The top 5 purposes for people from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and foreign countries to stay on the Chinese mainland are as follows: business, employment, study, settlement and visiting relatives.

Currently, the number of these people is 1,020,145 by Nov. 1, 2010, as shown by the sixth national census data released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS) late in April.

The following list shows the top 5 reasons for them to stay on the Chinese mainland.

Rank	No. of Residents	Purpose
1	204,962	Business
2	201,955	Employment
3	202,482	Study
4	186,648	Settlement
5	100,113	Visiting relatives

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Also see Top 10 nationalities of foreigners on Chinese mainland

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