Population, Distribution And Occupational Composition Of New Chinese Immigrants In North America

As the traditional immigrants' destinations,the United States and Canada attract immigrants around the world because of its highly developed economy,the relaxed political atmosphere,comfortable living environment,abundent educational resources,generous welfare benefits and so on.Since 1970s,a large number of Chinese people departed from motherland and become the "new immigrants" for the reasons which include family reunification,employment,business,further studies, etc.Different from the old type of "in-order-to-survive" immigrants whose main destination is Southeast Asia,new immigrants whose main destination is North America,Western Europe,Australia,Japan and other developed countries and regions,this new type immigrants largely go on further studies in these countries,and are characterised as "surving to develop themselves".North America has become the typical area which has the largest number of "new-type" Chinese immigrants,the number of which accounted for about 1 / 3 in the total number of Chinese immigrants settling there.Based on the census data from Bureau of Immigration or Statistics in United States and Canada,and Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission,My thesis is mainly on the number,distribution and occupational composition of new Chinese immigrants,and I will also compare the similarities and differences between these two countries' new Chinese immigrants,as well as predict the developmental trends of Chinese immigrants in the future.This thesis is divided into four parts,altogether three chapters.The first part is the introduction which talks about the motives and significance of topics,research status,research methods and research difficulties in my thesis.The second part is the key point of the thesis which includes the first and second chapters.It focuses on the population,distribution and occupational composition of new Chinese immigrant which is in order to have a basic knowledge about Chinese immigrants in United States and Canada. The third part is Chapterâ…¢in which I compare the similarities which include the number of immigrants,geographical distribution,as well as the differences in immigration laws,composition,occupational structure,income gaps in order to deepen understanding of Chinese community between the two countries.The fourth part is the conclusion of my thesis.I summarize the population, distribution and occupational composition of new Chinese immigrants in North America.Through discussing the status of Chinese immigrants in United States and Canada,I try my best to forecast the developmental trends of new Chinese immigrants in North America in the future.