National Immigration Administration

National Immigration Administration 国家移民管理局
Ministry of Public Security Patch
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Abbreviation	NIA
Agency overview
Formed	April 2, 2018
Annual budget	62.5 Billion RMB (2025)
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	China
Operations jurisdiction	China
Governing body	Ministry of Public Security
General nature	Civilian police
Specialist jurisdictions	Immigration National border patrol, security, and integrity.
Facilities
Vehicles	11782
Website
https://en.nia.gov.cn/

National Immigration Administration
Simplified Chinese	国家移民管理局
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guójiā Yímín Guǎnlǐ Jú

The National Immigration Administration (NIA), alternatively known as the Exit and Entry Administration of the People's Republic of China (for mainland China's regional border controls with Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan), is a sub-ministry-level executive agency administrated by the Ministry of Public Security. The administration is responsible for coordinating and formulating immigration policies and their implementation, border control (and border patrol along with drug interdiction),^[1][2] administering foreigners’ stay, management on refugees and nationality, taking the lead in coordinating the administering of foreigners who illegally enter, stay or are employed in China, and the repatriation of illegal immigrants.^[3][4] The NIA is also responsible for manning border checkpoints.^[5]

In 2025, the NIA had an annual budget of 62,567,100,300 Renminbi.^[6]: 10