(China's Ten Years · Overseas Chinese Voice) China's legislation to protect overseas Chinese has kept pace to "escort" overseas Chinese to relieve worries

　　China News Service, Beijing, October 4th (Reporter Wu Kan) "In recent years, we have personally felt China's efforts to protect the rights and interests of overseas Chinese. With the legal 'escort', overseas Chinese can work and live in China more secure. "Chen Junqing, executive chairman of Guinea-Bissau Zhejiang General Chamber of Commerce, said in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency recently.

　　Chen Junqing, who is mainly engaged in import and export trade in clothing, food and other fields, said: "In recent years, many overseas Chinese friends have returned to work and live in China. Protection, etc. are more convenient and more secure, and I look forward to more good news of legal benefits for overseas Chinese in the future.”

　　China's development vitality and broad market have attracted the attention of more and more overseas Chinese, who are looking forward to riding the express train of China's development and sharing development opportunities.

As various contacts and exchanges have become increasingly close, overseas Chinese have more and more demands for their own rights and interests, and have a higher voice for legislation to protect overseas Chinese.

　　Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, with the deepening of the comprehensive rule of law, the legalization of overseas Chinese affairs work has been continuously strengthened, and the policies and regulations for the protection of overseas Chinese rights and interests have been increasingly enriched and improved.

The Fourth Plenary Session of the Eighteenth Central Committee pointed out that it is necessary to "protect the rights and interests of overseas Chinese in accordance with the law".

In recent years, a major breakthrough in policies and regulations for the protection of overseas Chinese rights and interests has been the continuous introduction of local special legislation.

　　In October 2015, China's first provincial-level local regulation to protect the rights and interests of overseas Chinese - "Guangdong Province Regulations on the Protection of Overseas Chinese Rights and Interests" was implemented. Specific provisions have been made on the protection of the rights and interests of various aspects, and the protection of the rights and interests of foreign Chinese has also been included, which has become an example of local regulations for the protection of the rights and interests of overseas Chinese.

　　In 2016, the Regulations on the Protection of Overseas Chinese Rights and Interests in Fujian Province came into effect. This is the second comprehensive local regulation promulgated by the Chinese Provincial People's Congress to comprehensively protect the rights and interests of overseas Chinese. , donation rights, cultural protection of overseas Chinese, returning to China to start a business, etc.

　　In the following years, Hubei, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Hainan, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places have successively formulated and implemented local regulations on the protection of the rights and interests of overseas Chinese.

In addition, the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress has included the "Regulations on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Overseas Chinese in Beijing" into the project demonstration project in 2020; The Bill (Draft) was reviewed.

At present, the law on the protection of the rights and interests of overseas Chinese at the national level has been included in the legislative plan of the 13th National People's Congress Standing Committee.

　　Zhang Zhenjiang, dean of the School of International Relations/Overseas Chinese Research Institute of Jinan University, pointed out in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency: "These legislative practices respond to the new needs and various rights and interests issues arising from the interaction between overseas Chinese and China, covering a wide range of content. The scope of legislation is clear, with local characteristics of each region, so that the rights and interests of overseas Chinese can be protected more comprehensively, meticulously and professionally. The promotion of local laws and regulations on the protection of rights and interests of overseas Chinese has also provided practical experience for national legislation on the protection of rights and interests of overseas Chinese. The legal and regulatory system has been further improved.”

　　"In terms of legislative effect, these legislations protect the rights of overseas Chinese in the country and promote the sustainable development of overseas Chinese affairs; it is conducive to enhancing the cohesion and centripetal force of overseas Chinese to their ancestral (home) country, bringing a sense of belonging to overseas Chinese and attracting more Many overseas Chinese return to their hometowns to invest and start businesses." Zhang Zhenjiang said that as for the legislation on the protection of overseas Chinese rights and interests at the national level, due to the relatively complex issues involved, a lot of research needs to be carried out, and it will take time for various departments to coordinate and solve specific problems, but we believe that this The road is not far.

　　Looking forward to the future development of legislation to protect the rights and interests of overseas Chinese in China, Zhang Zhenjiang said that the Overseas Chinese Affairs Law should not only help the safe survival and development of overseas Chinese abroad, but also help the integration and development of overseas Chinese, returned overseas Chinese and their relatives and domestic society.

"On the basis of domestic reality, we should also pay attention to the actual development status of overseas Chinese in transnational immigration, give more consideration to the relationship between overseas Chinese and the country of residence, pay attention to the convergence of laws and regulations on the protection of overseas Chinese rights and interests and relevant international treaties, and improve domestic legislation. Effectiveness and International Recognition.” (End)