Common advantages include the following: When two candidates with equal circumstances (such as two teachers) are up for a housing assignment, returnees or dependents of oversees Chinese will get priority. Such affirmative action also works in their favor when applying for work assignments after finishing their studies. And when their children take college entrance exams, ten points are added to their scores.
對歸僑及僑眷的優惠洋洋灑灑，最常見的包括工作單位分配住房時，同樣條件下（譬如都是老師），歸僑可優先獲得住房；學成後的工作分配上，歸僑及僑眷也略佔優勢；歸僑子女考大學，還可以多加十分… …。