New Hainan Client, Nanhai Net, Nanguo Metropolis Daily January 22 news (reporter Han Xing) In December 2021, the Hainan Public Diplomacy Association was officially established. Fu Qiongfen, a member of the Hainan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, proposed during the two sessions of the Hainan Provincial People's Political Consultative Conference in 2022 that as a public diplomacy platform, the Hainan Public Diplomacy Association should continue to expand Hainan's "international circle of friends", give full play to the advantages of Hainan's overseas Chinese resources, carry out public diplomacy work, and tell the story of Hainan Free Trade Port.
Fu Qiongfen, a member of the Hainan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, spoke at the panel discussion of the Fifth Session of the Seventh CPPCC National Committee of Hainan Province. Photo by reporter Cao Zhi
"There are more than 3.9 million Hainanese villagers in Hainan, distributed in more than 50 countries and regions in the world, and many Overseas Chinese from Hainan have considerable influence in the local area." Fu Qiongfen said in an interview with reporters that through the platform of the Public Diplomacy Association, these overseas Chinese compatriots can become a bridge between Hainan and the country where they are located, and contribute to the construction of a good international environment for the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port.
Fu Qiongfen believes that Hainan's public diplomacy work should focus on the goal positioning of the construction of the free trade port, and through the channel of non-governmental diplomacy, widely publicize the ecological and environmental advantages and policy advantages of the construction of the Hainan free trade port to all countries in the world, and at the same time understand the world's prevailing economic and trade rules and international experience, and create a public diplomacy brand with Hainan characteristics.
Fu Qiongfen, a member of the Hainan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, was interviewed by reporters from the New Hainan Client, Nanhai Net, and Nanguo Metropolis Daily. Photo by reporter Cao Zhi
"The influence of platforms and activities such as the Boao Forum for Asia and the China International Consumer Goods Expo is getting stronger and stronger, and holding people-to-people diplomacy forums, exhibitions, exchange meetings, etc. on various themes can play a superimposed effect and continuously expand Hainan's influence in the world." Fu Qiongfen said.
Source: South China Sea Network