“Looking at the Reconstruction and Tibetan Areas and ARATS Directors’ Sichuan Tour” event was launched in Sichuan – Entering the hometown of overseas Chinese – Sponsored by Italian Xinhua Times, Xinhua Media Network, Chinese Entrepreneurs Association

Tao Wuxian said that in September 2008, marked by the promulgation and implementation of the “Master Plan for Post-Wenchuan Earthquake Restoration and Reconstruction” by the State Council, earthquake relief has fully entered the post-disaster restoration and reconstruction stage. Over the past two years, Sichuan has made every effort to promote the restoration, reconstruction, development and revitalization of the disaster area, and has achieved The goal of “basically completing the three-year reconstruction task in two years” has achieved a major victory in post-disaster recovery and reconstruction. This earthquake-stricken area, which once had its mountains and rivers shattered, has taken on a new look. It has undergone tremendous changes and written a vivid chapter in the history of Sichuan’s development from tragic to heroic.

Tao Wuxian pointed out that Sichuan is a province inhabited by many ethnic groups, including the second largest Tibetan area in the country. In recent years, Tibetan areas in Sichuan have adhered to the system of regional ethnic autonomy, firmly grasped the three major issues of development, stability, and people’s livelihood, and focused on the improvement of people’s livelihood, the development of social undertakings, ecological environment protection, infrastructure construction, and industrial cultivation, especially vigorously The implementation of the herdsmen settlement action plan and the tent new life action, the “9+3” free education plan, and the health development plan as the “three major livelihood projects” have promoted the Tibetan areas of Sichuan to become prosperous, civilized and harmonious, and are widely welcomed by the herdsmen in the Tibetan areas. Welcome and wholeheartedly support. I hope that all the directors will visit and learn more about Tibetan areas in Sichuan, and when they return, they can objectively and truly publicize the new changes and new aspects of the development of Tibetan areas to the overseas Chinese and the international community.

Tao Wuxian said that in the past three years, Sichuan has faced the impact of the devastating earthquake disaster and the international financial crisis. It has turned difficulties into opportunities, pressure into motivation, and bad things into good things. It has focused on post-disaster recovery and reconstruction on the one hand, and the construction of the western economic development highland on the other. The province’s economy has maintained a steady and rapid development momentum. At the same time, it adheres to the implementation of a fully open cooperation strategy and becomes the most investment attractive region in western China and the frontier and window for opening up in western China. At present, we are seizing the historical opportunity of the central government’s major decision on in-depth implementation of the Western Development Strategy and striving to build Sichuan into a highland for industrial development, technological innovation, inland opening up and talent gathering in the west. The open and enthusiastic Sichuan people are grateful for the selfless support of overseas Chinese and welcome more overseas Chinese to Sichuan for inspection, investment and entrepreneurship, and to seek common development.

According to the person in charge of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Sichuan Province, more than 200 overseas directors of the China Overseas Exchange Association will go to Wenchuan, Dujiangyan, Beichuan, Mianzhu and other hardest-hit areas as well as the Garze Tibetan area from the 9th to the 13th to inspect the post-disaster reconstruction results and new developments in Tibetan areas. face.

Representatives of the Italian overseas Chinese community Liu Guanghua, Liao Zonglin, Qiu Huihua, Dong Bangyun and others participated in this event.