China News Service, Beijing, January 13th (Reporter Ma Xiuxiu) The "World Report on Overseas Chinese Situation (2020)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Report") compiled by the Chinese Institute of Overseas Chinese and Overseas Chinese in 2019 pointed out that in 2019, overseas Chinese including new immigrants The total number of Chinese in all countries in the world is still growing.
The report presents the number of overseas Chinese in major countries in the world by combing through the official data published by various countries in the world and the statistical research results of relevant research institutions in 2019.
The report pointed out that China is the top three source countries for immigrants from the United States, with a total of 5.08 million overseas Chinese.
Due to the long history of Chinese immigrants to the United States, Chinese is the first group of Asians in the total population of the United States; in terms of income, the median income of Chinese families is approximately US$72,800, slightly lower than that of Asian families In the field of employment, Chinese Americans are engaged in educational services, health insurance and social assistance. From the perspective of geographical distribution, overseas Chinese and Chinese are mainly concentrated in large American cities, and their influence is gradually increasing.
The report shows that the number of overseas Chinese in Japan exceeds 1 million, and more people choose to stay permanently and retain Chinese nationality.
It pointed out that with the rapid development of China’s economy and the improvement of domestic living standards, more Chinese in Japan, whether working, starting a business, or studying abroad, plan to return to their country to settle or live abroad, and thus choose to come and go freely for permanent residence. The number of Chinese applicants for Japanese citizenship is decreasing.
According to the report, since the reform and opening up, the number of overseas Chinese in Italy has continued to increase, especially in Zhejiang Province, most of whom are engaged in clothing, retail, wholesale, Chinese food and other industries.
As of 2018, the number of legal immigrants in Italy was 5.25 million, and the number of overseas Chinese was about 300,000, ranking fourth in the number of immigrants.
The National Bureau of Statistics of Spain released that the total population of Spain in 2018 was approximately 46.9 million, of which 190,000 were Chinese, making it the sixth largest group of immigrants in Spain.
Germany attaches great importance to skilled migration, especially high-tech talents, in the introduction of immigration. In 2018, it issued 27,000 EU "Blue Cards".
China is Germany's second largest source of foreign talent, accounting for 25.9% of the total number of "blue cards" issued.
According to the report, Chinese immigrants from Australia and New Zealand have grown rapidly. Compared with 2017, Australia has 248,500 net overseas immigrants in 2018, and the number of Chinese immigrants has increased by 44,390. According to the results of the 2018 Census, the total population of New Zealand reached 4.7 million, and the proportion of Asian population continued to increase. Among the new population, immigrants born in China increased significantly, accounting for 2.9%, which is equivalent to an increase of 89,000. (Finish)