The breeze is warm, the spring is strong, the group is full of flowers, and the flowers are vying for beauty. Around the 45th Arbor Day of the People's Republic of China, the Municipal Science and Technology Commission and the Zhongguancun Management Committee (Municipal Bureau of Foreign Experts) held a tree-planting activity of "Planting Friendship Trees and Talking about Science and Technology Innovation", and organized some foreign experts in Beijing to go into Pinggu District to experience Beijing's shallow mountains, flowers, and customs.
The event implements the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech when participating in the voluntary tree-planting activity in the capital on April 3, and invites more than 30 foreign expert representatives from 18 countries, including the United States, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Pakistan and India, to carry out tree-planting activities in Pinggu District, which is known as the "Peach Blossom Spring" in the suburbs of Beijing. The foreign experts visited the violin making workshop of Huadong Musical Instrument Co., Ltd. to learn about the violin making process, and played live with the violin craftsmen to feel the unique charm of "China's music valley and the hometown of violin". Gong Weimi, deputy director of the Municipal Science and Technology Commission and Zhongguancun Management Committee, and Liu Kun, deputy head of the Pinggu District Government, participated in the event and planted an "expert forest" to witness the friendship between China and foreign countries and promote the development of science and technology innovation in Xiagezhuang Waterfront Forest Park with foreign experts.
On behalf of the Municipal Science and Technology Commission and the Zhongguancun Management Committee (Municipal Bureau of Foreign Experts), Gong Weimi thanked the foreign experts in Beijing for their contributions to the development and construction of Beijing. He said that foreign experts have played an important role in promoting Beijing's high-quality development and promoting Sino-foreign exchanges and cooperation. At present, Beijing is speeding up the construction of an international science and technology innovation center and a world-leading science and technology park in Zhongguancun, comprehensively promoting Chinese-style modernization with high-quality development, and providing a broad world for foreign experts to display their talents in Beijing. Beijing will strive to build a world-class business environment and provide convenience for foreigners to work, study and live in Beijing, and hopes that foreign experts will give full play to their talents in the construction of the Beijing International Science and Technology Innovation Center, serve as a bridge between China and the world, and jointly tell the "Beijing story". Liu Kun welcomed the Municipal Science and Technology Commission and the Zhongguancun Management Committee to organize foreign experts to participate in tree planting in Pinggu, hoping that through this tree planting activity, the new image of Pinggu and the new style of agricultural Zhongguancun construction will be displayed, and a bridge for exchanges and cooperation between Pinggu District and foreign experts will be built.
HE YALI, A PROFESSOR AT THE BEIJING INSTITUTE OF BRAIN SCIENCE AND BRAIN-LIKE RESEARCH, SAID THAT THE NATURAL SCENERY OF PINGGU DISTRICT IS BEAUTIFUL, WHICH IS VERY SUITABLE FOR VACATION AND LEISURE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN ADDITION TO BUSY SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. MARKUS KELLER, VICE PRESIDENT OF BEIJING MERCEDES, SAID THAT THE POLICIES AND SERVICES FOR FOREIGN TALENTS IN BEIJING CONTINUE TO IMPROVE, AND HE AND HIS FAMILY LIKE TO WORK AND LIVE IN BEIJING. Olagoke Olugbenga ALAMU from Beijing University of Foreign Chinese said that this is the first time to come to Pinggu District, where the scenery is beautiful and the rural industry is very distinctive, which has enriched his understanding of Beijing, and hopes to have more opportunities to participate in such activities.
Under the guidance of the Municipal Science and Technology Commission and the Zhongguancun Management Committee (Municipal Bureau of Foreign Experts), the Beijing Science and Technology Talent Development Center has continued to strengthen the service of foreign experts, and has won unanimous praise from foreign experts in Beijing. Zhongguancun "Green Card Express" for foreign high-level talents is praised by foreign talents as the fastest green card processing speed in the world. In addition, the Talent Center continues to deepen the project management of foreign experts, build a platform for foreign experts to exchange activities, enrich and enliven the spare time life of foreign experts, coordinate and solve the practical difficulties of foreign experts, enhance the sense of belonging and integration of foreign experts in Beijing, and support foreign experts to contribute to the construction of Beijing International Science and Technology Innovation Center.