Chinese politicians welcome immigrants

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It was very abrupt.China intends to introduce immigrants to solve the land finance problems and aging structure problems it faces, which could appeal to foreign workers looking for alternatives to U.S. job opportunities.

On August 7，China is introducing a new visa category, the K visa, to attract young international professionals in the STEM fields.Applications for K visas do not require a domestic employer or entity to issue an invitation, and the application process will also be more streamlined.Implemented on October 1.

On September 18, a notice was issued allowing foreigners to purchase real estate by paying first and filing the registration later. The restriction that foreign exchange earnings cannot be used to purchase real estate was also lifted.

Correspondingly, domestic video bloggers promoting "Quiet Quitting" were banned.

Anti-immigration sentiment emerged in China for the first time.This visa has loose restrictions, is open to a wide range of applicants, and does not require a guarantee, which may result in a mixed quality of applicants. Referring to China's preferential conditions for international students, the government may require companies to reserve a certain proportion of jobs for foreigners in the future. These are the main reasons why ordinary people oppose this policy.

I would never move to China. I would either stay in America or go to some other country. I have no desire to live in China.

They are looking for highly educated Tech workers who may not longer desire jobs in the USA.
It was common for students from India go come to the USA for an engineering degree and stay in the USA.
With deportations they may decide that China is a better place.

The most valuable engineers are those that have just gotten their degrees.
Decades of experience doesn't mean much to employers.

^^^ this, China never does anything that doesn't benefit their long term goals.
the timing is also not a coincidence.

On the surface it may appear China might be willing to invite refugees, but that's the last thing they want.

there is some irony here, mainland Chinese urban cities like Chongqing, Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, and Guangzhou now going through same symptoms as the other "tiger" economies in the region (HK, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan).

Aging population, low birth rates and undersupply of professionals. Not surprisingly anti-migrant protests have spread to all these highly productive economic zones.

I have travelled to Singapore a number of times and when I lived there back in the 1990s and the government welcomed and tried hard to attract both cheap labour and tech workers. Locals saw foreigners as a sign their country was doing well as a work destination. Fast forward to 2025 and Singapore is overrun with foreign workers. Singaporeans became too rich, their young people stopped having kids and are leaving for Canada, Australia and NZ.

Singapore are forced to rely on Bangladeshi, Malaysians and Indonesians work in construction, cleaning and domestic work (maids). every 2nd professional is an expat from China or India. Demand for housing/rent and cost of food has gone through the roof. Singaporeans are very unhappy. China has watched these trends and are trying to avoid this happening to them.

But it looks like the social cost of being an economic tiger is catching up with China too. China may have thought it could rely on cheap labour from the countryside to fuel its economy, but from what I understand young people there are also becoming "spoilt". So China is entering it's next phase, import labour from outside.