Pollution Increasingly A Driver In Chinese Emigration - Shanghai Daily
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A 2012 report by Boston Consultant Group said China’s wealthy had already allocated a combined 2.8 trillion yuan (US$462 billion) assets abroad. The agency defined the wealthy as those with personal investable assets of more than 6 million yuan.
Seeking better education for children remains the top driver behind a decision to emigrate, while environmental concerns are increasingly a factor for the wealthy, the report said.
More than 70 percent of the wealthy chose the quality of the environment and health care as important factors in a decision to emigrate, a survey by Shenzhen-based New Fortune Magazine said last year. “We expect that disappointment and distrust of the living environment will be a significant driver for a new tide of emigration,” yesterday’s report said.
The center is calling for government efforts to minimize risks of excessive emigration by improving education, fighting food and air pollution, tightening regulations on emigration agencies, promoting domestic reform, and easing immigrant restrictions for skilled foreigners.
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