They also imported the Chinese Exclusion Act from America, banning the entry of Chinese laborers, with the result that most Chinese were restricted to working in commerce. This shaped the subsequent development of Chinese society in the Philippines and the term "Luzon visitors" became a byword for wealthy Chinese.
美國人引進美國本土的「排華政策」，禁止華工入境，使得華人多數從商，決定了華人社會成為一個商業社會，「呂宋客」也成了有錢華人的代名詞。