Chinanews, Ningde, January 30th (Lin Rongsheng) "In my eyes, Ningde has undergone tremendous changes in urban and rural appearance, and people's lives have been significantly improved." Executive Vice President of Ghana Fujian Chamber of Commerce and Chairman of Ghana New Century Mining Services Company Qian Shihao told a reporter from Chinanews.com in Ningde City, Fujian Province on the 30th.

　　In the evening, the Ningde City Overseas Friendship Association held the 2023 Spring Festival symposium. More than 40 people, including overseas, Hong Kong and Macao representatives and executive directors of the Overseas Friendship Association who returned home for the New Year and stayed in Ning, gathered together to share their nostalgia and talk about development.

　　Qian Shihao said that Ningde is turning into an emerging high-tech, energy, and port city that is suitable for business, living, and travel. It will use its own network resources to maintain, maintain, and expand its overseas "circle of friends". Tell Chinese stories in various ways, promote the development of Ningde, and make a small contribution to the economic construction of the hometown.

　　Ningde City, located in the northeast of Fujian Province, has developed and formed four leading industrial clusters with international competitiveness in recent years, including lithium battery new energy, new energy vehicles, new stainless steel materials, and copper materials, and has grown into an important growth pole for high-quality development in Fujian. , the total economic volume was promoted from the 8th in the province to the 5th, and it entered the ranks of China's top 100 cities in one fell swoop.

　　"The domestic development is very good, and there are many business opportunities." Lin Ziqing, vice president and secretary-general of the Fujian General Chamber of Commerce in Angola, who went to Angola to develop his business in 2014, and deputy supervisor of the World Fujian Youth Federation, said that Ningde has changed a lot in recent years. , there are many high-rise buildings, the business environment has improved, and the happiness index of the people has also greatly improved.

　　Seeing the development of his hometown is getting better and better, Lin Ziqing invested in municipal projects in China, and also partnered with relatives to engage in breeding business.

She said that she will promote Ningde's advantages to the outside world, so that more overseas Chinese will return to their hometowns to invest.

　　In 2012, Li Zhesheng, executive vice president of Hong Kong Ningde City Association and president of Hong Kong Ningde City Jiaocheng Friendship Association, returned to his hometown to engage in furniture design and production.

Over the past 20 years, Li Zhesheng has witnessed the development and changes of Ningde.

He said that Ningde has developed rapidly in recent years, with a large space for future development and many business opportunities. He will strive to promote the cooperation between Ningde and Hong Kong in cultural exchanges and economic fields. Tell the story of Ningde well and contribute to the construction and development of the hometown.

　　Ningde is a key hometown of overseas Chinese in Fujian. There are more than 458,000 overseas Chinese in Ningde, covering 73 countries and regions.

According to incomplete official statistics, at present, there are more than 150 overseas Chinese (Hong Kong and Macao)-owned enterprises in Ningde, mainly engaged in new energy, pharmaceutical biology, real estate, petrochemical, electrical machinery, hotels and other industries.

　　Chen Liangsheng, deputy director of the United Front Work Department of the Ningde Municipal Party Committee, director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, and executive vice president of the Hailian Association, expressed the hope that compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, overseas Chinese, and directors of the Hailian Association will continue to carry forward the fine tradition of patriotism and love for their hometown, and continue to care and support And participate in the construction of hometown, and jointly make new and greater contributions to Ningde's all-round promotion of high-quality development.

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