[5] The Chinese immigration to Serbia was prompted after former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milošević and his wife Mira Marković visited China in 1997.

[6] There was a rumor that Milosevic imported over 50,000 Chinese people and gave them Yugoslav passports so that they could vote for him in elections.

Other rumors say that the Chinese arrived here in order to take language courses.

The newspaper, Večernje novosti, says one part of town in particular has had a complete Chinese village transplanted into it: "The entire population of the Chinese village of Jincun, Kaihua County in Zhejiang province has moved to Belgrade, specifically to Blok 70 where they have businesses in the local center (Kineski centar, "Chinese center") in the suburb of Novi Beograd."

The Chinese send their children to schools in China when they have reached age for primary school, to learn the Chinese language like natives, which is important for the community.