Party member can live abroad for a few years at most.

Party member, who goes abroad for personal reasons, generally retains his party membership for no more than half a year. The period for retired party member to retain the Party membership can be correspondingly extended to one year.

If party member cannot settle abroad, it will no longer be party member. According to the regulations of party constitution, party member, who has gone abroad or settled in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan for a long time, will no longer be party member after leaving the country, and his organizational relationship and archival materials will be handed over to the county-level or county-level Party Committee Organization Department for future reference. Party member, who has been approved to leave the country and settle down, will no longer go through the formalities of becoming a full member, and will not retain his qualification to prepare for party member. If party member, who has been approved to settle abroad, returns to China later, I want to solve the problem of his party member status. The party organization of his former unit will explain to me that in principle, party member status cannot be restored because they have been out of the party's life for a long time and can rejoin the party after returning home. If there are special reasons to believe that the party membership can be resumed, it shall be reviewed by the Party Committee Organization Department at or equivalent to the county level and submitted to the Party Committee Organization Department of the province, city or autonomous region for approval.