Description
The goal of this paper is to investigate the role of immigrants with regards to the economic prosperity of Yiwu, a town-level city in China where the number of migrants has doubled than its residents. Most of these immigrants are from Arabic countries. Many scholars have approached this issue through the disciplines of anthropology, economy and linguistics, but few studies have applied International relations theory to interpret the issue of migration in Yiwu. This paper proposes that compared to Western authorities' hierarchical attitude towards immigrants who are from developing countries, Yiwu adopts a cooperative attitude towards immigrants. Yiwu people cherish the value of migration and like to create wealth together with them. This paper demonstrates that migration is not a threat to society, but rather a human capital resource, which depending on the capacity of governance and management.
