Fewer Chinese immigrate to U.S. in last two years   

报告：中国移民美国人数连续两年递减 美吸引力减弱

19日在北京发布的一份报告显示，中国移民美国人数连续两年递减，美国对移民的吸引力出现减弱现象。19日上午，由中国与全球化智库(CCG)编撰、社会科学文献出版社出版的《中国国际移民报告(2015)》新书发布会在北京举行。该蓝皮书是CCG编撰的《国际人才蓝皮书》系列丛书之一，从2012年开始，已经连续三年发布。[查看全文]

(ECNS) - The number of people from the Chinese mainland who have gained U.S. Green Cards has fallen for two consecutive years, according to the Annual Report on Chinese International Migration by the Social Sciences Academic Press.

The report, part of the Bluebook of Global Talent compiled by the Center for China and Globalization (CCG), shows that the number of Chinese who obtained United States Permanent Resident Cards in 2013 dropped to 71,798, from 81,784 in 2012 and 87,016 in 2011.

In 2013, 35,387 Chinese became United States citizens, an 11 percent increase on the previous year and accounting for 4.5 percent of U.S. total population increase that year.

Data from the U.S. Department of Treasury indicate that in 2013, 2999 people gave up U.S. citizenship, 221 percent up on 2012, among whom American Chinese accounted for about six percent.

Experts from CCG believe that the new visa policy of the U.S., where visas granted to Chinese can be valid for up to 10 years, may have contributed to the reduced attraction of becoming a U.S. citizen.

This will ease, to some degree, the negative effects of the outflow of talent and capital from China to the U.S., the CCG added.