China heads emigration figures
By Jia Feishang |
August 16, 2011, Tuesday
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THE largest number of emigrants in the world in the past 33 years have come from China - with more than 4.5 million people settling down in foreign countries in that period, according to a report released yesterday.
The report, first of its kind, tracking emigration since 1978, said Oceania has become a major destination for Chinese immigrants.
In Australia, more than 670,000 residents were Chinese - 3.41 percent of its population, according to statistics from 2006. The population of overseas Chinese there increased by 4.07 percent between 2001 and 2006.
At the same time, a large number of domestic students were reported to have studied abroad, totaling more than 1.62 million by the end of 2009, according to the report published by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, Huaqiao University and the Social Sciences Academic Press.
But only about 500,000 people returned to China after finishing their studies abroad.
Gu Xiaoming, a professor from Fudan University, told Shanghai Daily yesterday that China has become much more open than before which has enabled more and more people to go abroad.
"Emigration will continue in a large scale and fast speed in the coming years," Gu said.
But it is not all one-way traffic, as more and more overseas Chinese began to live a multinational life and start businesses back in China.
Gu said it was normal for people to flow into regions undergoing fast development.
The report, first of its kind, tracking emigration since 1978, said Oceania has become a major destination for Chinese immigrants.
In Australia, more than 670,000 residents were Chinese - 3.41 percent of its population, according to statistics from 2006. The population of overseas Chinese there increased by 4.07 percent between 2001 and 2006.
At the same time, a large number of domestic students were reported to have studied abroad, totaling more than 1.62 million by the end of 2009, according to the report published by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, Huaqiao University and the Social Sciences Academic Press.
But only about 500,000 people returned to China after finishing their studies abroad.
Gu Xiaoming, a professor from Fudan University, told Shanghai Daily yesterday that China has become much more open than before which has enabled more and more people to go abroad.
"Emigration will continue in a large scale and fast speed in the coming years," Gu said.
But it is not all one-way traffic, as more and more overseas Chinese began to live a multinational life and start businesses back in China.
Gu said it was normal for people to flow into regions undergoing fast development.
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