The picture shows Kunshan Cross-Strait Youth Entrepreneurship Park. (Online picture)
Kunshan is one of the regions with the most active investment of Taiwanese businessmen in mainland China, the most densely invested in Taiwanese enterprises, and the most frequent cross-strait economic, trade and cultural exchanges. It is known as the "Little Taipei", and about 100,000 Taiwanese compatriots start their own businesses and work hard here. According to incomplete statistics, about 40% of those aged 18 to 45 years old account for about 40%, and it is on the rise.
Kun and Taiwan have been integrated and developed for 30 years, and the "baton" has been handed over by their parents to the hands of Taiwanese youth. Their entrepreneurial fields are broader, extending from traditional manufacturing and electronics industries to emerging industries, high-end manufacturing, modern services, modern agriculture and other fields.
"Taiwanese youth regard Kunshan as one of the first choice places for 'landing'. This is not only optimistic about Kunshan's development prospects, but also trust in Kunshan's science and education environment, social security, and civilization level." He Rongrong, director of the Kunshan Taiwan Affairs Office, said that close economic cooperation between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait has given birth to deep cultural integration, making Kunshan a fertile ground for the majority of Taiwanese businessmen and compatriots to achieve their career dreams and a harbor for the souls to rest their homesickness and to dwell on their souls.
Livable and business-friendly environment is very attractive
"Kunshan provides a promising platform for Taiwanese youth to start their own businesses." Influenced by his father, the "post-90s" Taiwanese girl Lin Zhiyu became associated with Kunshan in 2016 and then founded Suzhou Jiuzhu Information Technology Co., Ltd. to develop an Internet of Things cloud platform for application scenarios.
Zhang Xuelin, general manager of Suzhou Yudian Information Technology Co., Ltd., came to Kunshan with his family since he was a child. In his opinion, Kunshan's environment is livable and suitable for business. Zhang Xuelin's main business is to provide legal support to Taiwanese businessmen and enterprises, and also jointly develop cultural and creative cultural and tourism projects with mainland friends. "As long as you have the opportunity, you have to try it. I hope to contribute my strength to the integration of Kun and Taiwan."
"I came to the mainland at a very young age. In 2014, I passed the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan joint examination and was admitted to Wuhan University. In 2017, I participated in the internship practice of college students in Taiwan and came to Kunshan and was arranged to intern at Kunshan Kesen Technology Co., Ltd., and I have a deeper understanding of this city." Han Yilun was born in New Taipei City, Taiwan. He has been studying and living in the mainland with his parents for a long time. From internship to work, he fell in love with the city of Kunshan and was destined to be with him.
Since 2016, Kunshan has organized nearly 600 Taiwanese college students to intern in the local area for four consecutive years. The job selection has been continuously enriched, and the internship scope has expanded from Kunshan's Taiwanese enterprises and private enterprises to administrative and public institutions, state-owned enterprises and other fields.
Chairman of Kunshan Maji Electronics Co., Ltd. and entrepreneurial Taiwanese youth Zhao Yitai said that from starting a business, building a technology platform to establishing a brand, he worked hard all the way, fortunately received support from the local government like an entrepreneurial mentor, which allowed him to avoid many detours. The company achieved revenue of more than 14 million yuan in the first year and its turnover in the fourth year was nearly 100 million yuan.
strives to build a "spiritual home" for Taiwanese businessmen and youth
Kunshan Zhoushi Town Huadu Community has more than 2,000 households and more than 5,200 people, and the proportion of Taiwanese businessmen and family members is as high as more than 30%. "Only with a family, happiness will always be with you." Guo Yixiu and her husband went to the mainland to start a business in 1994. At the end of 1995, Guo Yixiu founded Jiangsu Longdeng Chemical Co., Ltd., which gradually developed into a leading enterprise in the industry and became one of the global supply centers for crop protection, pesticide raw drug synthesis, pesticide preparation processing and packaging manufacturing.
