The difference between returned overseas Chinese and their relatives

The differences between returned overseas Chinese and their relatives are as follows:

Overseas Chinese refer to China citizens who are designated to live abroad.

Returned overseas Chinese refer to overseas Chinese who have returned to China to settle down.

Family members of overseas Chinese refer to the families of overseas Chinese and returned overseas Chinese in China.

Relatives of overseas Chinese include: spouses, parents, children and their spouses, brothers and sisters, grandparents, grandchildren and grandchildren of overseas Chinese and returned overseas Chinese, and other relatives who have long-term support relations with overseas Chinese and returned overseas Chinese.

Remarks: If China citizens are naturalized abroad, they will become foreign Chinese.

The concept of overseas Chinese has two meanings: first, overseas Chinese must be citizens of China, that is, citizens with China nationality. If China citizens have obtained the nationality of the country of residence abroad, they will become foreign Chinese, not overseas Chinese; Second, overseas Chinese must settle abroad. Whether or not to settle abroad is the main difference between overseas Chinese and other overseas China citizens.

For example, civil servants, overseas students, overseas visitors, labor exporters, all kinds of temporary overseas personnel and citizens who frequently enter and leave the country, no matter how long they stay in foreign countries, are not overseas Chinese.

The concept of returned overseas Chinese has two meanings. First, returned overseas Chinese must be overseas Chinese before returning to China. Not overseas Chinese, not overseas. Second, returned overseas Chinese refer to those who have returned to China to settle down, if not for sightseeing, traveling, visiting relatives, doing business, giving lectures, investing in enterprises or pursuing further studies.

None of them are returned overseas Chinese. Whether or not to settle in China is a sign to distinguish overseas Chinese from returned overseas Chinese. Returned overseas Chinese, like other citizens in China, enjoy various civil rights stipulated by the Constitution and laws, and at the same time, they must fulfill their obligations stipulated by the Constitution and laws.