KATHMANDU: The number of Chinese nationals arriving in Nepal by obtaining labor permits has increased exponentially.
It has been found that Chinese nationals coming to Nepal with work permits is 4.5 times higher than that of Nepalis going to China for employment.
According to the Department of Labor and Occupational Safety, 6,100 Chinese have obtained labor permits to work in Nepal in the last five years from 2017 till March 19, 2022.
The Department of Labor and Occupational Safety issues labor permits to foreign nationals coming to work in Nepal.
According to the Department of Foreign Employment, 1,316 Nepalis went to China for foreign employment in the same period.
“Many projects are being implemented in the country with Chinese investment and China has brought its citizens to work on these projects. That is why the Chinese labor rate is higher than other countries,” said Umakanta Acharya, director general of the Department of Labor and Occupational Safety.
In the last five years, a total of 8,565 foreign nationals obtained labor permits from the Department of Labor and Occupational Safety to work in Nepal and about two-thirds of them are Chinese nationals.
After China, United Kingdom, United States, South Korea and Japan contribute the highest number of workers coming to Nepal with labor permits.
In the review period, 416 Britons, 250 Americans, 183 South Koreans and 130 Japanese nationals obtained labor permit to work in Nepal. Also, citizens of 99 countries took labor permits to work in Nepal during the period.
Meanwhile, the number of Nepalis going to work in China is far smaller compared to Chinese coming to work in Nepal.
According to the Department of Foreign Employment, only three Nepalis have obtained labor permit to work in China in the first eight months of the current fiscal year 2021/22.
According to the department, 112 Nepalis received work permit to go to China for employment in the fiscal year 2020/21. Likewise, the number was 191 in 2019/20, 484 in 2018/19, 331 in 2017/18, and 231 in 2016/17.
The number of Chinese workers coming to Nepal in search of work is 4.63 higher than the number of Nepalis going to China for employment.
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