The 10th National Congress of Returned Overseas Chinese and their Relatives was held in Beijing from Aug. 29 to Sept.1, which nearly 2,000 people attended, including representatives of returned Chinese and their relatives and overseas Chinese nationals as the specially invited guests from around China and more than 110 countries. Prof. Long Denggao from CCES participated in and accepted an interview by a reporter of China News Service (CNS).
The opening ceremony and the closing ceremony were held in the Great Hall of the People. The Party and government leaders Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Li Zhanshu, Wang Yang, Wang Huning, Han Zheng and Wang Qishan attended the Congress for congratulations. Zhao Leji addressed the Congress on behalf of the CPC Central Committee with the speech Pooling Strength of Overseas Chinese for the New Era to Write a New Chapter of the Nation’s Salvation. The broad returned Chinese and their relatives and overseas Chinese nationals always breathe the same breath as the people, share the same future, give play to their unique advantages, make active contributions, and demonstrate the sentiment of loving motherland and cherishing hometown, striving spirit and open and confident international image. The 19th CPC National Congress designed the grand blueprint of securing a decisive victory in building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and embarking on a new journey of fully building a modern socialist China, which are common goals of the Party and Chinese People and common missions of all the sons and daughters of the Chinese nation at home and abroad. It is hoped that returned Chinese and their relatives and overseas Chinese nationals will keep firmly in mind the hopes of the Party and the people, disseminate China’s voice, boost China’s development, work together for the greater national interests, promote Chinese culture and make new contributions to realizing the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation and building a community with a shared future for mankind. Wan Lijun, Permanent Chairman of the Presidium of the Congress, on behalf of the 9th Committee of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, delivered the work report to the Congress with the title of New Thought, New Era and New Works to Realize the Chinese Dream of National Rejuvenation by Uniting the Broad Returned Chinese and their Relatives and Overseas Chinese Nationals.
Wang Huning, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, and Secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, attended the closing ceremony. The Congress launched the initiative to the broad returned Chinese and their relatives and overseas Chinese nationals on, in the new era, fighting to win honor for, struggling to boost the development of and making unremitting efforts to expand the friend circle of our motherland. The new era is one in which returned Chinese and their relatives and overseas Chinese nationals are able to develop their abilities to the full. We should transform the Party’s stress on, care for and ardent anticipation of returned Chinese and their relatives and overseas Chinese nationals into practical actions of keeping on working with great determination and pioneering, to render meritorious service and make joint efforts to realize the Chinese Dream.
During the Congress, Wang Yi, State Councilor and Foreign Minister, delivered a special lecture to the delegates in Jingxi Hotel additionally.
