Shanghai Daily

Zhoushan is at the forefront of energy, shipbuildi­ng and fishing

- Li Xinran

Zhoushan, amid the busy East China Sea, is the largest archipelag­o of China. An offshore city that comprises 1,390 islands and 3,306 reefs, Zhoushan is home to more than 1.1 million people, and at the front line of the nation’s energy strategy, as well as shipbuildi­ng and fishing industries.

Since the Neolithic Period 6,000 years ago, Zhoushanes­e have become synonymous with being diligent, tough, optimistic and spearheadi­ng.

Zhoushanes­e throughout the world have inherited that spirit and excelled in many fields.

On the 70th anniversar­y of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Zhoushan calls on its great sons and daughters throughout the country and from around the world to come home and make a contributi­on to the future developmen­t of the industrial and trading hub.

Since 2011, with the establishm­ent of Zhoushan Archipelag­o New Area, or the fourth state-level new area in the country, Zhoushan Port Comprehens­ive Bonded Zone, Zhoushan Ocean-River Transporta­tion Service Center and China (Zhejiang ) Pilot Free Trade Zone, Zhoushan has many rare opportunit­ies for developmen­t.

A World Zhoushanes­e Congress will be held in November to help build a platform for exchange, cooperatio­n and common developmen­t.

It will play an important role in

further deepening economic and trade exchanges and cooperatio­n at home and abroad, promote investment and recruitmen­t, and accelerate the constructi­on of Zhoushan Archipelag­o New Area.

At present, hundreds of thousands of Zhoushanes­e are living away from home.

They are mainly in developed countries and domestical­ly in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Yangtze River Delta region, Pearl River Delta region, Beijing and Tianjin.

Among them, there are political and business leaders, top-notch scientists and countless unsung heroes who have made extraordin­ary achievemen­ts in their own fields.

At the same time, Zhoushanes­e who are living away from home are more willing to give feedback to developing their hometown.

The upcoming World Zhoushanes­e Congress will establish a communicat­ions platform.

“The grand meeting opens on November 1, the best day to demonstrat­e the great achievemen­ts of Zhoushan’s developmen­t in the past 70 years, and sum up the practical experience of the constructi­on of the Zhoushan Archipelag­o New Area,” said Wang Wei, director of the United Front Work Department of Communist Party of China Zhoushan Committee.

“It will allow Zhoushanes­e at home and abroad to have a comprehens­ive understand­ing of rapidly changing Zhoushan, share the fruitful achievemen­ts of reform and opening-up in

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A sculpture on the beach of the Huanglong Island — He Jiangyong

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