[Explanation] The 2022 Overseas Chinese Entrepreneurs China Investment Summit hosted by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council was held in Xiamen, Fujian on September 8.
With the theme of "Green Economy and Sustainable Development of Overseas Chinese Business Enterprises", the summit was attended by 170 representatives of Chinese businessmen, experts and scholars from 45 countries and regions.
[Explanation] At the summit that day, the representatives of the guests at the meeting made special speeches and exchanges and discussions based on the characteristics of the industry, enterprises and development history, and jointly advocated the promotion of green, low-carbon and sustainable development.
[Concurrent] Lin Yutang, President of the China-ASEAN Business Association
The feelings for China are very deep, so we have been out all the way to organize how our overseas Chinese come back to invest in China, and cooperate with everyone. After this epidemic, we believe that the environment will be better.
[Explanation] In recent years, in the face of the complex and changeable international environment, China has continued to expand high-level opening up, continue to optimize the business environment, and speed up the construction of free trade zones and free trade ports.
In the view of many overseas Chinese businessmen attending the meeting, the Chinese market has huge potential and it is the right time to invest in China.
[Concurrent] Zhou Shengzong, Executive Chairman of the Federation of European Chinese Professional Associations
It is difficult for some projects to find funds to settle abroad and realize industrialization. China has provided a lot of such venture funds and venture capital to create some financial conditions for them to settle in. Various high-tech zones and international student entrepreneurial parks also provide these people. Provide venues, and then China's market is huge, even in terms of the digital economy and the Internet of Things, so they also provide vast market opportunities for their entrepreneurship.
[Concurrent] Hu Yongyang, Honorary President of the Overseas Chinese Federation in the Netherlands
Now our China is developing better and better, and the "Belt and Road" is now better than a year for foreign trade. Overseas Chinese must seize this opportunity and come to China to participate in investment and entrepreneurship.
Now our second and third generations are growing up in foreign countries. Now we need to encourage our descendants a lot, and our next generation will participate in the construction tide in China. This green investment is a very good industry.
[Explanation] The reporter learned that the Overseas Chinese Entrepreneurs China Investment Summit was founded in 2007, which is an overseas Chinese economic activity held during the "China International Investment and Trade Fair".
Reporter Wu Shengwei reports from Xiamen, Fujian
Responsible editor: [Ji Xiang]