China News Agency, Jakarta, March 19 (Reporter Lin Yongchuan) The inauguration ceremony of the sixth board of supervisors of the Indonesian Chinese Association was held in the Shangri-La Hotel in Jakarta on the evening of the 18th in a combination of online and offline methods. Indonesian President Joko Widodo and several cabinet ministers video Speech congratulations.
The theme of the inauguration ceremony is "United as one, we have the same goal through different paths".
Huang Dexin, who was re-elected as the president of the association, said that the new board of supervisors will strengthen cooperation with Indonesian government departments and mainstream associations, focus on culture, education, welfare, economy, etc., and unite and lead the majority of Chinese Indonesians to the future.
Huang Dexin said that the Chinese American Association will listen to the advice and suggestions of the Chinese community in Indonesia, improve the organization, recruit talents, realize the rejuvenation of directors, and fulfill the mission of cultivating successors.
Founded in 1999, the Indonesian Chinese Association is the most representative and influential Chinese community in the country. It has branches in 16 provinces and more than 80 cities where Chinese are relatively concentrated, and has offices in Beijing and Guangzhou, China. Facilitate investment promotion and non-governmental exchanges and cooperation between the two countries.
According to Huang Yinhua, the executive chairman of the association, during the period when the fifth board of supervisors of the Chinese American Federation was performing its duties, disasters including the new crown epidemic occurred frequently in Indonesia. When the new crown epidemic was at its worst, local branches cooperated with local government departments, military and police to assist in vaccination, donated and distributed anti-epidemic materials, and contributed to the prevention and control of the epidemic in Indonesia.
Over the past few years, the association has also assisted the Indonesian National Army Headquarters in free surgery for more than 30,000 impoverished cataract patients.
In addition, it also provides scholarship opportunities for Indonesian students to study in China.
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