On October 20th, Sun Minsheng, party secretary of the Hunan Overseas Chinese Federation, Li Zuyuan, member of the Party Leadership Group and vice chairman of the Hunan Overseas Chinese Federation met with Chen Shuizhen, president of New Zealand Overseas Chinese Federation, and conveyed the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress.
Sun Minsheng extended a warm welcome to Chen Shuizheng and her team, and thanked the New Zealand Overseas Chinese Federation for its contribution in promoting friendly exchanges between China and New Zealand, spreading Chinese culture and supporting the fight against COVID-19 of Hunan. He hoped Chen Shuizhen and her group would come to travel around Hunan more often, actively promote excellent Hunan enterprises overseas. The Hunan Overseas Chinese Federation will further strengthen contacts and exchanges with the New Zealand Overseas Chinese Federation, support the New Zealand Overseas Chinese Federation in promoting and spreading Chinese culture, telling Chinese stories, and presenting a credible, lovely and respectable image of Chinese. At the same time, he hoped that the New Zealand Overseas Chinese Federation will further develop and grow, so that they can safeguard the rights and interests of overseas Chinese in the local area, gather the strength of overseas Chinese, and show the responsibility and style of overseas Chinese.
Chen Shuizhen introduced the basic status quo of the New Zealand Overseas Chinese Federation and the remarkable achievements in cultural exchange in recent years they have made. She hoped that the Hunan Overseas Chinese Federation would further care and support the work of the New Zealand Overseas Chinese Federation, better promote the extensive and profound Chinese culture and the unique Huxiang(Hunan) culture, and tell the story of China and Hunan to the world. In the next stage, the New Zealand Overseas Chinese Federation will preach the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congressto the overseas Chinese, continue to hold the "China National Culture Day" and other activities, unite the local overseas Chinese, continue to promote China-New Zealand friendly cultural exchanges, and contribute to Hunan's opening up to the outside world.