The first Leaders of Business Associations at Home and Overseas Visiting Fujian event was launched on Aug. 25, 2025 in Fuzhou, Fujian province, China.
About 25 leaders from business associations, all originally from southern Fujian province and now residing in 23 countries and districts, attended the seminar.
FFCCCII vice president Delfin Letran joined the six-day activity.
Besides the seminars, the leaders also visited the cities of Fuzhou, Nanping, Longyan and Zhangzhou.
The activity, titled The Return of Minnan, aimed to “keep in touch with your hometown, seek common cooperation and development.”
The goal was to build a bridge to integrate domestic and overseas resources, achieve connection and complementary advantages, and further explore both domestic and overseas markets to find more development opportunities.
As a province with many major private companies and a large overseas Chinese population, Fujian hopes to connect with overseas Chinese and attract investment through this project.
During his speech, Letran said Fujian was a major starting port for the ancient Maritime Silk Road and is now a central port for Southeast Asia, with a very close economic relationship with ASEAN countries.
He noted that among the 12 million overseas Chinese from Fujian, 10 million of them live in ASEAN countries.
Letran said it is an advantageous condition to promote mutual development and achieve a mutually beneficial, win-win situation.
