More Taiwanese Seek Immigration to Chinese MainlandProfessor Zhou from the Houston University said that more Taiwanese, especially businessmen of medium and small enterprises, intend to immigrate to the motherland, when addressing the convention of Global Chinese Alliance for the Unification of China held recently in Washington.The professor said that his latest visit to Taiwan left a deep impression on him that the immigration to the motherland has become a hot topic across this island province. In an interview with People's Daily, Mr. Zhou showed the reporter a magazine --- TVS, one of the best selling TV magazines --- he brought from the island, which carried a 3000-word-long article providing information on immigrating to the Chinese mainland. The article briefed the life and business of some successful immigrants to the motherland. This was followed by an introduction of places to be chosen in priority for immigration, such as Sanya and Haikou of Hainan Province, Shenzhen and Zhuhai of Guangdong Province, Xiamen of Fujian Province, Suzhou and Kunshan, Wuxi, Changzhou and Nanjing of Jiangsu Province, Dalian and Shenyang of Liaoning Province, and urban areas of Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin. As elaborated in the article the destinations favored by those Taiwanese for immigration to the motherland include the following four aspects: good social environment with less erotic and drug abuses, varieties in industrial structure, schools available for their children and local leaders who are able to show concerns for them. Furthermore, a survey by another Taiwan magazine indicated that the number who'd like to settle in Chinese mainland had ballooned in recent years, because the mainland can offer a profitable market and there is no language barrier in communication and difference in customs for them. The magazine contributed this trend to high-risk in investment and hype unemployment in this island province resulted from fluctuation in political situation and slumping stocks. By PD Online staff Yin Zhili |
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