I heard that many Fujian people work in America. Where in America?

500,000 Fujian immigrants changed New York Chinatown from one to four.

Great changes have taken place in new york's Chinatown in recent ten years. First of all, the old Chinatown in lower Manhattan expanded its territory, crossed the Canal Avenue to the north and entered the "Little Italy" which was once dominated by Italians. East occupied East Broadway, which was abandoned before. Secondly, in Flushing, Queens, new york's "Second Chinatown", which used to have a bad climate, is now next to supermarkets and restaurants, and its scale and popularity even exceed that of Manhattan's old Chinatown. In addition, the Third Chinatown on Eighth Avenue in Brooklyn and the Fourth Chinatown in Amherst, Queens have also begun to take shape.

These changes in Chinatown are attributed to the new immigrants from China, especially from Fujian. Chen Qingquan, chairman of Fujian Hometown Association, the largest and oldest overseas Chinese group in new york, told reporters that there are 700,000 to 800,000 Fujian immigrants in the United States and 400,000 to 500,000 in new york, which is at least double that of a decade ago. Overseas Chinese organizations of Fujian immigrants have also increased from more than 20 at that time to more than 100 now. In the past, new york's Chinatown was dominated by Guangdong immigrants, but now Fujian immigrants have surpassed Guangdong immigrants and become the largest group of Chinese immigrants in new york.

With the increase of new immigrants in Fujian, the scale of "Chinatown" has been expanding, and various industries have also increased, from banks, hotels, hotels and supermarkets to stalls selling cooked food and telephone cards.

From take-away shops to food supermarkets, do enough articles on eating.

As we all know, opening Chinese restaurants is an important means of livelihood for early Chinese immigrants. However, the arrival of new immigrants from Fujian has brought profound changes to China restaurants.

Most of these new Fujian immigrants come from rural Fujian. They immigrated through relatives who have already been in the United States, but some of them came illegally. When they first arrived in the United States, these new immigrants could not speak English and had no skills. They had to work in the China restaurant where the early immigrants from China lived, because they could work without English. Although the salary and living conditions of working in Chinese restaurants are not high, the experience of working in Chinese restaurants has laid the foundation for the future development of these new immigrants in Fujian.

Because eating habits are the most difficult thing for China people to change after going abroad, new immigrants from Fujian started eating articles. They are optimistic about the China market, and have opened Chinese takeout shops one after another. This kind of takeaway shop can be opened without a professional chef, one person or two couples and a few helpers. At present, 90% of Chinese takeout shops in new york are run by Fujian people, and there are at least 5,000.

Besides running Chinese takeout shops, new immigrants from Fujian also brought Chinese food supermarkets to new york. China people like to eat fresh vegetables and raw seafood, but they are not interested in frozen food in American supermarkets, which provides a market for food supermarkets in China. In fact, there are also shops selling fresh vegetables, fresh meat, fish and shrimp in old Chinatown, but their shops are relatively small and have a single variety. China food supermarkets run by Fujian immigrants are different. Not only the space is large, the goods are complete, clean and tidy, but also there is a large parking lot. This is a completely modern supermarket. The reporter has a friend from Fujian. In 2000, he invested and opened such a food supermarket in new york. In three or four years, he has become the owner of three large food supermarkets.

Running long-distance passenger transport companies and competing with "Greyhound"

The successful development of Fujian's new immigrants in China's takeaway shops and food supermarkets has driven many marginal industries.

The most typical is the development of long-distance bus transportation. With more and more take-away restaurants in China opening in new york, the market space of Fujian immigrants is getting smaller and smaller, so they aim at foreign markets. However, if you want to open a Chinese takeaway restaurant in another state, you have to purchase stoves, equipment and food raw materials from new york at first, and the employees are basically hired from new york. As a result, some Fujian immigrants took the opportunity to start long-distance transportation companies.

At first, these transportation companies regularly transported food raw materials and equipment between new york and other states, accompanied by transportation personnel. Later, with the increase of personnel exchanges, the company opened up long-distance passenger transport business separately. Buses are brand-new large-scale tour buses, spacious and comfortable, with hot and cold air conditioning, and can carry luggage, which is even better than the cars of the famous Greyhound Long-distance Company in the United States.

And the fare is cheap, just a fraction of Greyhound.

The long-distance buses of Fujian immigrants travel to and from many Chinese cities regularly every day, from Philadelphia, Boston, Washington to Chicago, almost every hour. At first, only people from China took the bus, but because of the good car condition and cheap tickets, many Americans went to Chinatown to take the bus. Fujian immigrants' passenger lines have become popular routes. On holidays, passengers are in an endless stream and people are full of cars, which is very convenient. This flexible business model has attracted the attention of Greyhound Company and made them feel the pressure of competition.

Open a wedding photo studio and handle Chinese weddings.

Fujian's new immigrants have gradually established themselves in the United States, with stable incomes and more people getting married. The resulting wedding market has also been seen by Fujian immigrants. They soon set up one wedding photo studio after another in new york. At present, there are only 17 wedding photography shops opened by Fujian immigrants in the old Chinatown in lower Manhattan, and their wedding photography business has accounted for 70% of the entire Chinese wedding photography industry.

Accordingly, wedding companies, bridal shops, jewelry stores, flower shops and other industries are also booming. Services in these industries are very flexible. For example, if you can't afford expensive wedding dresses and jewels, you can rent them. Due to good service, now, out-of-state Chinese are also choosing to get married in new york.

Fujian Overseas Chinese Mission Successfully Helped New Immigrants

Because Fujian's new immigrants dare to think and do, they have created a new world in new york. Today, new york East Broadway Street is called "Fuzhou People Street" because there are many immigrants from Fujian. Every National Day in China, this street will hang a five-star red flag and hold a National Day parade, and the scale will expand year by year.

The rapid development of Fujian new immigrants in the United States is inseparable from the efforts of Fujian overseas Chinese delegation. Originally, overseas Chinese delegations mainly provided information for the friendship between fellow villagers, but the overseas Chinese delegations from Fujian in the United States mostly provided help for new immigrants from Fujian. For example, some new immigrants do not understand American laws and their legitimate rights and interests are violated, so they provide legal advice and assistance. Some new immigrants don't understand English and have misunderstandings with some government departments. Overseas Chinese delegations help them communicate with relevant government departments. Nowadays, the local police station has learned to rely on overseas Chinese delegations to manage the Chinese community and maintain social order.

In addition to helping Fujian immigrants adapt to American life and develop their personal careers, overseas Chinese delegations in Fujian are constantly expanding the influence of Fujian immigrants and helping them integrate into the local society. In this year's US presidential election, these overseas Chinese groups actively mobilized Fujian immigrants to vote, indicating that these overseas Chinese groups are stronger and more mature, and Fujian immigrants have a higher awareness of integrating into the local society.