Quoting from CIC website: “Ottawa, March 4, 2013 —Canada issued a record number of visas for Chinese nationals in 2012, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced today.
“We plan to grow the economy and create more jobs by attracting an increasing number of visitors and the world’s best and brightest talent to Canada,” said Minister Kenney. “For this reason, we strive to issue visas and permits as quickly as possible to facilitate travel for immigrants, visitors and students.”
For more, please read http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2013/2013-03-04c.asp