Twelve expats in Shanghai working at Zhangjiang National Innovation Demonstration Zone got their Chinese green cards on Tuesday.

Including the 12, a total of 85 expats have become permanent residents since December 2016 under recommendation of the zone’s administration commission, which now has the right to recommend high-level foreign professionals to the exit-entry authority as Chinese green card candidates.

The 12 expats work in the fields of semiconductors, IT, medical technology, chemistry and biological sciences. Seven are US citizens, while the rest are German, Malaysian, Canadian and Australian nationals.