China to set up immigration office
July 25, 2016 Category Expat corner, Weekly
China is planning to set up its first immigration office under the Ministry of Public Security before the end of the year. It would be created by merging and expanding the Ministry’s border control and entry-exit administration bureaus. Further details are still sketchy, but the move points to the importance of foreign talent recruitment in China. The central government released a document on foreigners’ permanent residency in February that said it “will further improve the organizational setting and the delegation of responsibility of immigration affairs, and place the functions of drafting permanent residency policies, review, approval and daily service under a single agency”. Wang Huiyao, President of the Center for China and Globalization, said that “Foreign talent is important to help promote innovation and the setting up of new businesses. In the United States, one-third of patent holders, nearly half the founders or co-founders of its top 50 listed corporations and nearly half its doctoral degree holders in science and engineering are immigrants.” About 600,000 foreigners work in China, a tiny proportion compared to the country’s 1.3 billion people. By contrast, in major international cities, immigrants account for 20% to 80% of the population, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Wang said an immigration bureau should integrate responsibilities that are now scattered throughout many government departments, the China Daily reports.
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