May 8th,General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President Xi Jinping cordially met with representatives of the 10th World Overseas Chinese Association Friendship Conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. On behalf of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, he extended a warm welcome to everyone and extended sincere greetings to overseas Chinese from all over the world.
Wang Huning, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and Cai Qi, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, attended the meeting.
At 10:30 a.m., Xi Jinping and others came to the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People, and there was a long warm applause. Xi Jinping and others waved to the representatives, communicated with everyone cordially and took a group photo as a souvenir.
Shi Taifeng, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, attended the meeting and delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the conference that morning. He pointed out that overseas Chinese have the unique advantage of accommodating China and foreign countries, an important bridge and link between China and the world, and a new force to promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. I hope that the majority of overseas Chinese will work together and move forward bravely, deeply implement the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind, actively promote world peace and Sino-foreign friendship, actively promote global development and win-win cooperation, and actively promote
promote global development and win-win cooperation, and actively promote exchanges and mutual learning between China and foreign countries. On the new journey of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the construction Compose a new chapter.
The World Overseas Chinese Association Conference is an important platform for the exchange of major overseas Chinese associations and leaders around the world. With the theme of "accompassing China and foreign countries and promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind", nearly 500 heads of overseas Chinese associations from more than 130 countries and regions attended the conference.