What is the population of overseas Chinese in the world?

With the rapid development of economy, more and more people in China are thinking about emigration, hoping to experience the life in other countries in the world. According to the data of China Academy of Social Sciences, there are currently more than 35 million immigrants in China, which is considered as the largest immigrant group in the world.

How many overseas Chinese are there?

Scholars' research shows that China people's going overseas can be traced back to before the Yuan Dynasty, when some China businessmen "lived in Tibet" in other countries, some for ten years. The real migration of China people was mainly after the Opium War 1840. From then until liberation, more than 10,000 people in China emigrated overseas, with an average of more than 10,000 people per year.

How many overseas Chinese are there? Due to the lack of authoritative statistical data, it is generally recognized that there are more than 35 million people, including overseas Chinese and foreign Chinese.

Professor Zeng Shaocong from the Overseas Chinese Research Center of China Academy of Social Sciences said that before liberation, overseas Chinese mainly came from three major regions. Among them, the Chinese in Southeast Asia mainly come from Fujian, including Minnan people and Hakkas; After the discovery of gold mines in the United States, mainly Guangfu people went, mainly from Guangzhou and its nearby areas; Chinese in Europe are mainly Zhejiang immigrants during the Republic of China. Now overseas Chinese have spread all over the world, but 80% of them are in Southeast Asia.

Reform and opening up have created new overseas Chinese.

"Among overseas Chinese, a group of people went out after the reform and opening up. These people are generally called new overseas Chinese, and their number is around 5 million. " Professor Liang Yingming of Peking University Overseas Chinese Research Center said.

Professor Liang also said that some people say that the figure is 5 million to 8 million. Similar to the old overseas Chinese, their main purpose of going abroad is to improve their personal economic situation and earn more money. Different from the old overseas Chinese, many of these new overseas Chinese have received education, and many of them have also received higher education, so it is easy for them to establish themselves abroad. These people come not only from coastal areas, but also from remote areas such as the northeast and northwest. Some of them went to Southeast Asia, Europe and America, some went to Japan and some went to Africa. Some people even say that where there is water in the world, there are people from China.

The migration of China people has experienced a process from skilled migration to investment migration. The vigorous development of China's economy has also laid the foundation for China immigrants to enter the second stage-the increase of investment immigrants.

Now, whether skilled immigrants or investment immigrants, their goals are more clear than before. For example, more than 90% of investment immigrants are for children's education. Among skilled immigrants, more is to broaden their horizons, learn to recharge their batteries and develop their careers.

China people are proud of China culture.

Experts estimate that about 98% of the tens of millions of overseas Chinese have been naturalized. Strictly speaking, these people are no longer from China. But these people are often proud of China's long history and splendid culture.

When Liang Yingming made an investigation abroad, he found that overseas Chinese were so proud of China culture. He said that China was weak in the past, and the pride of overseas Chinese in China's culture, civilization and history has always been hidden in their hearts. Now, China has grown stronger and stronger, and this sense of pride is unconsciously revealed.

Zeng Shaocong has many overseas Chinese friends in Southeast Asia. He said that these people sometimes do show a sense of cultural pride and even superiority. These people think that Chinese civilization is more advanced than local indigenous civilization. Many overseas Chinese have made a lot of money doing business.

However, in Europe and America, the cultural pride of overseas Chinese is not as strong as that of Southeast Asia.

Overseas Chinese are proud of China culture for another economic reason. Experts have said that these people who invest in the mainland, as long as they are China people, often get a lot of care and their business is better. You are also a foreigner, but if you are from China, you are easily taken care of. However, recognizing and being proud of Chinese culture will make China people on the mainland feel that they are all family, so when dealing with overseas Chinese, there is no need to care so much about gains and losses.

Ling Hu Ping, an American expert on overseas Chinese issues, introduced the situation of overseas Chinese in the United States. In the early years, people from China crossed the ocean to go to the United States. Because most of them have no education, they can only do coolies in highly industrialized American society. She said that the image of overseas Chinese in the United States has undergone great changes.

She said that in the early years, Americans' impression of China people was basically negative. During World War II, Americans' impression of China changed 180 degrees, thinking that the people of China were hardworking, brave and honest. Now, most students in China get very good grades, and Americans think that people in China are smart and studious. If an China person is not good at math, Americans will find it incredible and regard him as an alternative.