Foreigners who want to apply for permanent resident in china
should obey the Chinese law, be healthy and have no criminal
records. At same time, they should accord with one of the
conditions below:
1. The applicants have invested in China directly, have with
steady investment condition and good revenue record for more than 3
years.
2. The applicants take the job continually as or above assistant
general managers or factory directors, have the high title of or
above the associate professor or assistant researcher, or have
enjoy the equal treatment in China for more than four years, during
which the applicants have been living in China continuously for
more no less than three years and have good revenue records.
3. The applicants have great and outstanding contributions to
China or meet special requirements of the Chinese government.
4. The spouse of Chinese citizens or the foreigners who have got
the qualification of permanent resident in China, with the marriage
lasted for more than five years and living in China for more than
nine months every year and have steady living guarantee and
residence.
6. The unmarried children under the age of 18 who come and seek
refuge with parents.
7. The applicants who have no direct relatives abroad, come and
seek refuge with the domestic direct relatives, are over sixty
years old, and lived in China for no less than nine months every
year and have steady living guarantee and residence.
(www.ebeijing.gov.cn)