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China to issue more green cards to woo overseas talent | China will issue more green cards and ease restrictions for visa-free entry to encourage more talented individuals from overseas to work in the country, a senior security official said Wednesday. Vice Minister of Public Security Yang
Huanning made the remark while delivering a report on the administration of entry-exit,
residence and employment for foreigners to the Standing Committee of the National
People's Congress (NPC). "We will increase the eligibility quota for green cards
and consider extending the applicable scope for duty-free entry and multiple-entry
visas in order to make China more competitive in soliciting foreign investment
and talent," said Yang. The number of foreigners who stayed in China for at least
six months rose to 600,000 in 2011 from less than 20,000 in 1980, according to
Yang. By the end of 2011, 4,752 foreigners were given a Permanent Residence Card,
or the Chinese equivalent of a green card. In another sign of the country's efforts
to attract talented individuals from overseas, a new visa category titled "talent
introduction" was added to a draft law on China's exit and entry administration.
The draft law was submitted to the NPC Standing Committee for its second reading
on Tuesday. Ordinary visas will be granted to foreigners who enter the country
to work, study, visit relatives, travel or conduct business, as well as to those
who fall under the "talent introduction" category, according to the draft law.
Yin Weimin, China’s Minister of Human Resources and Social Security, said last
month that China will make greater efforts this year to resolve visa and residency
permit issues for foreigners. China will introduce favorable policies for foreigners
in relation to social insurance, taxation, medical services, education for their
children and academic funding, the minister said.
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