"I am old now and mostly focus on promoting Longhua and cultivating young overseas Chinese. I hope they can continue our career, love our country and hometown, and contribute more strength to our Longhua construction." Chen Yuchang, president of the Hong Kong Guanhu Hometown Association, said. As an important overseas Chinese hometown in Lingnan, Longhua overseas Chinese are spread across more than 50 countries and regions around the world. If you look at the profound "History of Overseas Chinese in Longhua", you can see that after the founding of New China, the vast number of overseas Chinese have invested in the economic development of their hometown with their passion, donated to public welfare, and soaked Longhua's hot land with their hard work and sweat. Especially since the establishment of Longhua New District, Longhua has undergone earth-shaking changes, and the level of overseas Chinese affairs has been continuously improved. Driven by the older generation, more overseas Chinese youth have devoted themselves to the construction of Longhua in the new era, invested and started businesses in Longhua, and fully played the role of a link connecting compatriots in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and overseas Chinese, so as to unite overseas forces to the greatest extent and play a positive role in Longhua's economic and social development.
clan relatives and local descendants of Zhennenggong gathered in the ancestral hall square to share their hometown friendship.
The older generation is still contributing their residual heat
In Chen Yuchang's office, the first thing that catches his eye are photos, certificates and plaques that record his past gloriousness. Faced with past achievements, Chen Yuchang did not feel that it was too great: "Actually it's nothing, it's just that I have lived a better life and help others more."
But as long as I know him, I know how "little" this sentence is. In 1969, 18-year-old Chen Yuchang went to Hong Kong with his yearning for a better life, starting as a chef and working for nearly 20 years. In 1987, Chen Yuchang returned to Guanlan to invest in the factory, not only witnessed every change in Longhua, but also achieved remarkable achievements. Over the years, Chen Yuchang has invested a total of HK$160 million in the mainland, and has introduced nearly 100 investment projects for Longhua, directly or indirectly creating a large number of jobs, making indelible contributions to Longhua's economic development. After living his life well, Chen Yuchang has not forgotten to give back to society. According to statistics, over the years, his total donations to the state's public welfare and charity have reached 16 million yuan, and he has received countless donations through his coordination.
Among the many photos that record the past, Chen Yuchang pointed out to reporters two of them, which were taken photos when he was awarded the fourth batch of "Shenzhen Honorary Citizens" in 2014, as well as photos of him being invited to attend the National Day State Banquet of the Great Hall of the People. He proudly told reporters: "From 2004 to 2015, I was invited to attend the National Day State Banquet every year. I had the honor of taking a seat at the parade and viewing platform of the Tiananmen Gate Tower for three military parades."
"My main job now is to introduce Longhua to Hong Kong or overseas Chinese so that they can see the new changes in our Longhua and return to their hometown to invest and start businesses." Chen Yuchang told reporters: "What I often introduce to them is Guanlan River , because it is the common memory of our overseas Chinese. The Guanlan River was once very black and smelly, but now the water was clear and the shore was green, and it has become a green streamer of Longhua. The Guanlan River Wetland Park is like a pearl embedded in it. It can represent the development of Longhua very much."
Canadian Hong Konger Wu Yuze went to Qinghu to invest and open a factory in 1987. Liji Jie (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., which he founded, developed from a small factory with dozens of people to a large processing enterprise with a scale of thousands in the later stage, promoting employment of local villagers, especially those in Qinghu Village, and driving local economic growth. Wu Yuze has been aiding students all year round and caring for the elderly. He actively participated in poverty alleviation activities organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Qinghu Primary School . He regularly visited the local elderly center to comfort the elderly and donated hundreds of thousands of yuan to Qinghu Village to maintain the ancestral hall. Wu Yuze, who was already in retirement after 2012, is still carrying out activities such as donating funds to support students and helping others as much as he can.
The new generation has gradually become a responsibilities
Chen Yuchang told reporters that cultivating a new generation of young overseas Chinese and allowing them to continue to contribute to the country and the country is another important task he is now, and his second daughter Chen Qiuxian is one of the "achievements" of his cultivation.
Chen Qiuxian was born in Hong Kong in 1977 and has been studying in Hong Kong since childhood.In 2003, he returned to China to study abroad and returned to Longhua to find a job and start a business. In 2016, he established the Hong Kong Guanlan Youth Association, which mainly gathered the second and third generations of compatriots from Guanlan to Hong Kong, creating opportunities for them to participate more, communicate more, and return home more.
As a descendant of Chen Zhenneng, the ancestor of Songyuanxia Community, every year on the birthday of the ancestors, Chen Qiuxian's family would return to their hometown to participate in the ancestor worship activities under the leadership of their father Chen Yuchang. During the grand ceremony, Chen Qiuxian deepened her understanding and recognition of her ancestors, and the homesick plot of the older generation "being in a foreign land and caring about her hometown" was also continued in her. His father, Chen Yuchang, has been the president of Guanlan Chamber of Commerce and the president of the Hong Kong Guanlao Association for 10 years. He has always been enthusiastic about charity in his hometown and has made significant contributions to the investment promotion in his hometown. Influenced by his father's words and deeds, Chen Qiuxian bravely shouldered heavy responsibilities and has become the new leader of the Hong Kong Grand Guanlao Association for the Hong Kong Grand Guanlao Association.
