More senior foreign experts will be invited to Beijing this year, and the validity of their residence permits can be extended to five years from the current term of one, according to the municipal human resources and social security authority.

For these invited foreign specialists, Beijing aims to provide more convenience for their work and daily lives, said Chen Bei, deputy head of the capital's human resources and social security bureau, at a news conference on Friday of the Beijing People's Congress.

Those invited under the Recruitment Program of Foreign Experts also will receive more research funding and a bigger settlement allowance, she said.