KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 (Bernama) -- The 2023 Overseas Chinese Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Conference (OCBC) with attendance of over 700 representatives of overseas Chinese from 90 countries and regions, was recently held in Jiangmen, in southern China's Guangdong province.
The representatives include more than 100 overseas Chinese youth, gathered to observe the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) and tap the opportunities for business, investment, employment and education.
Organised by the People's Government of Jiangmen Municipality, the conference saw one in-person main venue in Jiangmen and 12 online branch venues in 11 countries and regions on five continents.
The OCBC also witnessed the signing ceremony of hiring overseas Chinese advisors to contribute to Guangdong's high-quality development, donation project of seedings for green and beautiful Guangdong, and cooperation projects of Chinese language education.
Besides, a promotion of the 11 GBA cities, field studies, and four parallel sessions were held, which revolve around establishing overseas Chinese organisations, developing overseas Chinese youth, Chinese language education and Chinese language media.
According to a statement, over 100 overseas Chinese youth representatives were invited to share their future outlook and aspirations as well as cultivate local traditions and culture, for the sustainable development of the overseas Chinese community.
Undertaking the conference, Jiangmen also launched the 2023 China (Jiangmen) Overseas Chinese Carnival in the ancient town of Chikan, Kaiping, showcasing intangible cultural heritage such as Pancun Lantern Festival, Lion Dance, and Wing Chun.
Last year, Jiangmen built the first service centre and platform to facilitate overseas Chinese investment and taxation, offshore public legal service centre and online notarisation service for overseas Chinese, among others.
The Jiangmen Center of Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration was also established to provide efficient and convenient international arbitration services for overseas Chinese.
-- BERNAMA
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