In recent years, Chen Qiuxian has inherited and developed the excellent traditional Chinese culture and deeply integrated the lives of the people. He also became a promoter of his hometown and introduced the new development, new changes and new style of Longhua to Hong Kong youth. She believes that the construction of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area will provide new opportunities for Hong Kong youth and Bay Area youth. Longhua is located at the central axis of Shenzhen, with a long history and profound Hakka traditional culture. In recent years, the city's appearance has developed rapidly and the living environment has been comprehensively improved. Therefore, she has always invited Hong Kong youth to go back to the mainland to take a look and make full use of the opportunities of the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to discover new business opportunities.
sticks to the position of teachers until he retires in 1991, and Chen Guilan, an overseas Chinese, always takes education as his mission. Her son Chen Xiaobin was born in Songyuanxia in 1968. After graduating from high school, he went to French Guiana . After living in France for 20 years, after returning to China to settle down in 2012, he also took over the baton of his ancestors' investment in the construction and education of his hometown, and mobilized overseas Chinese to actively contribute to the construction and development of his hometown. Chen Xiaobin is very passionate about public welfare undertakings in his hometown. Whenever he has the opportunity, he will contribute money and efforts to build roads and fund nursing homes in his hometown. For his alma mater, Zhenneng Primary School, he actively sponsors every time he conducts activities at the "June 1st" school. He can do something and enjoy the joy and sense of accomplishment of giving love.
Chen Guilan (right) and Chen Xiaobin recalled the past.
Nowadays, with the increasing domestic development opportunities and the favorable policies for talent introduction, a large number of overseas students will choose to return to China to develop. Wang Liangwu, now the general manager of Shenzhen Fangxingli Sports and Culture Management Co., Ltd., went abroad to study in 2010 and returned to China to develop after completing his studies in 2017.
Hold the pulse of the times and gather the strength of all walks of life
On December 30, 2011, Longhua New District was established as a functional new district. At that time, there were more than 4,000 overseas Chinese and more than 20,000 overseas Chinese. On February 6, 2017, the United Front Work Department of the Longhua District Committee was established. In May, the survey of representatives of Hong Kong, Macao and overseas Chinese was carried out again, sorting out 109 returned overseas Chinese and 661 overseas Chinese, 2,679 registered Chinese and nearly 30,000 overseas Chinese.
After entering a new era, Longhua's changes are changing with each passing day, and many overseas Chinese have also grasped the pulse of the times and joined forces from all walks of life to make new contributions to the development of Longhua.
"The fashion industry is constantly catching up with the latest and most trendy industries. It must have an international perspective and thinking angle to promote Shenzhen's fashion industry to penetrate into the top international fashion circle." Chen Guoxiong, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal CPPCC and chairman of the Longhua District Federation of Industry and Commerce (CHA), believes: "The education system and thinking of Hong Kong and Macao universities are closer to international standards. We should encourage and help Shenzhen fashion enterprises and industrial parks provide internship bases and employment positions for Hong Kong and Macao universities, provide a good working and living environment, so that outstanding young talents in Hong Kong and Macao can come and stay."
Chen Guoxiong.
Returning to the Mainland from Hong Kong to establish the Fansino clothing and apparel brand, Chen Guoxiong has more than 30 years of experience in his career and takes advantage of his years of experience. In recent years, Chen Guoxiong has been offering suggestions for the development of Dalang Fashion Town and promoting the high-quality development of Shenzhen's fashion industry, and has put forward many pertinent opinions and suggestions.
"No matter how good it is outside, it is not as warm as my hometown!" Liu Ri and his mother's siblings were both born in Jamaica, and his uncle Chen Endao is a well-known overseas Chinese leader in Toronto, Canada. In 1990, with the help of his friends, Liu Rihe went to Surinam to develop. There, while Liu Rihe worked hard to make money, he paid attention to the development of his hometown, and asked his family about Guanlan's changes from time to time. In 1995, Liu Rihe, who returned to his hometown, founded Shenzhen Tiansheng Industrial Development Co., Ltd. to help foreign-invested enterprises invest and set up factories in Shenzhen.
For many years, while Liu Rihe has achieved his own career, he has also contributed to the introduction of foreign capital in his hometown. Today, Liu Rihe still maintains close contact with overseas Chinese, constantly introducing the changes in their hometown to them, and encourages them to return to their hometown to visit relatives, friends, invest and buy property. In 2020, in the face of the sudden outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the whole country has devoted itself to preventing the epidemic, further enhancing the national pride and identity of overseas Chinese. Liu Rihe said: "Overseas Chinese are an important force in the dissemination of Chinese culture and Chinese voices. We will further tell the Chinese story well and promote Chinese culture."
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Edited by Wang Wencheng
