On July 29, the "Jinping Guo · Haiyan Gathering 2024 Summer Social Practice Activity for International Students" sponsored by the Jinshan District Overseas Chinese Federation and the Pinghu Overseas Chinese Federation opened at the Shanghai Bay Area Science and Technology Innovation Center, and nearly 30 overseas students from Jinshan and Pinghu will learn more about the development and innovation and entrepreneurship environment of their hometown through a three-day activity, and gather the new generation of overseas Chinese to promote the economic and social development of Jinping and Pinghu.
In the afternoon of the same day, the international students visited the construction headquarters of Legoland Shanghai Resort and JOVO Agricultural Expo Park to learn about the characteristics and highlights of the project.
In the Chinese Peasant Painting Village, students wielded animation brushes and experienced the charm of intangible cultural heritage under the guidance of professional painters. It is reported that this event will allow overseas students from the two places to have a comprehensive understanding of the economic and social development and innovation and entrepreneurship environment of Jinshan District and Pinghu City through various forms such as field visits, traditional experiences, exchanges and interactions.
"This is a good opportunity for international students from Jinshan and Pinghu to communicate and learn from each other." —Carnegie Mellon University student Shihan Shen
"We can integrate each other in product design, packaging, painting style and works, and give foreign friends a different experience." - Gu Yi, student at the London College of the Arts
Since 2018, the overseas Chinese affairs departments of Jinshan and Pinghu have focused on the groups of new overseas Chinese and overseas students in the two places in line with the concept of "resource linkage and work interaction", forming the "Jinpingguo" brand of adjacent overseas Chinese affairs, which has been widely praised.
Pan Zhaoxuan, a cadre of the Jinshan District Federation of Overseas Chinese, said: "In the end, we hope that they can return to Jinshan to help Jinshan develop, and if they do not return to Jinshan, they can also spread the feelings of their hometown and the spirit of the countryside to more friends at home and abroad." ”
Zhang Sui, member of the Standing Committee of the Jinshan District Party Committee and Minister of the United Front Work Department, Zong Xiaohui, Deputy Director of the United Front Work Department of the Jiaxing Municipal Party Committee, Director of the Municipal Overseas Chinese Affairs Office and Chairman of the Federation of Overseas Chinese, and Shen Zhilin, Member of the Standing Committee of the Pinghu Municipal Party Committee and Minister of the United Front Work Department, attended the opening ceremony.
Reporter: Gou Rui
Correspondent: Pan Zhaoxuan
Editor: Yu Lanting
Editors: He Xiaoyan, Chen Weiting
Review: Chen Jianjun