A major convocation of overseas Chinese, overseas Chinese returnees and their families, was held in Beijing from August 29 to September 1. All seven members of the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) attended the opening ceremony. State media highlighted the fact that nearly 1,300 returnees from over 110 countries, as well as 700 overseas Chinese, attended. In his remarks, Zhao Leji, Chairman of the CDIC and member of the PBSC, told the invitees: “Always remember [how] the Party and the People have entrusted you; spread good news about China; assist the development of the fatherland; safeguard the virtue of the Chinese people; promulgate Chinese culture; make new contributions to the realization of the China Dream of the Great Rejuvenation of the Chinese people and promote the construction of a Community of Shared Human Destiny.”
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