U.S. President Donald Trump’s determination to expand employment by discouraging U.S. companies from investing overseas has been welcomed by some, but might affect professionals from China and other countries hoping to secure a job in the U.S. Reports said the H1-B work visa program that allows U.S. employers, particularly in Silicon Valley, to hire top foreign professionals also faces changes as part of a larger immigration effort, said Wang Dong, Associate Professor of International Studies at Peking University and Secretary General of the Beijing-based think tank Pangoal Institution. Trump’s administration might lower the number of work visa applications from the annual quota of 65,000 set aside for “specialty positions”, Wang said. “A renegotiation is also likely, but the pain will soon be felt by U.S. companies and work-visa applicants, a lot of whom are Chinese. How far Trump will push the envelope on immigration and what he might do to bypass institutional barriers remains unpredictable,” Wang added.