According to media reports, China-U.S. relations have become one of the most important bilateral relationships in the world today, and their global impact has long transcended the scope of bilateral ties. As the world's largest developing country and largest developed country in the 21st century, while establishing a new model of major-country relations, private economic, trade, and cultural exchanges are also deepening, with study abroad and immigration gradually becoming the primary methods for deep-level exchanges between China and the United States.
The phenomenon of Chinese immigration to the United States possesses distinct characteristics of talent migration. China has become the largest source of talent for the United States, showing trends of high proportions of new immigrants, high proportions of legal immigrants, high levels of education, and high professional status.
According to the "Annual Report on Chinese International Migration (2014)," as of 2013, the stock of Chinese overseas immigrants had reached 9.343 million. The ranking of immigration output jumped from 7th in 1990 to 4th, an increase of 128.6% over 23 years. Among these, the United States has become the primary destination for Chinese overseas immigrants, and China has consequently become the second-largest source of immigrants to the United States.
The U.S. government also welcomes new forces from China, which inject new vitality and opportunities into American society. As of February 2014, the economic impact of the EB-5 program on the United States had doubled, bringing in nearly 3.4 billion U.S. dollars in investment and creating over 42,000 jobs. The economic benefits brought to the United States by the EB-5 program have made more and more projects willing to utilize EB-5 funding.
Not long ago, investment guru Warren Buffett, tech giant Bill Gates, and casino magnate Sheldon Adelson jointly published an article in prominent U.S. media outlets, expressing strong dissatisfaction with the entanglement and obstruction of immigration policy reform by various interest groups within the United States. They directly called on Congress to determine more effective methods for tech talent and entrepreneurs to obtain U.S. Green Cards, showing high recognition of the contributions made by EB-5 investment immigration to U.S. economic and social development. This is, to date, the most "high-profile" voice issued by supporters of the U.S. EB-5 investment immigration program in the American business community and among the public.
