late autumn Milan , the sky is high and the clouds are light, and the flowers and fruits are fragrant. On the evening of September 29, the Milan overseas Chinese community celebrated the 73rd anniversary of the National Day and the commendation meeting of advanced units and individuals in the fight against the epidemic were grandly held at the Milan New Hill Hotel. More than 500 people, including Consul General Liu Kan of the Chinese Consulate General in Milan, Deputy Consul General Zhang Kaibin, Chairman of the Italian-China Friendship Association, Mr. Bosaili, representatives of Chinese-funded enterprises, representatives of international students, Italian friends, heads or representatives of overseas Chinese groups in Milan, and members of the presidency of overseas Chinese groups in Milan. The conference was filled with guests, with unprecedented scale.
President Hu Zhijian of Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce in Milan presided over the event on that day.
Milan Overseas Chinese Chamber of Commerce President Zhou Lixin, on behalf of the overseas Chinese community, extended his most sincere greetings to all the leaders, guests and overseas Chinese friends invited to attend the conference that evening!
President Zhou Lixin said that in another day, our great motherland will usher in its 73rd birthday. 73 years ago, our motherland grew up from the ruins. Under the strong leadership of the Communist Party of China, people of all ethnic groups across the country built a poor and blank China into a prosperous and powerful socialist modern country with their perseverance and tenacious fighting spirit.
President Zhou Lixin said that in the past year, facing major changes in the world that have not been seen in a century, the new crown epidemic has been on the rise and the Russian-Ukrainian war is in stalemate. The vast number of overseas Chinese in the Milan consular area have overcome many difficulties, resumed work and production down-to-earth, tried every means to find business opportunities, changed their thinking and strived for transformation, established confidence and forge ahead, and made great progress in all undertakings.
President Zhou Lixin said that we should take this opportunity to pay our highest respect to all caring people who care about and support Milan's online cabin hospitals and contribute to epidemic prevention and fight the epidemic! It is precisely because of your strong support and selfless dedication that we have achieved the results of today's fight against the epidemic. You are the strong backing for overseas Chinese in Italy to fight the epidemic. Overseas Chinese will not forget that your names will be recorded in the history of overseas Chinese in Italy's fight against the epidemic and shine. At the meeting, Consul General Liu Kan delivered an important speech. First, on behalf of the Chinese Consulate General in Milan, he extended holiday greetings to everyone and expressed his sincere gratitude to everyone for their long-term concern and support for the prosperity and development of the country and promoting friendly and mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Italy!
Consul General Liu Kan emphasized: The new journey calls for new missions and new responsibilities. Let us devote ourselves to the great cause of history, and we must have my historical responsibility in our spiritual realm and success, strive hard, move forward bravely, unite and strive to write a new chapter in realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and contribute more Chinese wisdom and Chinese strength to world peace and development and the progress of human civilization!
Chairman of the Italian-China Friendship Association, Sir Bosaili, who is over 80 years old, said in his speech that he is very happy to be invited to attend such a grand and grand event today. I want to extend my holiday blessings to you! He said, I have been to China in the 1970s and witnessed the great achievements that the Chinese people have created in just a few decades that have inspired the world and achieved leapfrog development. China-Italy friendly and cooperative relations have broad prospects and I believe they will get better and better.
The second agenda of the conference is to commend advanced units and individuals in the fight against the epidemic. Consul General Liu Kan, Deputy Consul General Zhang Kaibin, Consul Meng Rui, President Zhou Lixin and others awarded certificates of honor to 20 advanced groups and 33 advanced individuals and took photos together.
Visiting scholars, international students and literary workers from Milan, Qiao Bingran, Shen Ruixin, Zhou Yi, Hu Shiyi, Lin Xin and others sang famous Chinese and foreign songs, and celebrated the grand event with Milan's overseas Chinese with their singing!
The guests took to the stage and sang "Singing the Motherland" with the singers. The grand singing pushed the atmosphere of the conference to a climax.
