulations aims to promote international talent cooperation and stimulate industrial innovation. If the Regulations becomes effective, overseas Chinese will account for a considerable share of applicants for permanent residence, which will enhance the cohesion of Chinese diaspora and China's international influence.

foreign 03From the perspective of long-term development, it is imperative for China to consider how to improve its governance of international talent flow and immigrants as it further engages in globalization. After 40-odd years of reform and opening up, China has opened its markets of commodities, technologies and capital to the world.

At present, with the rise of China, it is only natural that more international talent will come to China for better opportunities. In fact, China did have in place a system of permanent residence for foreigners in the late 20th century and its "Measures for the Administration of Examination and Approval of Foreigners' Permanent Residence in China" was promulgated in 2004.

However, China has not yet built up a fully functioning system of immigration law. China's current system of immigration suffers from overlapping and fragmented management. Existing measures of foreigners' permanent residence in China are not written into law, which means there are no reliable references for local governments, thus creating problems in managing international talent and immigrants.

Therefore, the Regulations aims to solve those problems by writing relevant measures into law, which is a big step forward in promoting the rule of law in China's immigration governance system.

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