According to the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission, Taiwan is the homeland of the third largest group within the worldwide overseas Chinese community, after the Fukienese and Cantonese.
根據僑委會統計，台灣已成為僅次於粵、閩的第三大華僑家鄉了。華人、華裔、華族，都是華僑對於在國外的僑民，各國政府皆負有保護之職；而他們也有應盡的義務，和該享的權利。