(Overseas Chinese Hometown Watches the Two Sessions) Hainan Wenchang International Aerospace City Construction Speeds Up Inviting Overseas Folks to Share the Development Opportunities of the Free Trade Port

  China News Agency, Hainan Wenchang, March 7th: The construction of Hainan Wenchang International Aerospace City is accelerating, and overseas folks are invited to share the development opportunities of the free trade port

  China News Agency reporter Wang Xinli Zhang Qianyi

  This year's National People's Congress, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang "named" Hainan many times in his government work report: "Four new comprehensive pilots for the expansion and opening of the service industry have been added, and new measures for the opening of the Hainan Free Trade Port have been introduced." The construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port..." This greatly encouraged Long Weidong, Secretary of the Wenchang Municipal Party Committee in Hainan.

While watching the report of the two sessions, he also noticed that the government work report mentioned that the key core technology breakthroughs have been achieved, "Manned spaceflight, Mars exploration, resource exploration, energy engineering and other fields have achieved new breakthroughs."

Recently, Long Weidong, secretary of Wenchang Municipal Party Committee, a well-known hometown of overseas Chinese in Hainan Province, accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Agency.

Photo by Luo Yunfei

  A week before the opening of the National Two Sessions, at the Wenchang Space Launch Site, the Long March 8 Yao-2 carrier rocket carried 22 satellites successfully launched, setting the highest record of "multiple satellites with one arrow" in China's aerospace industry.

The launch is the first commercial space launch from Wenchang Space Launch Site.

  Wenchang Space Launch Site is China's first open coastal space launch base and one of the few low-latitude launch sites in the world.

In an interview, Long Weidong said: "Wenchang International Aerospace City has entered a period of accelerated development. We welcome compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and overseas Chinese in the world to share the development opportunities of their ancestral home."

The development of Wenchang International Aerospace City accelerates

  The aerospace industry is one of the three major future industries of "land, sea and air" that Hainan will focus on.

As one of the 11 key parks of Hainan Free Trade Port, Wenchang International Space City is building a major scientific and technological innovation base in the aerospace field, relying on the space launch site.

  According to Long Weidong, Wenchang is currently attracting investment and attracting talents around the industrial layout of the "three chains" of rocket chain, satellite chain and data chain.

  It is reported that this year, Wenchang will promote the construction of projects such as the Hainan Branch of the Rocket Academy, the Hainan Research Institute of the Academy of Aerospace Information of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the China Star Network Hainan Ground Station, and the Huateng Hainan Regional Headquarters. A premier aerospace tourism destination.

Set up a special class for overseas Chinese work to do practical work for overseas Chinese

  Wenchang is a well-known hometown of overseas Chinese. There are 1.2 million compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and overseas Chinese from Wenchang, who are distributed in more than 50 countries and regions.

Over the years, they have a deep affection for their hometown, are enthusiastic about public welfare, and actively participate in the economic and social development of their hometown.

The ancestral home of the Song family in Changsa Town, Wenchang City, Hainan Province.

Data map.

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  "Premier Li Keqiang emphasized in the government work report to fully implement the party's policy on overseas Chinese affairs, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of overseas Chinese and their relatives of returned overseas Chinese, and encourage Chinese sons and daughters at home and abroad to join hands to create brilliant future." Long Weidong felt quite emotional about this.

  In November 2021, Long Weidong went to Wenchang to serve as the secretary of the municipal party committee, and made work related to overseas Chinese a top priority. A special class for overseas Chinese work led by the secretary of the municipal party committee and the mayor was set up to coordinate and lead the city's overseas Chinese affairs work.

Aerial photography of Shibahang Village, an overseas Chinese village with a history of more than 400 years, in Huiwen Town, Wenchang City.

Drone photo.

Photo by Luo Yunfei

  At present, Wenchang is focusing on researching and solving the problems left over from history in the fields of ancestral property and investment, such as the ancestral land and ancestral home of overseas villagers in Wenchang.

This move has received attention and praise from overseas folks.

  Long Weidong said that in order to better serve overseas Chinese, Wenchang plans to launch a five-year action plan and carry out the activity of "doing practical things for overseas Chinese".

For example, to implement policies such as living allowances for retired and returned overseas Chinese workers, extra points for the “three overseas Chinese students” in the college entrance examination, and overseas Chinese returning to settle in China; allocating special funds to solve matters such as housing, employment, medical treatment, and schooling of returned overseas Chinese and their relatives; guaranteeing the participation of overseas Chinese in politics in accordance with laws and regulations rights, etc.

Invite overseas folks to share new opportunities in the hometown of overseas Chinese

  At present, the new generation of Chinese is becoming the new backbone of the overseas Chinese community.

Wenchang strives to rely on career development to attract the new generation of Qiongji overseas folks to pay attention to their hometown.

  Long Weidong said that Wenchang will continue to use online and offline platforms to strengthen exchanges and cooperation between overseas villagers and their ancestral places through activities such as the "Nanyang Cultural Festival", overseas returnee entrepreneurship sharing sessions, youth entrepreneurship exchange forums at home and abroad, and root-seeking trips. .

On February 27, at Wenchang Space Launch Site, the Long March 8 Yao-2 carrier rocket carrying 22 satellites was successfully launched.

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  In recent years, Wenchang has used overseas associations, clan organizations, overseas Chinese-related media, etc. to introduce the industrial development policies of Hainan Free Trade Port and Wenchang International Space City to overseas villagers, launched a series of investment promotion projects, and formulated plans and support measures for overseas villagers to return to their hometowns and start businesses. Wait.

  "At present, the Hainan Free Trade Port has started the preparatory work for the customs closure operation. The construction of Wenchang Aerospace City has attracted global attention and involves many industries." Long Weidong warmly sent an invitation, hoping that overseas folks would return to their hometowns to start businesses and work, and share the development of the Hainan Free Trade Port. dividend.

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