China is opening for foreign migrants!!!

China has kick-started a key process to frame its first immigration law to better man- age immigrants as the world's fastest economy seeks to attract more foreigners to boost its development.
Experts on migration have advised the government to learn from other countries in regu- lating immigration, said Zhang Jijiao, researcher with the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology under the China Academy of Social Sciences (CASS).

Zhang said in the era of glob- alisation, China needed to attract a variety of talents, investors, skilled workers, and in particular “seagulls“ -- a Chinese term for foreign mer- chants who work with multina- tionals and must travel across the world -- to contribute to its development.

A sounder migration policy would definitely enhance China's appeal, Zhang said.

The Ministry of Public Security, the Beijing Law Society, the Chinese People's Public Security University and the CASS held a liaison meet- ing last year.

But the discussions had yet to result in any concrete preparations, Zhang told state-run Xinhua news agency at a glob- al forum on migration.

According to the Bureau of Exit and Entry Administration of the Ministry of Public Security, about 10 percent of the 26.11 million foreigners who entered China in 2007 came for employment.