2-1 Changes in the number of new arrivals of Chinese nationals by status of residence

(People)

Year	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Status of Residence
Total	1,140,579	721,990	1,050,222	983,268	1,887,322
Diplomat	684	516	506	314	331
Official	3,097	1,972	1,923	1,228	1,330
Professor	464	458	473	414	399
Artist	2	1	1	3	3
Religious Activities	4	1	3	1	2
Journalist	2	11	11	8	38
Investor/Business Manager	167	194	215	173	419
Legal/Accounting Services	-	1	-	-	-
Medical Services	-	2	2	3	3
Researcher	115	75	81	88	69
Instructor	12	12	13	14	12
Engineer	983	1,375	1,734	1,819	2,495
Specialist in Humanities/International Services	592	728	902	940	1,264
Intra-company Transferee	1,937	1,717	1,967	2,085	2,433
Entertainer	1,386	739	964	1,022	1,070
Skilled Labor	1,924	2,527	2,920	427	311
Technical Intern Training (i)-(a)	1,250	2,751	2,829	2,178	2,299
Technical Intern Training (i)-(b)	18,883	46,560	46,343	42,199	41,672
Technical Intern Training (ii)-(a)	1	-	2
Technical Intern Training (ii)-(b)	227	40	14	14
Cultural Activities	773	596	761	615	660
Temporary Visitor	1,032,649	621,632	943,265	890,265	1,788,692
Student	31,571	23,858	26,554	24,583	28,566
Trainee	28,964	2,108	1,923	1,488	1,025
Dependent	8,218	7,549	9,455	7,506	7,655
Designated Activities	146	99	183	190	623
Spouse or Child of Japanese National	4,099	3,713	3,854	2,839	2,665
Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident	560	753	1,031	988	1,105
Long-Term Resident	2,097	1,815	2,268	1,864	2,165

2-2 Changes in the number of foreign residents of Chinese nationals by status

(People)

Year	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Status	687,156	674,879	652,595	649,078	654,777
Total	2,339	2,294	2,085	1,963	1,751
Professor	108	97	85	79	71
Artist	129	129	85	70	64
Religious Activities	12	21	30	37	45
Journalist	12	21	30	37	45
Investor/Business Manager	3,300	3,974	4,423	5,057	6,394
Legal/Accounting Services	6	6	5	6	5
Medical Services	187	246	310	395	511
Researcher	894	790	664	608	555
Instructor	101	103	84	83	69
Engineer	25,105	22,486	20,924	20,588	20,873
Specialist in Humanities/International Services	34,433	34,446	33,537	33,323	34,574
Intra-company Transferee	6,238	5,518	5,257	5,405	5,593
Entertainer	671	389	177	147	126
Skilled Labor	16,350	17,657	19,023	18,139	17,240
Technical Intern Training (i)-(a)	1,553	2,182	1,950	1,616	1,710
Technical Intern Training (i)-(b)	37,788	43,288	43,763	38,955	39,264
Technical Intern Training (ii)-(a)	1,142	1,713	1,729	1,617	1,351
Technical Intern Training (ii)-(b)	37,841	60,418	63,953	64,986	57,768
Cultural Activities	902	749	772	689	777
Temporary Visitor	6,036	5,179
Student	134,483	127,435	113,980	107,435	105,557
Trainee	5,602	1,275	444	336	253
Dependent	59,567	61,481	62,374	61,780	62,599
Designated Activities	44,328	5,374	3,143	4,033	6,624
Permanent Resident	169,484	184,216	191,958	204,927	215,155
Spouse or Child of Japanese National	53,697	51,184	43,771	38,852	36,469
Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident	7,415	8,078	8,803	9,749	11,107
Long-Term Resident	32,048	30,498	27,150	26,240	26,676
Special Permanent Resident	2,668	2,597	2,116	1,963	1,596
Without Acquiring Status of Residence	1,929	654
Temporary Refuge	-	-
Others	800	402

$ ^{*} $ “China” until 2011 includes Taiwan, and “China” from 2012 onwards excludes those who were issued the residence cards and special permanent resident certificates and had already been included in “Taiwan” in nationality/region section.