Are the overseas Chinese in China nationalities?

Overseas Chinese are natural persons with China nationality who are designated to live abroad. Overseas Chinese are citizens of People's Republic of China (PRC), enjoying the rights of citizens of China and fulfilling their corresponding obligations according to law. The Constitution of China clearly stipulates that it is the responsibility of the China government to protect the legitimate rights and interests of overseas Chinese.

According to the Notice of the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office on Printing and Distributing the Provisions on Defining the Identity of Overseas Chinese, Overseas Chinese and Returned Overseas Chinese and Their Families, overseas Chinese refer to China citizens who are designated to live abroad, in which "settlement" means that China citizens have obtained long-term or permanent residency in their country of residence for two consecutive years, and the cumulative residence time within two years is not less than 18 months;

China citizens are regarded as overseas Chinese. Although they have not obtained long-term or permanent residency in their country of residence, they have obtained legal residency in their country of residence for more than five consecutive years (including five years) and have lived in that country for not less than 30 months within five years; China citizens are not regarded as overseas Chinese during their study abroad (including public schools and at their own expense), or during their work abroad on business (including expatriate laborers).

According to the statistics of China International Migration Report (20 15), there are more than 60 million overseas Chinese living in 198 countries and regions around the world.

Quantity and distribution

At present, overseas Chinese mainly live in Southeast Asia, Europe and North America. Due to its proximity to China, Southeast Asia has been the destination of immigrants from China since the late Qing Dynasty. A relatively large number of Singapore, a relatively small number of Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam. Overseas Chinese in these areas, also known as overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia and overseas Chinese in South China, mainly come from Fujian and Guangdong provinces? .

From the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, China immigrants mainly flowed to Southeast Asia and North America. 1 overseas Chinese in the 1940s 1, 1 10,000, of which 1 10,000 scattered in Europe and America,110,000 scattered in Nanyang Islands. Of this 1 0 million, about 67 million are from Guangdong, assuming that Guangdong is 3 million. But now the total number of overseas Chinese is about 50 million.

In the early days of the People's Republic of China, the population was still free to flow. Since then, the population movement has stagnated. With the reform and opening up, since the1980s, the opportunities for ordinary people to emigrate have increased.

With the improvement of people's income and education level in China, the number of skilled immigrants has also started to increase. In addition to Europe and North America, Australia and New Zealand, where Chinese are scarce, have also become popular immigrant places, and Southeast Asia, where culture and economy are relatively close, also has some immigrants. And the number of people going to distant Africa and South America (such as Brazil) is also increasing.

Refer to the above?

Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council-What are the definitions of overseas Chinese and foreign Chinese?

Baidu encyclopedia-overseas Chinese