From July 30th to August 1st, the "Overseas Chinese in Guangzhou Join Hands to Welcome the 15th National Games" 2025 Guangzhou Overseas Chinese Leaders Study Activity was held in Guangzhou. Twenty overseas Chinese representatives from 17 countries including France, Italy, and Malaysia crossed mountains and seas to gather in Guangzhou to welcome the 15th National Games. The event is hosted by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Guangzhou City, with the main person in charge of the United Front Work Department of the Municipal Party Committee attending the opening ceremony. The main persons in charge of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Guangzhou City and the Guangzhou Institute of Socialism also participated in the event. The main person in charge of Guangzhou Overseas Chinese Affairs Office stated in the opening speech that overseas Chinese leaders are the backbone of Guangzhou's overseas Chinese community. In the face of new development opportunities, they hope that overseas Chinese leaders will continue to make efforts in economic development, cultural exchanges, public welfare undertakings, etc., and make great achievements in this hopeful land of Guangzhou. They will be active promoters of high-quality economic and social development in Guangzhou, practitioners of friendly exchanges and communication among the people, and bridge builders of the "Guangzhou Chain and Five Continents". The opening ceremony of the 2025 Guangzhou Overseas Chinese Leaders Study Activity The 15th National Games (hereinafter referred to as the "15th Games") will be held in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area from November 9 to 21, 2025. On the occasion of the 100 day countdown to the opening ceremony of the 15th National Games, the Guangzhou Overseas Chinese Affairs Office organized a workshop for overseas Chinese leaders to visit the Tianhe Sports Center and the Guangzhou Asian Games Asian Para Games Museum, allowing them to more intuitively experience the strong atmosphere of the "Passionate National Games Vitality Greater Bay Area". Overseas Chinese leaders visited the Guangzhou Asian Games Asian Para Games Museum (photo/Xinhua News Agency). During the visit, Su Ruihui, the president of the Guyana Chinese Association, told Xinhua News Agency reporters that the 15th National Games will be jointly organized by Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao and the opening ceremony will be held in Guangzhou. As a Guangzhou native, he felt very excited and proud. The Guyana Chinese Association has a history of over a hundred years since its establishment, mainly uniting Chinese and overseas Chinese in Guyana and providing them with assistance. We hope that overseas Chinese can pay more attention to this sports event and cheer for athletes! "Said Chen Xiongkun, director of the Guangzhou office of the Guangdong Overseas Chinese Federation in the UK." This year, the 15th National Games will open in Guangzhou, and you can see the rapid development of Guangzhou. Currently, we are actively participating in the construction of the 'Millions Project' and will continue to invest and develop in Guangzhou in the future. "The 15th National Games is a sports event in the Greater Bay Area. We organized more than 200 overseas Chinese who love sports in Canada to return to Guangzhou in November to participate in various activities of the 15th National Games. ”The 15th National Games is not only a sports feast, but also a cultural tourism feast and a food feast. Currently, I am considering combining Cantonese cuisine culture with the theme of the National Games, so that more overseas Chinese can enjoy the National Games while tasting Cantonese cuisine and experiencing the charm of Cantonese cuisine culture. Today, I visited the Tianhe Sports Center and the Guangzhou Asian Games and Asian Para Games Museum, and was deeply impressed by the new appearance of the venues. ”Liang Guanjun, President of the East American Chinese Association, said, "This year, the opening ceremony of the 15th National Games will be held in Guangzhou. As a resident of Guangzhou, I feel honored. I hope that overseas Chinese can pay more attention to the 15th National Games, cheer for Guangzhou, the Greater Bay Area, and the National Games together, and gather the strength of the overseas Chinese community for this sports event." (Photo/Xinhua) The overseas Chinese community truly feels the strong atmosphere of the 'Passionate National Games, Vibrant Greater Bay Area'. The person in charge of the event introduced that the Guangzhou Overseas Chinese Affairs Office has always attached great importance to the cultivation of talents in the overseas Chinese community, and has done a good job in the work of the new generation of overseas Chinese with sincerity and effort, leading them to become witnesses and participants of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. In recent years, the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Guangzhou has focused on the primary task of high-quality development, and has been working together to do a good job in promoting the development of overseas Chinese in the new era. The Guangzhou Overseas Chinese Affairs Office will better leverage the advantages of "overseas Chinese" in the future, gather the strength of the overseas Chinese community, and stimulate the surging momentum of high-quality development. (New Society)