Beijing received 5,900 residency applications

The Palace Museum at the Forbidden City in Beijing

In 2018, Beijing handled a total of 5,900 applications for residency submitted by Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan residents, according to mainland reports.

In addition to these, 618 people were given permanent residency in China due to their high- level professional skills.

Last year, on Sept. 1, China issued a document announcing a new regulation which would allow residents of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan to apply for residency in the Chinese mainland.

Until now, the exact number of applications submitted by residents from the three regions had yet to be disclosed by the mainland Chinese authority.

However, according to a news report by Macau Daily News, as of Sept. 8 of 2018, Zhuhai claimed to have received a total of 2,111 applications submitted by residents from the three regions, with 1,100 being Macau residents.

As of Sept. 8, approximately 2,000 Macau residents had applied for residency across various cities in mainland China.

Last week, China’s Ministry of Education, together with other mainland authorities responsible for Macau, Hong Kong and Taiwan affairs, issued a new document announcing that residents from these three areas could apply to become teachers at non-tertiary schools in the mainland.

Anyone interested in becoming a teacher at a mainland non-tertiary school must hold a residency permit in addition to their travel card to mainland China. They must also pass mainland China’s teaching exams, and have qualified mandarin skills.