Beijing, 10 Oct (Xinhua) -- The Third World Conference on Overseas Chinese and Chinese Business opened in Beijing on 30 October. Shi Taifeng, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.
Shi Taifeng pointed out that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has accurately grasped the general trend of development at home and abroad, united and led the people of the whole country to overcome various risks and challenges, and China's economic and social development has made historic achievements and historic changes, and embarked on a new journey of comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization. Since the beginning of this year, in the face of a complex external environment, China has introduced a series of policies and measures to stabilize growth and promote the sustained recovery of the national economy. Facts have proved that China's economy is resilient, full of potential and full of vitality, and the fundamentals of long-term positive conditions have not changed.
Shi Taifeng said that the vast number of Chinese businessmen have footprints all over the world, with strong economic strength, rich intellectual resources, extensive business network and deep network accumulation, and have unique advantages in helping China promote high-quality development and build a new development pattern with high-level opening up. I hope that everyone will grasp the general trend of the development of the times, conform to the requirements of the development of the situation, strengthen their confidence in development, actively participate in the Chinese-style modernization, promote high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, promote exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese and foreign civilizations, and strive to become outstanding representatives of overseas Chinese and Chinese business circles in the new era.
Gao Yunlong, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, attended the opening ceremony.
The conference was co-sponsored by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce. More than 400 overseas Chinese representatives from more than <> countries and regions around the world attended.