Dengzhou issues first Chinese 'green card' for local foreigner

The first permanent residency identity card for foreigners in Dengzhou was issued by Du Xin, deputy director of the municipal public security bureau, to Kwone, a Korean citizen, on July 30.

The Dengzhou public security bureau held a releasing ceremony in the entry and exit hall to congratulate Kwone as the first foreigner in Dengzhou to hold a Chinese green card.

Kwone moved to China from Seoul, South Korea in 2003 and married  a Dengzhou girl, in 2005. He applied for a permanent residency ID card in 2016.

With the help of the exit-entry administration division of the Dengzhou public security bureau, Kwone application was accepted in June 2016 and he finally obtained his ID card last month.