The "overseas Chinese" of the two sessions in Gansu are waiting for the first time: expanding the "Belt and Road" circle of friends to promote two-way trade

Source: China News Network

Lanzhou, 20 Jan (Zhang Jing) -- At the "two sessions" being held in Gansu, members of the Gansu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the members attending the meeting gave full play to the characteristics of "overseas Chinese", relying on the "Belt and Road" International Technology Transfer Center of the Gansu Provincial Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, based on the province's resource advantages, "overseas Chinese" are the first to wait for Gansu to expand the "Belt and Road" circle of friends and make suggestions and suggestions around economic and social development.

It is reported that the "Belt and Road" International Technology Transfer Center of the Gansu Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese was established in June 2021, led by the Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese of Gansu Province, and jointly initiated by 29 enterprises at home and abroad, universities and scientific research institutes in Gansu Province, aiming to actively expand exchanges and cooperation with ASEAN, Central Asia, South Asia and Arab countries in agriculture, culture, energy, education and other fields.

Ma Yutian, a "post-80s" Hui boy, went to Malaysia in 2012 to set up a tourism company to promote the "marriage" between Gansu Province and Malaysia in tourism, culture, economy and trade. Today, Ma Yutian has also changed from a businessman to an "official business representative", and as the chairman of the Overseas Chinese Merchants Alliance of Gansu Province and the chief representative of the Gansu Commercial Representative Office in Malaysia, he attended the fifth meeting of the 12th Gansu Provincial Committee.

This is also the first time that the Gansu Provincial Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese has recommended representatives of overseas Chinese to attend the CPPCC meeting as observers. Ma Yutian said in an interview with China News Network reporter at the meeting that many years of overseas Chinese work experience has increased exchanges with overseas Chinese businessmen around the world, and through mutual release of information, exchange of experience, sharing of resources, docking projects, etc., for Gansu "overseas Chinese" to connect world resources and help development.

The picture shows actors from Ukraine participating in the large-scale sitcom "Silk Road Flower Rain". (Data map) Photo by Yang Yanmin

In recent years, Gansu has continuously improved the policy of attracting investment and investment, improved the investment environment, worked hard to improve the level of utilization of foreign capital, and expanded all-round cooperation with countries along the Silk Road Economic Belt, which has played an important role in prospering the regional economy, increasing employment in the province, and driving foreign trade and industrial upgrading.

"But overall, Gansu Province has little foreign investment and low utilization rate of foreign capital." Yan Pengxun, member of the Gansu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and chairman of the Gansu Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, said that when enterprises "going out" carry out international production capacity cooperation, they have problems such as low overseas yields, insufficient investment funds, insufficient project demonstration, and poor policy communication, and it is urgent for the government and relevant parties to integrate resources and smooth channels.

To this end, Yan Pengxun suggested expanding opening up to the outside world and attracting foreign investment. Taking the domestic cycle as the main body, it is not to close the door to closed operation, but to implement a wider scope, a wider range of fields, and a deeper level of opening up by giving full play to the potential of domestic demand, coordinating the two domestic and international markets, making good use of financial and intellectual resources.

Yan Pengxun said that the biggest opportunity for Gansu is the "Belt and Road", and it is necessary to give full play to the advantages of location and channels, make good use of platforms such as the Cultural Fair and the Pharmaceutical Expo, and actively take action in building a new land-sea corridor in the western region, expanding two-way trade and investment, and deepening cooperation with countries along the route in resource development and production capacity.

He also said: In particular, foreign-related and overseas Chinese-related departments should actively "go out and invite in," make targeted visits to overseas, make friendships and friends, widely publicize and promote Gansu, tell the story of Gansu well, expand Gansu's influence, invite more foreign and overseas Chinese businessmen to Gansu to walk around and see more, and attract more foreign and overseas Chinese capital with advantageous characteristic industries and preferential policies to inject new impetus into Gansu's economic development. (End)