(Two Sessions Express) Representatives and members of the overseas Chinese community are concerned about the protection of the rights and interests of overseas Chinese

　　China News Service, Beijing, March 3 (Reporter Ma Xiuxiu) The 2021 National People’s Congress and the National People’s Congress of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference are about to begin. Many representatives of the National People’s Congress and CPPCC members of the overseas Chinese community are concerned about the protection of the rights and interests of overseas Chinese.

　　Liu Yiqin, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and chairman of the Sichuan Overseas Chinese Federation, told reporters that last year, several overseas Chinese-related proposals have been responded to by relevant departments; this year, her biggest concern is to hope that the national level will legislate as soon as possible to protect the rights and interests of overseas Chinese.

　　She pointed out that several provinces, including Fujian and Sichuan, have issued local-level regulations on the protection of the rights and interests of overseas Chinese. The Foreign Investment Law of the People’s Republic of China, which came into effect last year, has played a significant role in attracting overseas Chinese capital and promoting China’s opening up. Positive effect, "Under this background, the promulgation of the law on the protection of the rights and interests of overseas Chinese is necessary."

　　The protection of the rights and interests of overseas Chinese is also the focus of Yu Jihua, the representative of the National People's Congress, the vice chairman of the Jiangxi Federation of Overseas Chinese, and the chairman of the Jingdezhen Ceramic Artists Association.

　　"With the development and changes of overseas Chinese, overseas Chinese have more and more expectations for sharing China's development dividends, and their demands for their own rights and interests have become increasingly diversified." He pointed out that this also puts forward higher requirements for the protection of overseas Chinese rights.

In view of this, he brought suggestions to strengthen investigation and research on key and difficult issues in the legislation for the protection of overseas Chinese rights and interests.

　　In terms of safeguarding the rights and interests of overseas Chinese, Shen Min, member of the CPPCC National Committee, member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and director of the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Overseas Chinese Committee, brought suggestions on establishing and improving the mutual assistance system for overseas Chinese. "

　　Yan Bin, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Chairman of Reignwood Group, pays particular attention to China's business opportunities and the improvement of the business environment.

This year he brought a proposal on high-quality promotion of the Hainan Free Trade Port and the establishment of a domestic commercial mediation legal system in line with China's national conditions as soon as possible, in the hope that the overseas Chinese business community can better integrate into the overall situation of China's economic development during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period.

　　Today, China's fight against poverty has achieved a full victory. Continuously relying on the strength of the overseas Chinese community to comprehensively promote rural revitalization is also a topic of common concern for the overseas Chinese community members.

　　To this end, Liu Yiqin also brought proposals to promote the high-quality development of the old revolutionary base in Sichuan and Shaanxi.

She introduced that the poverty alleviation of the old revolutionary areas is inseparable from the contributions of the overseas Chinese community. Promoting the high-quality development of the old revolutionary areas in Sichuan and Shaanxi will also bring new development opportunities for overseas Chinese.

　　The "Proposal on Responding to the "Hollowing" of Traditional Villages" was prepared by the former party secretary of the Yunnan Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, the deputy director of the Yunnan Provincial Committee of CPPCC Proposal Committee and Xiang Hong.

She called for increasing the cultural construction of traditional villages, including the hometown of overseas Chinese, and mobilizing overseas Chinese at home and abroad to inject more strength into rural revitalization.

　　In recent years, more and more high-level overseas returnees have returned to China for innovation and entrepreneurship, which has effectively promoted the high-quality development of China's economy and society.

In view of this, Shen Min puts forward suggestions on optimizing the innovation and entrepreneurship environment for returnees, hoping to better stimulate the vitality of innovation and entrepreneurship for returnees.

　　It is understood that the Zhi Gong Party Central Committee has also brought several proposals with characteristics of overseas Chinese, focusing on issues such as caring for overseas students and amendments to legislation related to overseas Chinese.

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