Shaoyang, May 5 (Zhongxin Net) -- On May 22, the first Hunan Province "gathering overseas Chinese and rejuvenating Xiang" activity was held in Shaoyang City. Representatives of overseas Chinese associations (institutions) and overseas Chinese businessmen from 5 countries and regions gathered together to help the high-quality development of their hometowns.
Hunan has always attached great importance to overseas Chinese businessmen and overseas Chinese intellectual resources. In recent years, the overseas Chinese affairs department of the province has continuously expanded the "circle of friends" of overseas Chinese, giving full play to the "two platforms" and "two resources" of financial and intellectual resources at home and abroad, vigorously expanding overseas friendship work, and injecting "overseas Chinese power" into the high-quality development of Hunan.
In order to extensively unite overseas Chinese hearts and overseas Chinese wisdom, the Hunan Provincial Overseas Chinese Affairs Office and the Provincial Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese have integrated the two friendship and investment promotion activities of "Overseas Chinese Businessmen and Overseas Chinese Wisdom Gathering in Three Xiang" and "Hometown Tour of Overseas Chinese Compatriots - Into Hunan", so as to build a win-win cooperation platform for overseas Chinese and local governments, build a new development pattern for the new era and new journey, and gather the strength of overseas Chinese.
On the same day, the "2020-2022 Work Report of the Federation of Overseas Chinese Associations of Hunan Province" was released. Over the past three years, Hunan has invited nearly 200,<> overseas Chinese to participate in major investment promotion activities (conferences) such as the China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo and the Hunan Business Conference, resulting in investment projects amounting to more than <> billion yuan. The "Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the People's Government of Hunan Province and the Hunan Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese Call on Overseas Chinese People at Home and Abroad to Help the Development of a Chinese-style Modernized New Hunan Development" was released. The first municipal overseas Chinese concentric industrial park in Hunan Province - "Hunan Overseas Chinese Concentric Industrial Park" (Shaoyang) was awarded on the spot.
The first municipal overseas Chinese concentric industrial park in Hunan Province - "Hunan Overseas Chinese Concentric Industrial Park" (Shaoyang) was awarded on the spot. Photo by Chen Ba
Wang Yongle, adviser to the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, pointed out in his speech that overseas Chinese and ethnic Chinese in the new era are a positive driving force for China's implementation of opening up to the outside world in a larger scope, in a wider range and at a deeper level. The new stage of development provides a broad stage and rare opportunities for overseas Chinese to invest in business, innovate and start businesses, and participate in high-quality development, hoping that the vast number of overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese businessmen will give full play to the advantages of integrating China and foreign countries, broad vision, familiar with the market and international rules, actively participate in the construction of the "Belt and Road", and connect Chinese enterprises to go overseas and open up international markets; Make use of extensive domestic and overseas contacts and cross-cultural exchange experience to spread Chinese voices, tell Chinese stories well, and tell Hunan stories well.
Sui Zhongzhong, member of the Standing Committee of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee and director of the United Front Work Department of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee, met with representatives of overseas Chinese guests before the launching ceremony. He welcomed everyone's arrival and thanked the vast number of overseas Chinese businessmen for their contributions to the economic and social development of Hunan with the motherland in mind, their hearts for their homeland. He said that the current development trend of Hunan's opening up is good, the business environment continues to optimize, and is striving to turn the "three highs and four new" blueprint into a beautiful reality, hoping that everyone will conduct in-depth investigation and exchanges in Hunan, promote project cooperation, and further tell the story of China and the story of Hunan, and the provincial party committee and government will make every effort to do a good job in warming overseas Chinese and benefiting overseas Chinese, and jointly promote the construction of a new Chinese-style modern Hunan to take new steps.
During this event, representatives of overseas Chinese associations (institutions) and overseas Chinese businessmen will also visit Longhui Xiangjia Village and Xinning Laoshan Mountain, the cultural exchange base of overseas Chinese in Hunan Province, and hold the "Hometown Tour of Overseas Chinese" in Hengyang City, and hold investment signing promotion meetings. (End)