Number of overseas Chinese in China

Over 60 million people. China people have a long history of emigrating overseas, which can be traced back to the Qin and Han Dynasties. It was only in modern times that China talents began to emigrate overseas on a large scale. Most of them went abroad before the founding of New China, especially in the late Qing Dynasty. 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 that China citizens should enjoy and fulfilling the corresponding obligations according to law.