In the past few days, Gu Ailing has completely caught fire and has become a veritable "top stream".
On February 8, Gu Ailing won the gold medal in the final of the freestyle ski women's big jump at the Beijing Winter Olympics with a score of 188.25 points, creating history.
For a time, Gu Ailing brushed the screen network.
At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, I counted the 50 news on the Weibo hot search list, and Gu Ailing occupied 23 of them, nearly half of them. In my impression as an amateur Weibo user, no one has ever received such a huge flood of traffic.
All kinds of WeChat pushes are Gu Ailing's information, app opening screen is Gu Ailing's endorsement, even ordering a cup of coffee is "Gu Ailing recommended"...
There are many reasons for this.
Including Gu Ailing's prominent family background, including the 18-year-old girl's own excellent experience, conversation and pattern, Stanford famous school and youthful and beautiful image, including the courage and perseverance of choosing the last jump, etc., each of which is a "traffic password".
There is also a crucial reason, Gu Ailing's nationality status.
Born in San Francisco, USA, Gu Ailing officially announced her conversion to Chinese citizenship in June 2019. Her mother, Gu Yan, is from Beijing, and betting on China's national fortunes is the right step. Coupled with the hosting of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, we as hosts have multiplied this attention, and the time and place are favorable.
Some people commented, Gu Ailing, your Chinese is really good. Gu Ailing's reply is also very good: I am a Chinese, I am a Beijing girl who grew up in a hutong.
For our country, of course, We welcome Gu Ailing to return to the embrace of the motherland and welcome the practical actions taken by outstanding Chinese people around the world to be optimistic about China.
At a time when we are becoming more and more confident and the natural growth rate of the domestic population has hit a new low, we need to open our arms to the world and welcome the global Chinese and talents from all over the world to contribute to our development.
At this moment, Gu Ailing, is the best example.
The Immigration Battle Behind the Slowdown in Population Growth:
It is better to encourage three children than to encourage immigration
Twenty years ago, there was also a sensational genius girl, that is, "Harvard Girl" Liu Yiting.
In contrast to Gu Ailing, this highly qualified student who graduated from chengdu's foreign Chinese college later changed his nationality and stayed in the United States. The main contribution of the vow to return from studying abroad to serve the motherland is to promote the hot sales of two best-selling books.
Liu Yiting's later experience is not "invisible to everyone", and I will not comment too much here. However, it is indeed an indisputable fact that she has gradually faded from the perspective of foreigners from the moment of popularity.
It is also easy to understand that at that time, our national strength was not so strong, and the United States was the "harvester" that attracted global talent.
And we, in the past, have always been a big exporter of talents.
According to the United Nations, by 2019, there were about 272 million international migrants in the world, accounting for about 3.5% of the global population. Of these immigrants, the top three countries of origin are India (18 million), Mexico (12 million) and China (11 million).
The top three destination countries are: the United States (51 million), Germany (13 million), and Saudi Arabia (13 million). Of these immigrants, 74% are of working age (20-64 years old).
The U.S. population totals more than 300 million people, of which 51 million are immigrants, accounting for 17%. Most of these immigrants are of working age.
Over the years, the United States, as a developed country, does not seem to have to worry about fertility at all, because there are countries around the world that continue to "cultivate" talents for the United States. I have excellent employment and education opportunities here, so come here.
We are less worried about population decline because of the relatively high natural population growth rate in the past.
In recent years, the population growth rate has continued to decline. With just 480,000 people growing in 2021, it's likely that we will soon usher in the first population decline in history.
On the other hand, with our comprehensive national strength constantly improving, the economic growth rate declining but still relatively fast, and the cultural system more confident, it is time to start vigorously attracting global talent.
In addition to encouraging childbearing and subsidizing the three children, perhaps more importantly, continue to make the economic development stronger, strive to build a good university, encourage the development of good enterprises, attract Chinese from all over the world to return to China, especially very good young people like Gu Ailing, and further attract talents from other ethnic groups.
In fact, the effect of encouraging fertility is not obvious, and the future immigration dispute may become the key to competition.
Therefore, we fully welcome Gu Ailing back to China, and let the outstanding talents who love the motherland have good development and good resources.
It is conceivable that even if Gu Ailing did not achieve such good results in the end, her attention would still be very high.
Half a year before the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Gu Ailing's image began to appear frequently in domestic subway stations, café posters, elevator billboards, and open-screen advertisements for Apps such as Weibo. In the Winter Olympic promotional videos of major brands and platforms, Gu Ailing's figure can also be seen.
In addition, according to statistics, in 2021, Gu Ailing has become the spokesperson of more than 20 brands, not only domestic brands such as Mengniu and Luckin, but also international luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton and Tiffany, and its endorsement income has exceeded 200 million yuan.
After returning to the motherland, Gu Ailing's commercial value has increased greatly, which is the best proof of our attractiveness.
Why immigration matters,
Because you can create [miracles]
Why immigration is important, let's look at it from another perspective.
Inside our country, there is a migrant city that has created a "miracle", that is, Shenzhen. This is a global first-tier city that has developed from scratch and developed in just 40 years.
In the Spring Festival movie, "Miracle" with Shenzhen Huaqiang North as the background shows the entrepreneurial story of Shenzhen in the process of reform and opening up, which has attracted wide attention.
In addition to good policy support, the ability to attract the nation's brightest young people to work and live here is a key factor in the city's continued vitality.
For a region, it is an open system, and it can continuously introduce talents and introduce negative entropy, so that the region can more easily develop in a good direction.
In the past decade, Shenzhen's population has increased by more than 7 million, and a large proportion of them are young talents.
Because Shenzhen is a city of immigrants, it is more open, inclusive, not exclusive, and there is no burden on development, and everyone is bent on developing the economy well.
In addition to Shenzhen, the same similar characteristics in China is the Shanghai Pudong New Area. In the United States, the most immigrant area is Silicon Valley.
This is true for the country, and it is also true for the city, encouraging immigrants to attract talents is an important driving force for development.
As individuals, we must also follow the trend and choose to work and live in developed areas where the population flows in, so as to better share the development dividend.