Wang Huiyao Can China conditionally open to dual citizenship

 Wang Huiyao well-known scholar

dual release, in favor of globalization today, to attract overseas talent, capital and technology; and against dual citizenship, does not prevent the loss of personnel or property.

recent years, several neighboring countries of China's overseas personnel policy concern. According to Yonhap news agency earlier this year, South Korea,

Coincidentally, Vietnam has also amended the Nationality Act of 2009, allowing holders of foreign passports, but did not expressly give the overseas Vietnamese Vietnamese citizenship for Vietnamese nationality, to attract more overseas Vietnamese return to investment. The move allows overseas Vietnamese to Vietnamese around the world for the relevant embassies and consulates to apply. It is estimated that some 350 million Vietnamese in the diaspora.

India in the early years also introduced a similar policy of dual nationality policy alternatives. Based on the manpower needs in India and overseas, dual nationality policy to relax the strong appeal, launched in the new century add. Overseas Indian talent hold but not the right to vote and stand for election.

As of 2007, as these personnel policy, a few years back to India from the United States, only the information industry for more than 6 million people. The U.S. government are also India, In similar before the introduction of dual nationality policy, India employs only 7,000 software professionals, while the 100 times.

Currently, more than 90 countries around the world and regional recognition or the default dual nationality. Recent national policy changes, mainly in emerging countries and regions. Aware of these countries and regions, compared with developed countries, their lack of competitiveness, even if the native-born ethnic high-end overseas professionals to enable them to give up everything overseas, the Therefore, South Korea (2011), Vietnam (2009), India (2005), Philippines (2001), Brazil (1995), Mexico (1998), to a large number of overseas ethnic talent emerging countries and regions, After 90 years in the 20th century unanimously to change its policy, explicitly recognize or disguised recognize dual nationality.

dual nationality or a similar easing in the role of international competition for talent can be said that strong policies, do not pay, they can attract large numbers of persons to return, and to keep a sense of belonging in the overseas talent and the natural association of native country. Dual release, in favor of globalization today, to attract overseas talent, capital and technology; and against dual citizenship, does not prevent the loss of personnel or property.

China 1955 years ago to recognize dual nationality, as the Republic of China President Sun Yat-sen Shihai have U.S. citizenship. Nationality policy in the last century has changed 50 years, China and the United States and many Southeast Asian countries do not have diplomatic relations, therefore, does not recognize dual nationality, can make the local Chinese are no longer subject to interference by ideology, which played a positive role at the time. In 1980, the official New China's first Nationality Law stipulates that: It now appears that this provision is too harsh, mean dismissal of the nationality of overseas Chinese.

Today, the Cold War is long over. China has already implemented reform and opening up a market economy, internal and external integration into the global economic system, which requires personnel across national boundaries, geographical mobility as a support. From 1978 to 2005, the Chinese government to introduce total of about 622.4 billion U.S. dollars of foreign capital, of which about 67% of the dominant ethnic Chinese, approved the establishment of more than 55 million foreign-funded enterprises in the establishment of about 70% are Chinese. Immigration reform and opening up more than 700 overseas Chinese but also people, stranded or lost more than a million students studying abroad, they have enormous financial, technical and intellectual resources. Therefore, we only need to do policy changes, the return of talent, technology and capital to be doubled, and greatly increase the centripetal force of China overseas Chinese.

If we consider China's unique national conditions, not suitable for the present case, the full liberalization of dual nationality, you can consider amending the Nationality Law, similar to the overseas Indian citizenship certificate or certificate of Chinese policy, replacing most of the add-on dual citizenship policy functions for long-term or even permanent introduction of overseas talent.