Guo Yixiu's career took off in Kunshan, and she also chose to settle her home here. "My son chose to go to Suzhou to study at university after graduating from high school. Now he has started a family and started a business in Kunshan and has two lively and lovely daughters. I think this is the happy life I want."
"This place of peace of mind is my hometown." In order to help 100,000 Taiwanese compatriots better adapt to the local area and find the feeling of home, Kunshan has continuously improved and upgraded the life support facilities of Taiwanese businessmen in recent years, built Mazu Temple, Taiwanese businessmen's hospital, Taiwanese businessmen's children's school, Taiwan old streets, etc., and made every effort to build a "spiritual home" for Taiwanese businessmen.
Chen Yuhuan, president of the Kunshan Taiwan Association Youth Association, the parents of Chen Yuhuan, came to Kunshan to invest and set up a factory in 2003. In the process of taking over the company, he deeply realized the value of Kunshan. "In addition to the convenience of life, there are many people in Taiwan, and Kunshan also have many entrepreneurial and employment resources." Chen Yuhuan said, "In the past 10 years, the company has grown by about 20% every year, and sales revenue has increased by nearly 10 times."
Like Chen Yuhuan, many children of Taiwanese businessmen came to Kunshan due to their parents' influence. Some of them studied in the local area since childhood, took over family businesses after graduation, or entered the work of a well-known local Taiwanese enterprise, and also took root in Kunshan.
creates better conditions for the development of Taiwan youth
nd years, Kunshan has actively built a cross-strait youth innovation and entrepreneurship exchange and cooperation platform. In accordance with the development concept of "one park, multiple points, scattered and gathered", it has created 5 national cross-strait youth entrepreneurship bases to intern and practice for Taiwanese youth Industry and entrepreneurship provide opportunities. Kunshan also fully implements the "31 items", "26 items", and "11 items" measures to benefit Taiwan and the people, and launches "68 items" and other service measures with Kunshan characteristics, striving to create better conditions for the development of Taiwan's youth.Kunshan Cross-Strait Youth Entrepreneurship Projects, and is committed to cultivating high-tech listed enterprises and supporting top scientific and technological talents. In the five years since its establishment, a total of 170 cross-strait youth entrepreneurship projects have been introduced, of which more than 70% of the Taiwanese-funded projects have been invested. The Cross-Strait Youth Entrepreneurship Park has cultivated 13 private technology enterprises in Jiangsu Province, 4 high-tech enterprises, and 1 A company listed on the New Third Board and a company listed on the New Fourth Board, with a total output value of over 300 million yuan.
Chen Yuhuan believes that Kunshan’s continuous improvement of cross-strait youth entrepreneurship carriers bring a lot of convenience to Taiwanese entrepreneurial youth, which can eliminate the "pain" of many entrepreneurship, and there is no need to worry about registration, fund docking, patent services, human resources and other issues.
Kunshan Sensor Drive Information Technology Co., Ltd. has created an application product called "Taoping House", which can use this to carry out 3D interactive space matching and custom-develop virtual products for furniture manufacturers. Chen Yingyu, the founder of the company, said, "Taoping House" "The team comes from both sides of the Taiwan Strait. They are young and motivated. After entering the Youth Entrepreneurship Park, they enjoyed the full-chain service of "Nursehouse-Crowd-Crowd-Incubation-Accelerating-Industrialization", covering financial investment, entrepreneurship training, expert counseling, technology docking, policy declaration, talent services, etc.
Zhao Yitai sighed that after the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic this year, the Kunshan Municipal Government responded efficiently, visited Taiwanese enterprises one by one, and unified the allocation of epidemic prevention materials, which is impressive. Kunshan supports Taiwanese enterprises to resume work and production, implement tax and fee reduction policies, and assisted Taiwanese enterprises in stabilizing foreign trade and expanding domestic sales, which further strengthened his determination to take root and develop. (Reporter Zhang Pan)
"People's Daily Overseas Edition" (December 30, 2020, Edition 04)
Source: Overseas Network
