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China’s Border Control of the Entry and Exit Administration I. The overall situation of smuggling of migrants in China, and the attitude, standpoint and countermeasures of the Chinese government against illegal migrants This paper summarizes the organization of China’s entry and exit administration and its chief functions; attitude and standpoint of the Chinese government against illegal migration; and the tough measures adopted by the Chinese government against illegal migration. The paper also gives a brief introduction to the general situation and current tendency of illegal migration in China as well as some statistical figures. II.An introduction to Chinese entry and exit administration and attitude, standpoint and countermeasures of the Chinese government against illegal migrants A. Brief Introduction to Chinese Entry and Exit Administration The Bureau of Entry and Exit Administration is subordinated to the Ministry of Public Security of P.R.C. Its functions include the control of entry, transit, residence and travel of foreigners as well as issuing visas and travel document to them; approval of exit and entry of Chinese citizens when they go abroad or go to Hong Kong, the Macaw Special Administration Region and Taiwan for private purposes and issuing passports and other certificates to them; conducting the inspection on travelers as well as means of transport entering and exiting China at all open ports; and dealing with cases that break the entry and exit administration laws and regulations of China. At present, China has 265 frontier inspection stations at ports open to the outside world in its 30 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities. Among them, there are 72 land ports, 138 seaports and 55 airports. With the further carrying out of China’s open-up policy, all the frontier inspection stations have the heavy burden of inspecting millions of travelers. However they seriously perform the task of combating illegal migration. B. Attitude