On May 10th, the press conference for the 2023 Overseas Chinese Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Conference was held in Guangzhou. The specific arrangements for the conference were announced. Themed "Gathering Overseas Chinese Power, Realizing the Dream of the Greater Bay Area", the conference will be held in Jiangmen, Guangdong Province from May 16th to 18th. About 700 guests from 90 countries and regions have been invited to attend.
The conference will take a combination of offline and online editions, with the main venue located in Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, and satellite venues set up in countries and regions such as Malaysia, Thailand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Panama, Peru, HKSAR, and Macao SAR.
According to the organizers, the guests are mainly well-known overseas Chinese leaders, representatives from various fields, and overseas Chinese who have made significant contributions to promoting friendly exchanges between China and their countries of residence, descendants of well-known patriotic figures, young representatives of Chinese diasporas, and outstanding individuals with international influence in fields such as politics, economy, science and technology, education, and media. The conference also invited guests who had just attended the 10th Conference for Friendship of Overseas Chinese Associations held in Beijing, as well as some well-known Chinese entrepreneurs to participate in the exchange.
The event will feature a main theme conference, city promotion, three inspection routes, and four parallel sub-conferences. It includes speeches by officials from the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council and the Guangdong Provincial CPC Committee, and video speeches by the chief executives of HKSAR and Macao SAR. In addition, representatives of overseas Chinese will speak and a ceremony related to "High-Quality Development of Guangdong Promoted by Overseas Chinese " will be held. There will also be a promotion meeting of "9+2" cities in Greater Bay Area Promotion, as well as speeches by outstanding overseas Chinese, and three on-site inspection routes to the Greater Bay Area cities, including the "Overseas Chinese Youth National Situation Study Tour", the "Overseas Chinese Business GBA Tour", and the "Overseas Chinese Media's View of Guangdong's High-Quality Development". Furthermore, there will be four parallel sessions on "Construction of Overseas Chinese Community", "Development of Overseas Chinese Youth", " Education in Chinese", and " Media in Chinese". Finally, there will be a carnival event for overseas Chinese in their hometowns.
Pang Guomei, Director of the Guangdong Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, expressed her hope that the conference would become an innovative platform with global influence, which would unite the strengths of overseas Chinese and Hong Kong and Macao compatriots, serve the national development strategy, and contribute to realizing the Chinese Dream. She further emphasized the importance of leveraging overseas Chinese resources to support the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and promote the high-quality development of Guangdong province. The aim is to establish the Greater Bay Area as a strategic pivot for the new development pattern, a demonstration area for high-quality development, and a leading area for Chinese modernization.
2023华侨华人粤港澳大湾区大会将在江门举办
5月10日下午,2023华侨华人粤港澳大湾区大会新闻发布会在广州举行,公布了此次大会的具体安排。大会以“汇聚侨力量 圆梦大湾区”为主题,将于5月16日至18日在广东省江门市举行,邀请来自90个国家和地区约700名嘉宾参会。
大会采取“线下+线上”主分结合的办会形式,线下主会场设置在广东省江门市,线上分会场设在马来西亚、泰国、南非、英国、加拿大、美国、巴拿马、秘鲁、委内瑞拉、中国香港、中国澳门等国家和地区。
据介绍,本次大会邀请的嘉宾主要是知名侨领代表、商界领袖代表、专业人士代表、文化教育科技艺术界代表、为推动中国与所在国友好往来作出重要贡献的侨胞代表、知名爱国人士后人、华裔新生代代表,其中包括一批在政治、经济、科技、教育、传媒等领域具有国际影响力的杰出人士。大会还特别邀请了刚刚在北京参加第十届世界华侨华人社团联谊大会的部分代表,并邀请了国内部分知名企业家参会交流。
大会主要内容为一个主题大会,一次城市推介,三条考察路线,四个平行分会。具体包括国务院侨办领导致辞,广东省委主要领导致辞,香港、澳门特别行政区行政长官视频致辞,华侨华人代表发言,“侨助广东高质量发展”相关仪式,粤港澳大湾区“9+2”推介会及杰出华侨华人演讲,“侨青国情考察行”“侨商湾区行”“海外华媒看广东高质量发展”三条实地考察大湾区城市线路,四个平行分会就是“侨团建设”“侨青发展”“华文教育”“华文媒体”,以及侨乡华人嘉年华活动等。
广东省人民政府侨务办公室主任庞国梅表示,希望把大会办成凝聚海外侨胞和港澳同胞力量、服务国家发展战略、同圆共享中国梦的具有全球影响力的创新性平台,进一步发挥侨务资源优势,助力粤港澳大湾区建设和广东高质量发展,推动粤港澳大湾区成为新发展格局的战略支点、高质量发展的示范地、中国式现代化的引领地。
文、图 | 羊城晚报全媒体记者 谭铮
翻译 | 刘佳慧