Lawyers, doctors and engineers have become new occupations pursued by China immigrants in the United States.

Early immigrants from China crossed the ocean and lived in foreign countries. Shit? Three knives? Making a living with kitchen knives, razors and mud knives means restaurants, haircuts and buildings, which China immigrants are best at. In recent years, most immigrants from China have received a good education. Third division? Lawyers, doctors and engineers have become their new occupations. A good educational background has improved the social status of China people and changed their fate.

Attach importance to education

The American Chinese media "World Journal" reported a few days ago that the Chinese elite organizations in the United States? Committee of 100? Milken, founder of milken Research Institute, a think tank, delivered a special speech at the annual dinner, praising China people's emphasis on education as the driving force for China's development, creating and accumulating human capital and social capital, and China people's contribution to society will be recognized by American history.

It is obvious to all Americans that China people attach importance to education. Milken said that China people pay much more attention to education than ordinary American families. Americans spend more than half of their family income on housing and transportation, while China people spend more than half of their family income on children's education, which is 17 times higher than that of ordinary American families. This makes the Chinese increasingly become the leading ethnic group in various scientific and technological fields in the United States. In Silicon Valley information technology companies, 65,438+05% executives who were not born in the United States were born in China, and 30% executives who were not born in engineering technology companies were born in China.

In Chinatown in the United States, there are many Chinese who started small businesses in their early years. There are stalls, restaurants, and hardships, only you know. In order to make it real for children to find jobs in office buildings without having to work hard every day? White collar? China people pay more attention to their children's education than other ethnic groups, so it's not surprising that China children will have excellent grades and decent jobs in the future.

hope for success

China people have become elites in many fields in the United States. What is the situation of Chinese in the whole United States? China immigrated to the United States for more than 160 years. By 2009, the population of Chinese Americans had reached 3.639 million, accounting for 1.2% of the total population of the United States.

The "20 1 1 year report on the population dynamics of Chinese in the United States" jointly issued by the National Committee of Chinese in the United States and the University of Maryland combed the situation of Chinese in the United States. In the United States, the income of Chinese families is at a high level, but the poverty rate of Chinese is 9.6%, which is higher than that of whites (8. 1%). The proportion of China people over the age of 25 who have a college degree is 5 1.8%, which is twice the average level in the United States. At the same time, the proportion of China people who have not obtained a high school diploma is 18.7%, which is higher than the American average 15.4%.

In terms of employment, Chinese Americans are mainly engaged in health care, catering services, manufacturing, scientific research and other industries, of which 57.2% are engaged in management, software development, accounting and other advanced? White collar? Work, this ratio is much higher than the average level of 32.4% in the United States. There are also many low-income chefs, waiters, cashiers and weavers? Blue collar? Work, this duality is not obvious in other Asians. These low-income people? Blue collar? You'll pin your hopes on them? Hua Er generation? Physically, I hope they can study hard, change their fate and stop doing the same things as their parents? Blue collar? Work.

Don't ask politics.

Many China people living in the United States will describe what they want. Middle class? Satisfactory salary, apartment in the city, villa in the country, annual holiday. Most of them don't expect to leave any track in American politics.

Mayors, congressmen and senators have appeared among Chinese Americans, but the data show that Chinese people are unwilling to hold public office. From the perspective of employment orientation, 82.4% of Chinese work in private enterprises, while only 14. 1% work in government departments. These are all related to the low language and social skills of the first generation of China people.

China people need to have many qualities, such as interpersonal relationship, service consciousness, language, image and so on, if they really want to be in politics. More importantly, understanding American society and liking American culture can meet the requirements of the American people. It is almost impossible for the first generation of Chinese to enter American politics. Were they born and raised in America? Hua Er generation? 、? Three generations of China? It is possible to enter American politics, which depends on the guidance of parents from childhood. If parents in China still want their children to become lawyers, doctors and engineers, I'm afraid these children in China will still study hard and stay out of politics.