Sound Bites

"The application threshold should be lower and the process easier, allowing more common foreigners like me who contributed their lives and energy to the country to be counted as one of its citizens."

Charles Lynch, from the US, who has been working as an English teacher in Beijing for 12 years

"Foreign experts working longer than three years contribute more to China, a view I got from my working experience. The green cards can get short-term experts to stay longer. To that end, the governments need to grant more green cards, with easy applications, to guarantee their social welfare."