China’s Domestic and International Migration Development
Huiyao Wang & Lu Miao 2019 Springer

China’s Domestic and International Migration Development contains 3 major parts and 6 chapters, ranging from China’s domestic migration study to comparative studies of international migration policies as well as EU-China cooperation on related areas. It offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date assessment of China’s domestic and international migration. Restructuring economic development requires large numbers of educated and skilled talents, but this effort comes at a time when the size of China’s domestic workforce is shrinking. In response, both national and regional governments in China have been keen to encourage overseas Chinese talents and professionals to return to the country. Meanwhile, the Chinese government as initiated a number of policies to attract international highly-skilled talents and enhance the country’s competitiveness, and administration efforts to attract and retain skilled domestic or overseas talents are helping to reshape China’s economy and are significantly affecting the cooperation on migration and talent mobility, these aspects, in addition to being of scholarly and research interest, hold considerable commercial potential.

So far, China’s Domestic and International Migration Development has represented the highest level of research on China’s domestic and international migration, being highly spoken of its academic value. This book also provides a number of practical recommendations on immigrant administration policies, which can be a significant reference for Chinese government to complete and improve migration administration in the future.

The publication of China’s Domestic and International Migration Development offers a window for the international community to know about China’s migration policies and better understand China, and eventually, it will help promote China’s cultural influence.