From: xiong@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Bo Xiong)
Subject: [News] PRC Announces Further Loosened Policies on Overseas Students
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 06:26:10 GMT

The following is carried in August 28's CND-Global:
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[Ap 8/26/92] Ethnic Chinese who live abroad can return to their roots after
death by buying a burial space in an imperial cemetery, the Xinhua News
Agency said Wednesday. Xinhua said a 9-square-foot plot in the Qing dynasty
cemetery in Zunhua, about 170 miles south of Beijing, will cost $100 to
$500. Many Chinese cities offer incentives to ethnic Chinese to come to the
"motherland" with investments or high-technology ideas. Zunhua is one of
only a few places trying to lure them back in death. (From: <izzyhc1@ucla>)

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Source: People's Daily Overseas Edition, August 21, 1992
Summarized and Translated by Bo Xiong

According to People's Daily Overseas Edition (08/21/92), on August 12, the
General Office of the State Council of PRC issued its (1992) No.44 Document
regarding the new policies towards overseas students and scholars, it
contains nine articles, the following is a summary of the document.

1) The government welcomes overseas students and scholars to come back to
   work, visit, conduct academic exchange and etc..  The government will
   not investigate their wrong doings in the past, even if some overseas
   CSS had joined overseas counterrevolutionary organizations and/or done
   something harmful to the country, they will not be looked into as long
   as they obey PRC laws and are not involved in anti-government activities
   after they return.

2) The CSS, who bear expired public-affair passport or good-for-one-trip-
   only passport, may have their passport renewed or be issued new passport;
   They are also allowed to change their passport to private-affair
   passport; For those who have acquired foreign citizenship, they should
   renounce their PRC citizenship per the PRC Citizenship Code, and will be
   treated as foreign Chinese.

3) The applications by overseas CSS for renewal and change of passport, and
   for renouncement of PRC citizenship, should be processed/handled.  If
   there are unsolved money matters with their original domestic unit, they
   should settle the matters with their domestic unit, however, the
   unsettled matters should not affected the handling/processing of their
   application.

4) Overseas CSS may use valid foreign reentry visa along with valid PRC
   passport to re-exit PRC after their brief visit to China at any time,
   no additional application and approval for exit permit is necessary.

5) The domestic units of overseas CSS should enhance their communication
   with the CSS and care their well-being.  Returned CSS may look for job
   on their own, job-hunting and hiring procedure should be "choice of both
   sides".  With approval of their employer, they may take concurrent
   overseas post.

6) Family members of overseas CSS may apply to visit the CSS and their
   applications should be approved by Public Security Bureaus per PRC
   Citizen Exit and Entry Code.

7) All local authorities and administrations should follow the guidelines
   in the No.44 document and should simplify their procedures for
   exit/entry for the CSS, and should help returned CSS to handle the
   matters in their daily life and work.

8) In the places that there are large numbers of returned CSS, local
   government or social groups may establish organizations for returned
   CSS and service center to help those returned CSS.

9) PRC overseas embassies and consulates are in charge of overseas CSS
   affairs and represent their interests on behalf of the country, they
   shall protect CSS's interests and provide assistance to overseas CSS.

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