Migration Research and Policy Consultancy in the People’s Republic of China

Abstract: This article starts by giving an overview of China’s migration situation during the years preceding the COVID-19 pandemic. In the following, the authors take stock of Chinese scholarship on migration and specialized research institutions that have developed in China. They aim to clarify the involvement of academic and other institutions in migration-related policy consultancy. The article highlights clear gaps in knowledge and public awareness about the possibly existing links between academic research and policymaking, and the extent to which Chinese scholarship may be informing relevant policymaking. Future research is warranted as China’s migration situation, like its society, is experiencing massive change again due to COVID-19. In the summer of 2020, the first groups of selected foreign nationals were allowed to return to China. It remains to be seen how many foreign nationals will opt to return and when. It is also uncertain how many foreign nationals will decide to immigrate.... https://journals.ub.uni-osnabrueck.de/index.php/zmf/article/view/112

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Migration Research and Policy Consultancy in the People’s Republic of China ; volume:1 ; number:2 ; day:02 ; month:02 ; year:2021 ; Zeitschrift für Migrationsforschung ; 1, Heft 2 (02.02.2021)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Zhang, Yadi ; Geiger, Martin

Further information

• DOI: 10.48439/zmf.v1i2.112
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021062812451048813373
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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