China's Bureau of Entry and Exit Administration is under the Ministry of Public Security. Its functions include the control of entry, transit, residence, and travel for foreigners, as well as the issuing of visas and travel documents to foreigners. It also approves the exit and entry of Chinese citizens when they go abroad or to Hong Kong, the Macaw Special Administration Region, and Taiwan for private purposes. The Chinese Government has consistently promoted and encouraged the legal entry and exit of international travelers while adopting and enforcing all necessary measures against illegal migration. Regarding the illegal smuggling of persons from China to other countries, the policy of China's Government is to accept the repatriation of the illegal migrants after verification that they had in fact departed from Mainland China. In outlining the measures adopted by the Chinese Government to combat illegal migration in recent years, the paper notes the strengthening of the management of international travel documents and improvements in preventing the use of false Chinese passports and other official certificates. Further, China has enhanced exit-entry border inspection and upgraded the security of national borders. Inspection improvements have been achieved through enhanced training of inspectors, sea patrols, the detection and severe punishment of the organizers of illegal migration, the strengthening of international cooperation, and public-awareness campaigns on illegal migration. Official statistics on illegal migration are presented for China for the years 1997 to 2001. For these same years, data are provided on forged travel documents. Other tables present data on illegal migrants detected by major border inspection stations for 1998-2001; forged documents held by foreign illegal immigrants in China for 1997-2001; and forged documents held by foreign illegal immigrants in China for 1997-2001. In the area of international cooperation in combating illegal immigration, China wishes to have a wider exchange of information and intelligence and to strengthen cooperation in the repatriation of illegal migrants.