A total of 593,832 foreigners were living and working on the Chinese mainland by November 1, 2010, according to the sixth national census data released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS) late in April.

The top three home countries of the foreigners were the Republic of Korea, the United States and Japan.

Here is the list of the top 10 nationalities of foreigners living on the mainland.

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Also see Top 5 reasons for living on Chinese mainland

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