Changsha, May 5 (Liu Man) On May 14, the press conference of the 5th Overseas Returnee Forum was held in Changsha to introduce the relevant situation and announce the official launch of the forum.

According to reports, this year's overseas returnee forum will be in the form of "special activities + main activities", with more colorful content, vigorously serve returned students to come to Hunan for employment and entrepreneurship, expand Hunan's "circle of friends", and contribute overseas Chinese strength to the high-quality development of Hunan.

Liu Danjun, vice chairman of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Zhigong Party, said that the 9th Returnee Forum will hold special activities such as warm companionship and pre-trip training for studying abroad, Xiaoxiang travel for overseas talents, and the Hunan Province Entrepreneurship Start-up Support Plan Project Selection Competition. The main activities will be held in mid-September, including a series of activities such as the <>th anniversary celebration meeting of the Returnee Forum, the opening and rejuvenation of overseas Chinese returnees, the Overseas Chinese Talent Fair, the Overseas Chinese Community Forum, the Overseas Chinese Youth Gathering Consensus, and the Overseas Returnee Forum into the Hunan Tourism Development Conference.

Compared with previous editions, the 10th Returnee Forum will hold the "Overseas Talents Xiaoxiang Tour" activity for the first time in conjunction with the "China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo", and will also organize overseas talents to enter the "2nd Hunan Tourism Development Conference" for the first time to promote Hunan and recommend Hunan more comprehensively.

Tian Zongzhi, vice chairman and secretary general of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Zhigong Party, said that the establishment of the Returnee Forum aims to give full play to the characteristics and advantages of the "overseas Chinese" of the Zhigong Party, serve Hunan to build a new highland of inland reform and opening up, serve the introduction of high-level talents in Hunan, serve the innovation and entrepreneurship of returnees in Xiang, and build a platform for exchanges and cooperation for the majority of returnees.

Since 2014, the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Zhigong Party has led nine consecutive sessions of the "Returnee Forum", which has facilitated 64 returnee doctors to sign employment agreements with universities and enterprises in Hunan Province, successfully introduced 31 returnee entrepreneurial projects to Hunan Province, and received an investment of more than 2 million yuan.

Since 2021, the Hunan Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security has cooperated with the "Returnee Forum" to take the Overseas Students Entrepreneurship Start-up Support Program Project Selection Competition as an important content of the "Forum" to jointly build a returnee entrepreneurial service brand, and each previous competition has attracted more than 150 innovation projects to contact, and the overall scientific and technological content of the participating projects is high and the development prospects are good. At present, the competition has successfully supported 18 award-winning projects to land in Hunan.

Tang Li, second-level inspector of the Hunan Returned Overseas Chinese Federation, and Feng Xiaoming, deputy director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Department of the United Front Work Department of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee, attended the press conference. A group of overseas Chinese community leaders and representatives of overseas famous university alumni associations participated in the meeting online. (End)