| ACADISCRI | Experiences of Discrimination in Higher Education and Research in France (survey) |
| AFROC | All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese |
| AFTRP | Land and Technical Agency of the Paris Region |
| AIDS | acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
| AJCF | Association des Jeunes Chinois de France (Association of Young Chinese of France) |
| A-Level | Advanced Level Examination (Singapore and UK) |
| ANR | Agence nationale de la recherche (National Research Agency) (France) |
| API | application programming interface |
| Associna | Associazione Seconde Generazioni Cinesi (Association of Second Generation Chinese) (Italy) |
| AVE | Audio, Video, Exprimō (I hear, I see, I express myself) |
| BCP | Banco Comercial Português |
| BN(O) | British National (Overseas) |
| BRI | Belt and Road Initiative |
| CBI | citizenship by investment |
| CCP | Chinese Communist Party |
| CEE | Central Eastern European |
| CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| CERMES3 | Centre for Research on Medicine, Science, Health, Mental Health, and Society (France) |
| CNCDH | Commission nationale consultative des droits de l’homme (National Consultative Commission on Human Rights) |
| CNRS | Centre national de la recherche scientifique (National Centre for Scientific Research) (France) |
| CNS | China News Service (Zhongguo xinwenshe 中国新闻社) |
| CNY | Chinese Yuan (currency) |
| COVID-19 | coronavirus disease 2019 |
| CPPCC | Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (Zhongguo renmin zhengzhi xieshang huiyi 中国人民政治协商会议) |
| CPPNR | Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification (Tongcuhui 统促会) |
| CSSA | Chinese Students and Scholars Association (Zhongguo xuesheng xuezhe lianhehui 中国学生学者联合会) |
| CWS | Chinese weekend schools |
| EDP | Energias de Portugal (Energy of Portugal) |
| EFTA | European Free Trade Association |
| Uniform Real Estate Property Tax (Greece) | |
| EPC | engineering, procurement, and construction (“turnkey projects”) |
| EU | European Union |
| EUR | Euro (currency) |
| FANIM | free association narrative interview method |
| FDI | foreign direct investment |
| GBP | British Pound (currency) |
| GCE | General Certificate of Education |
| GV | golden visa |
| HEI | higher education institution |
| HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
| HK | Hong Kong |
| HKB | Hongkongers in Britain |
| HSK | Hanyu shuiping kaoshi 汉语水平考试 (Chinese proficiency test) |
| IBSA | Institut bruxellois de statistique et d’analyse (Belgium) |
| IIP | immigrant investment programmes |
| INSEE | Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies) (France) |
| IOM | International Organization for Migration |
| ISM | international student migration |
| IT | information technology |
| LGBT+ | lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and other non-normative sexual orientations and gender identities |
| LOTR | Leave Outside the Rules (UK visas) |
| MCAM | Chinese Association of Moscow (Mosike Minbei huaren zonghui 莫斯科闽北华人总会) |
| MEAM | Moscow Entrepreneurs’ Association of Minbei in Jian’ou (Minbei Mosike qiaoshang lianhehui 闽北莫斯科侨商联合会) |
| MigraChiCovid | Chinese Migration in France Facing the COVID-19 Pandemic: the Emergence of New Forms of Solidarity in Times of Crisis (survey) |
| NABA | Nuova Accademia delle Belle Arti (New Academy of Fine Arts) (Italy) |
| NGO | non-governmental organization |
| NLP | natural language processing (techniques) |
| NSI | national statistical institute |
| OCAC | Overseas Community Affairs Council (Taiwan) (Qiaowu weiyuanhi 僑務委員會) |
| OCAO | Overseas Chinese Affairs Office (PRC) (Guowuyuan qiaowu bangongshi 国务院侨务办公室) |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PhD | Doctor of Philosophy |
| PPM | push-pull-mooring (analytical framework) |
| price-performance-ratio (xingjiabi 性价比) | |
| PRC | People’s Republic of China |
| PrEP | pre-exposure prophylaxis (an antiretroviral therapy-based HIV prevention strategy) |
| REACTAsie | The Experience of Racism and Discrimination of People from East and Southeast Asia in France (survey) |
| RBI | residence by investment |
| ROC | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| SAR | special administrative region |
| STEM | science, technology, engineering, and math |
| STI | sexually transmitted infection |
| TeO1 | Trajectoires et Origines, 1st Edition |
| UFWD | United Front Work Department (Zhonggong zhongyang tongyi zhanxian gongzuobu 中共中央统一战线工作部) |
| UIS | UNESCO Institute for Statistics |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNDESA | United Nations Division of Population |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| US | United States (of America) |
| USA | United States of America |
| USD | United States Dollar (currency) |
| VAT | value-added tax |
| WRSA | Western Returned Scholars Association (Oumei tongxuehui 欧美同学会) |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
| WWII | Second World War |