Immigraiton China: Who are we talking about

China is facing more and more international immigrants as its economic development and globalization. According to the 2010 Population Census, there are 593.8 thousand foreigners living in China for at least 3 months or plan to live for 3 months. The paper compared the data of international immigrants between population census and other data sources, such as Minstry of Public Security, Minstry of Health, Ministry of labor and social security, etc based on the special administrative system on international migration in China. The paper analyzed the demographic characteristics of international immigrants, their citizenship, gender and age structure, education, purpose of immigration, duration of stay, as well as their living arrangement in China. Based on the Census data, the paper also compared the internationl immigrants with the migrants from Hongkong, Macao and Taiwan, analyze the characteristics of immigration in different regions, such as economic developed area like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong, border area like Yunnan, Guangxi.