2024-01-24 09:58:00
China Daily, January 24 (Reporter Liu Mingtai and Zhang Yi) On January 23, 2024, the opening ceremony of the 30th Taiwan Youth Winter Camp of the All-China Taiwan Federation was held at Jilin University. Zheng Jianmin, president of the All-China Taiwan Federation, attended and announced the opening of the camp. More than 200 people, including leaders from the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Central Committee of the Taiwan League, the China Overseas Friendship Association, Jilin University and other relevant departments, as well as youths from both sides of the Taiwan Strait, attended the opening ceremony.
The 30th Taiwan Compatriot Youth Winter Camp of the All-China Taiwan Federation opens in Changchun, Jilin
The Youth Winter Camp for Taiwan compatriots is a cross-strait youth exchange brand project established by the National Taiwan Federation to extensively connect with Taiwan compatriots, serve Taiwan compatriots enthusiastically, and closely unite Taiwan compatriots. It has been successfully held for 29 times since 1989, with more than 7,000 young Taiwan compatriots participating. The event aims to promote China’s excellent traditional culture, comprehensively display the economic and social development achievements of the motherland, enhance cross-strait youth exchanges and interactions, and guide Taiwan compatriot youth to establish a correct view of history, ethnicity, and country.
At the opening ceremony, Zheng Jianmin said in his speech that this winter camp is the first cross-strait youth exchange event this year. He hopes that young Taiwanese friends will go out more through the winter camp, “see with their eyes, listen with their ears, and understand with their hearts” and experience Chinese culture. The extensive and profound historical heritage, the cultural customs of the same ancestors and the same origin on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, the understanding of the economic and social development and construction achievements of the mainland, and the introduction of a more real, three-dimensional and comprehensive mainland motherland to family and friends in Taiwan. It is hoped that young friends on both sides of the Taiwan Strait will communicate with each other, enhance understanding, become good friends and partners, jointly shoulder the responsibilities of the times, and jointly promote the peaceful and integrated development of cross-Strait relations. The All-China Taiwan Federation is the “home” of compatriots of all ethnic groups in Taiwan on the mainland. It always adheres to the concept of “one family on both sides of the Taiwan Strait”, thoroughly implements the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions on work with Taiwan, respects, cares for, and benefits Taiwan compatriots, and provides Provide more convenient conditions for Taiwanese youth to study, find employment, start a business, and live on the mainland, and strive to promote cross-strait integrated development.
Lou Shaohua, executive deputy director of the United Front Work Department of the Jilin Provincial Party Committee, said that compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are connected by blood and culture, and the trend of cross-Strait exchanges and cooperation is unstoppable. Only when the country is good and the nation is good can the compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait be good. I hope that the majority of Taiwanese youth can grasp the historical trend and uphold the national justice. In recent years, Jilin has continuously deepened practical cooperation between Jilin and Taiwan, always respected, cared for, and benefited Taiwan compatriots, actively created conditions and provided convenience for Taiwanese businessmen, Taiwanese cadres, and Taiwanese students to develop in Jilin, and warmly welcomed the majority of Taiwanese youth to choose to study in Jilin. , employment, entrepreneurship, and life, be an active promoter of exchanges and cooperation between Jilin and Taiwan, and contribute youthful energy to promote the peaceful and integrated development of cross-Strait relations and promote the great cause of the reunification of the motherland.
Kong Lingzhi, president of the Taiwan Federation of Jilin Province, said that in recent years, more and more young people from Taiwan have been attracted by the colorful ethnic customs, magnificent natural scenery, and rapid social development of the mainland, and come to the mainland to work, study, visit and exchange. The Jilin branch camp will lead the majority of young Taiwan compatriots to experience the unique ice and snow culture, fishing and hunting culture, inheritance of intangible cultural heritage skills, rural revitalization practices, etc., while enriching their experience and increasing their knowledge, it will also enhance the emotional exchanges between young people across the Taiwan Strait and help Taiwanese young people fully understand The history and culture of both sides of the Taiwan Strait are of the same origin, and the compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait share a common destiny. They are a family whose blood is thicker than water.
Liu Xingren, honorary chairman of the Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Cultural Federation, said that young people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait met, got to know each other and even got married through the exchange platform of winter camp, which has become an indelible memory for the young people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Youth are the hope of the country and the future of the nation. It is hoped that as cross-Strait exchanges become more frequent and communication methods become more diversified, young people on both sides of the Strait can deepen their understanding of each other, bravely shoulder their responsibilities and missions, seize the historical opportunities of the rapid development of the motherland, and work together to create a better future. future.
Representative of the Taiwanese campers, Zheng Yayun, a student from the Yinghua Department of Chung Yuan University, said that she hopes to use this winter camp to travel and see the mainland, understand the historical context of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, feel the blood connection between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, understand the motherland more truly and objectively, and learn about the relationship with the mainland. Young friends from mainland universities are full of expectations to get to know each other, communicate and learn. It is hoped that in the future, the two sides of the Taiwan Strait can carry out more communication and exchanges, eliminate barriers, realize that young people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are one family, and cross-Strait relations can develop steadily.
The theme of this winter camp is “Joining Hands to Rejuvenate Youth and Looking to the Future Together”, and the content is divided into three parts: the opening ceremony and cross-strait youth gala, local characteristic branch camp, and short video works display. Offline branches can simultaneously watch the opening ceremony online. Different themed routes have been designed in 14 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions including Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Henan, Gansu, and Xinjiang. Focusing on the purpose of inheriting and promoting China’s excellent traditional culture, various forms of exchange activities have been carried out to build cross-strait youth exchanges. The “bridge of connection” of fusion. During the activities, the campers will also use self-media short videos and other forms to promote the discovery of beautiful China on the island and overseas, see the beautiful stories of both sides of the Taiwan Strait, support the integrated development of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, and comprehensively demonstrate the youth of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait working together and moving forward bravely. Mental outlook.
At the opening ceremony, Zheng Jianmin presented the general flag of the winter camp to Ren, director of the Liaison Department of the All-China Federation of Taiwan Federations, and launched the opening of the camp together with guests from relevant units.
It is reported that on the day of the opening ceremony, the All-China Taiwan Federation also held cultural lectures, university visits, immersive experiences of Chinese culture, and cross-strait youth gala. The campers of this winter camp mainly come from universities on the island, as well as children born in marriage on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the second and third generations of overseas Taiwanese compatriots. The total number of campers is about 500.
[Editor in charge: Yan Yujie]
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