How many foreigners are there in China?

By the end of 20021,there were 593,832 foreigners living in China, mostly in the eastern coastal areas. South Korea, the United States and Japan are the top three countries of origin for foreigners.

According to official statistics, foreigners refer to foreigners who have lived in China for more than three months or can be determined to live for more than three months at the standard time of the sixth census.

History related to overseas Chinese:

The legend of China people living abroad began in the Zhou and Qin Dynasties, but the history can be traced back to the Han Dynasty. In 124 BC, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established exchanges between China and the West. For a long time, envoys and people came and went every year, ranging from hundreds to more than a hundred people.

Since the Han Dynasty, China people have opened up maritime transportation with Southeast Asia, Indian and Sri Lanka. Because of overseas trade, businessmen and sailors can go to Southeast Asia, and some of them settle down there and become the first generation of overseas immigrants. ?

During the Tang Dynasty, the number of people living abroad in China increased gradually. Many foreigners call overseas Chinese "Tangren" and overseas Chinese return to China as "Tangshan". In the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the coastal residents of China, especially Fujian and Guangdong, were brutally destroyed by the Yuan Army and fled overseas to make a living.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Overseas Chinese