Chinanews, December 16 According to the "Europe Times" WeChat public account "East to West" news, on the evening of December 13, local time, the preparation meeting of the 8th Council of the Wenzhou Overseas Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Milan was held.

Nearly a hundred people including Chi Xiaoyun and Li Xiutong, the old presidents of the Milan Wenzhou Overseas Chinese Chamber of Commerce, as well as all members of the 8th Council and the news media were invited to attend the conference.

  The preparatory meeting of the 8th Council of the Wenzhou Overseas Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Milan was presided over by the new CEO Yang Junhe. He expressed his gratitude to everyone for attending the meeting under the severe epidemic.

  Cao Qikao, the seventh president, delivered a speech.

Cao Qikao first congratulated the birth of the new council of the Milan Wenzhou Overseas Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Hu Zhijian's election as the new president.

Then he expressed his gratitude to all colleagues of the 7th Milan Wenzhou Overseas Chinese Chamber of Commerce for their continuous support, and thanked everyone for their active participation and strong support of the Chamber of Commerce in anti-epidemic and epidemic prevention work, regardless of personal gains and losses before the epidemic.

He also thanked the overseas Chinese community in Milan and all sectors of society for their support and help to the Chamber of Commerce.

I hope that the 8th Milan Wenzhou Overseas Chinese Chamber of Commerce under the leadership of President Hu Zhijian will unite, work hard, and carry forward the spirit of pioneering, and make the Milan Wenzhou Overseas Chinese Chamber of Commerce better and better.

  Hu Zhijian, the eighth president, delivered a speech afterwards.

He first expressed his gratitude to the 7th Council for his dedication, and he was deeply honored to be elected as the 8th President.

He said that since its establishment in 1998, the Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce has experienced more than 20 years of trials and hardships. It is now the backbone of overseas Chinese in Italy and has won widespread praise from all walks of life.

The Chamber of Commerce inherits the "spirit of Wenzhou people", spreads positive energy overseas, does practical things down-to-earth, and unites people with the folk spirit of communicating feelings, exchanging information, helping each other, developing together, and becoming bigger and stronger.

  He said: "In the future, I will live up to expectations. I will start from what I should and can do, have the courage to undertake and dedicate, rely on the strength of the 8th Council, give play to the common wisdom of all members, and forge ahead with everyone in harmony. Create a better tomorrow for the Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce." (Xia Xiaotong)