Last year, the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) received a total of 542 applications for temporary residency for managerial personnel, technical and professional qualification holders, a decrease of 211 compared with 2009.

On the other hand, there was a slight increase in temporary residency applications for major investment and major investment plans to 36 from 31 in 2009.

Approved cases for managerial personnel, technical and professional qualification holders amounted to 538 in 2010, a year-on-year decrease of 11.

Approved applications for major investment and major investment plans totalled 22, an increase of 5 compared with last year.

As for temporary residency applications for fixed asset purchases, they have been suspended since April 2007. However, some applications lodged before the closing date of the policy are still being processed. Therefore, there were 173 approved cases in 2010.