The contribution of overseas Chinese to the motherland

"One is to summarize the results, and the other is to kick off." Professor Li Xinguang, director of China Institute for International Economics, said that these two events reflected a fact: China's comprehensive national strength and international influence have been significantly enhanced, which has greatly strengthened the sense of identity of overseas Chinese, and its great cohesion has made overseas Chinese an important "pusher" for China's economic and cultural integration into the world.

Overseas Chinese-Propeller of China's Economy

In the late Ming Dynasty, large-scale overseas immigrants began to appear in China. In the late Qing Dynasty, immigrants spread from Southeast Asia to America and Oceania. From the Revolution of 1911, the Northern Expedition and War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression to the present, overseas Chinese have made decisive contributions to the development of modern China at every stage. With more and more overseas Chinese successfully transforming from coolies to masters in their countries of residence, the role of overseas Chinese in letting the world know about China and letting China go to the world is increasingly prominent.

In the process of reform and opening up in China, overseas Chinese in more than 65,438,000 countries and regions have played an irreplaceable role. Lin, chairman of the China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, said that from a global perspective, China is not the country with the largest number of overseas immigrants, but unlike other countries, China's overseas immigrants are full of deep love for their motherland.

China's reform and opening up has grasped the basic national conditions of many overseas Chinese. The four special zones are located in the hometown of overseas Chinese, ranging from "taking the lead" in introducing overseas Chinese capital to "Ma Benteng". In terms of "introduction", Chinese businessmen and overseas Chinese capital first entered the mainland and were also the most important sources of overseas investment; In the new stage of "going out", they join hands with mainland enterprises to jointly explore the world market.

In the Pearl River Delta region, where China's manufacturing industry is the most developed, more than 60% of foreign direct investment comes from overseas Chinese, compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and the establishment of world-class enterprises cannot be separated from their matchmaking. Chen Weiguo, deputy director of the Foreign Affairs and Overseas Chinese Affairs Bureau of Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province, which is one of the "Three Hometowns of Overseas Chinese" in China, said: "There are more than 3.7 million overseas Chinese whose ancestral homes are in Jiangmen. In recent years, nearly 300 overseas Chinese-funded enterprises have come to invest, with assets of about 2 billion US dollars. They also successfully attracted international giants such as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan, Danone of France and Golden Eagle Group of Singapore. Overseas Chinese play a decisive role in promoting local economic development. "

With the economic globalization and China's accession to the World Trade Organization, it is inevitable for enterprises and products to "go global", and cheap "Made in China" has traveled all over the world with the help of the network of Chinese businessmen all over the world. As early as1995,65438+ February, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Singapore officially launched the World Chinese Business Network, a large-scale Chinese business database, which included the information of more than 65438+10,000 Chinese business enterprises in 53 countries and regions, helping many China enterprises to open up the situation in Southeast Asia.

While introducing a large number of China famous brand products into the global market, more and more overseas Chinese have become the leaders of China's capital "going out". Recently, the "One Mountain China City", which was jointly built by Chinese and Korean enterprises and overseas Chinese living in Korea, went to Beijing, Shanghai and other cities to find partners. This is the second South Korean "China City" to attract investment in China in the past two years.

Overseas Chinese-Spreaders of China Culture

In a sense, a complete history of overseas Chinese is a history of Chinese civilization. Zhou Nanjing, vice president of the Overseas Chinese History Society of China, said that overseas Chinese let the world know and enjoy China cuisine through China restaurants all over the world, introduce Confucian philosophy overseas through clubs and clubs, and spread China's language, literature and drama. Go to other places by building Chinese schools, establishing Chinese newspapers and periodicals, and publishing Chinese books. Thanks to their efforts, the legal status of Chinese medicine has been recognized by many countries in Southeast Asia, the United States, Australia and Europe.

Overseas Chinese are not only carriers of China culture, but also disseminators of China culture. The ancient building complex of Kaiping Diaolou, Guangdong Province, which is being declared as a world cultural heritage, is a special cultural landscape that has appeared since 19 in the 1920s, and it is especially loved by the old overseas Chinese who came out of Wuyi hometown of overseas Chinese. Zhao, secretary of Kaiping Municipal Party Committee, said that in order to make diaolou art, which embodies China culture, be recognized by the world, overseas villagers paid their own money to hold special photo exhibitions and art exhibitions on diaolou, and put large advertisements in major English media, which was very touching.

At present, a new generation of Chinese and overseas Chinese are keen to spread China's traditional culture to their countries of residence. At the beginning of this year, with the help of the American Star Bridge Art Center and the San Francisco Association for the Promotion of China's Peaceful Reunification, CCTV's "One Song" and "My China Heart" were held in the New Jersey Gymnasium in the United States. This is the first time that China TV has held a large-scale performance in the United States, and nearly 20,000 overseas viewers have been exposed to China culture.

Yu Jingjiang, president of the American Star Bridge Art Center who lives abroad, said that it is our responsibility to recommend China's most splendid culture and the best literary brands overseas.