Wenzhou sample of overseas migration tide

The new changes in immigration reflect the characteristics of Wenzhou economy as a "migratory bird"-doing business wherever there are business opportunities. After the financial crisis in 2008, the economic situation in the euro zone was not good and the euro depreciated. Wenzhou began to flow to Africa on a large scale, and more people immigrated to Africa.

Wenzhou's foreign trade is dominated by small commodities, with low profit rate, mainly relying on exchange rate difference and related preferential policies. Immigration is also a business need. With the status of other countries, tariffs can be avoided, which is also an effective way to bypass trade barriers. Africa is just the tip of the iceberg for Wen Shang to emigrate overseas. "Immigrants don't move to business" has almost become the same choice for many immigrants in Wen Shang. Zhou Dewen, president of Wenzhou SME Promotion Association, confirmed that there are many Wen Shang immigrants to other countries. "Even if they get citizenship and a green card, they will not give up their domestic business. For them, the domestic market is still a huge temptation. " By traveling between the two places after emigration, I am familiar with the domestic market demand and can keep abreast of the latest foreign market information, and my business is generally progressing smoothly.

According to insiders, in the early years, the state gave preferential policies to Sino-foreign joint ventures and wholly foreign-owned enterprises in various aspects, and after the identity transformation was realized through immigration, the investment tide in Wen Shang was triggered. Times have changed, and their status abroad is very low-key. "In the past, immigrants who returned to China to start a business would enjoy some concessions, but they have not in recent years. Now they have no sense of superiority in doing business in China, so no one will try to talk about it. " Overseas immigrants have always been an international "main force" that cannot be ignored in Wenzhou's economic construction.

Overseas Chinese-funded enterprises are the main body of foreign-funded enterprises in Wenzhou. At present, about 80% of the projects in the development zones in the city are invested by overseas Chinese in Wenzhou. According to rough statistics, overseas Chinese in our city remit 2.5-3 billion US dollars each year for personal consumption only, which does not include production funds and investment.

In recent years, Wenzhou has held large-scale economic and trade activities such as "Wenzhou Day" and Lantern Festival in France, Italy and Russia at home and abroad, inviting overseas Chinese to participate in economic, trade, scientific and technological cooperation and exchanges. It is reported that more than 2,000 overseas Chinese participated in various economic and trade activities and signed 237 cooperation projects with a total investment of 265,438+69 million US dollars.

Overseas Chinese who have emigrated have deep feelings for their motherland. In recent years, overseas Chinese have returned to China in the form of disaster relief, setting up foundations, building bridges and roads, and subsidizing poor students, which has played a great role in improving the uneven development of various regions in our city.