Background of the establishment of the US Consulate General in Guangzhou

South China is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese, and most China people who immigrate to the United States come from South China. In the early 1980s, the American Consulate in Guangzhou became the only place in China to apply for American immigrant visas. By 1992, all American adoption visas in China were also handled by the Consulate General in Guangzhou. So far, Americans have adopted 60,000 children in China (accounting for about one third of the total number of American adoptions in the world). In the past 30 years, the number of immigrant and non-immigrant applicants has also been increasing. The number of applicants has increased from 27,000 in 65,438+0,979 (including immigrant and non-immigrant applicants) to 65,438+0,265,438+0,000 now. In order to facilitate more applicants, the Consular Section of the Consulate moved to Tianyu Garden, He Lin Middle Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou on August 6th, 2005. This spacious office is equipped with 30 interview windows, where 23 American employees and more than 65,438+000 China employees work.

With the landmark visit of US Secretary of State Kissinger and President Nixon to China, the United States and China formally resumed diplomatic relations in June 1 979+1October1. According to the treaty, both sides can set up two consulates in the other side, and the United States chose Shanghai and Guangzhou (China chose San Francisco and Houston) as the venue. After more than 30 years, the US Consulate in Guangzhou was finally unsealed by Vice President nelson mandela on August 3 1, 1979. At present, the new consulate is completed in Zhujiang New Town, Guangzhou. Richard williams became the first consul general since the closure of 1949. 20 14 March, the new consulate of Guangzhou Zhujiang New Town was completed. The newly completed American consulate mainly deals with immigrant visas and business affairs.