On the morning of October 15th, the first online World Youth Congress of 
Jiangmen was held, with the main venue in Jiangmen, Guangdong and parallel 
sessions in the United States, Brazil, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Australia, 
Malaysia, and Macao SAR of China. The event this year, bringing together people 
across the world who share the same origin to meet online, attracted 350 
overseas Chinese groups from 75 countries and regions, with over tens of 
thousands overseas guests and local folks watching online, and relevant 
representatives and entrepreneurs in Jiangmen participating in online and 
offline interactions. 

According to the Preparatory Committee of the 7th World Youth Congress of 
Jiangmen, the event is divided into three parts, namely, Online Meeting, Online 
Business Opportunity and Online Dialogue, focusing on the fields of economic 
and trade cooperation, cultural heritage, serving overseas Chinese, etc., with 
more attention being paid to diversity and innovation in both form and content, 
aiming at building a world youth congress that never ends.

At the event, Pang Guomei, Director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of 
Guangdong, said that the online congress was an innovative attempt made in 
response to the new situation and new conditions. She hoped that the overseas 
Chinese would actively participate in this innovative form of exchange 
platform, seize these high-end opportunities, tap into the full potential, and 
achieve new career development.

Liu Yi, Mayor of Jiangmen City, extended sincere greetings and best wishes to 
the all people, both from home and abroad, who are originated from Jiangmen, as 
well as old and new friends all over the world, and said that although the 
impossible meeting face to face for this great event at this moment would not 
keep our people's hearts apart, friendship and connectivity were achieved 
through real-time connection.

Jiangmen City is known as "the Capital of Overseas Chinese". Today, more than 4 
million overseas Chinese and compatriots in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan are 
originally from Jiangmen and they live in 107 countries and regions around the 
world, from whom Jiangmen City has received donations totaling 27.323 million 
yuan, with donated money equivalent of 13.395 million yuan and materials worth 
13.928 million yuan, respectively, since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic 
this year. 

Since the establishment of the World Youth Congress of Jiangmen 12 years ago, 
the scale and influence of this biennial event have gradually increased, with 
each previous session attracting more than 1,000 young elites from more than 30 
countries or regions globally. At present, 26 overseas Jiangmen Wuyi Youth 
Federations have been established in 21 countries and regions, gradually 
building a global youth network for Jiangmen's international contacts, and 
setting up a youthful stage for Jiangmen and even China's exchanges and 
cooperation with the world.

Source: The Preparatory Committee of the 7th World Youth Congress of Jiangmen