Capital growing more global as new expats arrive

Foreigners in Beijing now account for around 1 percent of the capital's population.

According to a report released at the weekend by the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, the number of overseas nationals living in the city now exceeds 170,000, which is slightly more than 1 percent of the capital's official population of 17.55 million.

The exit and entry administration of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau said the number of long-term expats in the city last year was 110,000.