Into the United States 150 years of Chinese history, Chinese population growth associated with the United States immigration Shi Miqie. Chinese immigration history can be divided into three stages: (1) 1848 ~ 1882, Chinese immigrants to the United States to the gold rush and railroads dominated Chinese workers, the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 so that Chinese workers to the United States painted on the rest ; (2) 1882 to 1965, which occurred during a series of lawsuits and the Chinese Exclusion Act, initially only businessmen, teachers, students allowed to enter the United States after 1905, even in the American-born Chinese citizens nor legal protection; ( 3) Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Civil RightsAct) colored race advocated equal rights, and the 1965 Immigration Act (ImmigrationandNatonality Act) prohibits racial discrimination in immigration law, and finally let the Chinese can have long-term struggle and white people equal legal rights, then the Chinese and their relatives have joined the United States nationality.

According to census statistics, in 1960 only 236,000 Chinese in the United States, but in the immigration bill passed, every ten years, the Chinese population to grow exponentially. Chinese immigrants after 1965 can be divided into two cases, one from Southeast Asia and China Mainland, Taiwan outstanding youth studying in the U.S., to obtain a high degree of enterprises to enter the U.S. to work or start their own business; the other hand, political refugees from Southeast Asia or been excluded Chinese, they settled the United States, another another world from scratch. Since then, the 1992 Act diversification (Diversity Law) allow fewer immigrants before countries have more places, including the Chinese mainland. 　
　

According to 2000 census data show that a total of 2.7 million Chinese living in the United States, becoming the second largest ethnic minority, of which 200 million (81%) said that the language used in the home are mainly Chinese, Chinese and thus become America's third most spoken language after English and Spanish. Non-US-born Chinese nation has 151.8 million, of which was born in mainland China has 98.8 million people, was born in Taiwan, has 32.6 million people, was born in Hong Kong, there are 20.3 million people. The three largest Chinese states were California, New York and Texas. Because of the continuous efforts of Chinese and American social and legal progress, the Chinese population in the United States continues to grow. 　　

(2) enhancement of Chinese economic power and the use of Chinese population in addition to the large number of Chinese, the rapid growth of Chinese economic power also makes the Chinese market attention. 1979 after the normalization of Sino-US relations, Chinese immigrants brings wisdom and wealth, they gradually invest in real estate, opening bank and export company, offering fine dining, into all walks of life, and gradually moved into the white residential integration into American society. According to 1987 statistics, there are 89,700 Chinese businessmen for most Asians, in 1990 the U.S. Department of Commerce data show there are 153,000. Since the 1990s, California's Silicon Valley high-tech development is known to be another wave of gold rush, Chinese engineers and computer software designers in short supply, the San Francisco Bay Area (BayArea) one-third of high-tech engineers in Chinese, According to the 2000 census data, the average Chinese household income is higher than the national average household income of $ 10,000, the average income of the middle class and 16% higher than whites, from 1992 to 1997 statistical data to see, the Chinese company's sales growth higher than the national average high turnover 28%. Chinese people's spending power and market outlook therefore increasingly attention, mainstream businesses are looking to break into the Chinese market pipeline.