There are about 81,000 foreign experts in Shanghai, roughly one-sixth of the national total, the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Foreign Experts Affairs reported at a meeting over the weekend.
Shanghai has been issuing Foreign Expert Work Permits since 2005 and has seen their number rise faster since the start of Europe's sovereign debt crisis.
Global Times - AFP
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