Starting from July next year, overseas Chinese holding Chinese passports can apply for ID cards

Starting from July next year, overseas Chinese holding Chinese passports can apply for ID cards. Some overseas Chinese have encountered a lot of trouble in doing things in China because they do not have Chinese ID cards. On June 30 this year...

The Overseas Chinese Affairs Policies and Regulations Research and Promotion Group, composed of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, the Ministry of Public Security, and the Legal Affairs Office of the State Council, held a symposium with the overseas Chinese community in New York on the 15th to introduce new laws and regulations involving overseas Chinese.

Passport can be used as an ID card

Wang Xiaoping, director of the Policy and Regulations Department of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, said that these regulations protect the rights and interests of overseas Chinese in the country based on the principle of "people-oriented", including: overseas Chinese can apply for driver's licenses, account openings, insurance and other matters with a Chinese passport without a Chinese ID card; overseas Chinese employed in the country can participate in community Insurance; overseas Chinese participate in joint enrollment like students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and do not need to take the domestic college entrance examination. Overseas Chinese enjoy tuition-free compulsory education from primary school to junior high school; enjoy the country's preferential policies to attract talents; overseas Chinese return to China to donate to support public welfare undertakings, implementing the principle of "volunteer"; overseas Chinese marry a Chinese resident, and if their children are abroad, they can have a child in China, and foreign children can settle in China, but they must pay social support fees.

Overseas Chinese returning to the country to settle down

Overseas Chinese returning to the country to settle down have received attention in recent years. Wang Xiaoping explained that the return of overseas Chinese to settle in the country is different from the overseas Chinese living in the country. Overseas Chinese can freely enter and leave the country with Chinese passports, and there are no time restrictions on living in China. For overseas Chinese to return to the country to settle down is actually to restore their permanent residence or establish a permanent residence. If the overseas Chinese do not want to return to the country to settle down, they do not need to apply to return to the country to settle down.

Qu Yunhai, deputy director of the Exit-Entry Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, said that there is a gradual increase in the number of overseas Chinese returning to settle in China. In 2011, the department accepted nearly 10,000 people returning to settle in China.

"Green Card" threshold lowered

Qu Yunhai said that only those who have stayed in China for more than 6 months need to apply for a residence permit. Residence permits are usually issued to international students and people working in China. Residence permits are also issued to Chinese people who come to visit relatives, seek refuge in the country, support the elderly, buy houses, and foster children. For longer-term residence, apply for China's "green card". The new policy has lowered the approval threshold for foreign Chinese to apply for a "green card." "Green cards" are not only issued to outstanding talents. In addition to investing and working in China, foreign Chinese can also apply for a green card for family reunion purposes.

Members of the presentation team include Zhao Hui, Deputy Director of the Legal Affairs Department of the State Council, Teng Jianfeng and Yan Wulong, Deputy Directors of the Political and Legal Affairs Department of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, Lu Kai, Chief Staff Officer of the Exit-Entry Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, and Zhou Maoyi and Chen Shaoyi, Consuls of the Chinese Consulate General in New York. Participating in the symposium were Lin Xuewen, secretary-general of the Federation of East American Chinese Associations, general counsel Su Huanguang, honorary chairman Yang Gongde, Fujian Association acting chairman Gao Qiuhua, Fujian Office chairman Zheng Shigan, New York Peace Reunification Association president Hua Junxiong, etc.