The theme exhibition celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese opens in Beijing

China News Service, Beijing, October 11 (Reporter Liu Yang) "Rejuvenation of Home and Country - Theme Exhibition for the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese" opened at the China Overseas Chinese History Museum on the 11th.

This exhibition is divided into four chapters: "Red Source", "Gathering Strength and Moving Forward", "Sticking to Responsibility" and "New Chapter of the Era". Taking the development of the Overseas Chinese Federation under the leadership of the Communist Party of China as the main line, it systematically reviews the progress of the Chinese Federation of Overseas Chinese, uniting and leading the vast number of overseas Chinese, returned overseas Chinese and their family members to share the joys and sorrows of the motherland in the past 70 years.

This exhibition focuses on displaying more than 400 pieces (sets) of cultural relics related to overseas Chinese leaders, outstanding figures, overseas Chinese groups, etc., including the Yan'an Model Youth Memorial Medal awarded by Mao Zedong to Zhuang Yan, a returned overseas Chinese from the Philippines in 1939, and the suitcase carried by China's first United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Tang Mingzhao when he returned to China.

In front of the display cabinet of the relics of the patriotic overseas Chinese leader Situ Meitang, his granddaughter Situ Yuegui said that seeing the relics of his grandfather and many overseas Chinese ancestors made him feel mixed emotions. The donation of my grandfather's relics to the Overseas Chinese History Museum was in response to the call for the protection of overseas Chinese historical and cultural relics. I hope to deeply explore the contemporary value behind the historical and cultural relics of overseas Chinese, so that the sincerity of overseas Chinese who care about the motherland and fight for the national crisis can infect more people.

Ma Zhucai, a patriotic overseas Chinese in India, organized caravans to transport large quantities of international aid materials to China during the Anti-Japanese War, and actively supported the construction of Tibet after the peaceful liberation of Tibet. His grandson Ma Shouqiang said in an interview that the exhibition presents the process of overseas Chinese working hard to safeguard the reunification of the motherland and support the construction of the motherland in different historical periods, and brings spiritual enlightenment to contemporary youth.

At the opening ceremony, Chen Canpei, director of the American Flying Tigers Research Institute, was awarded the commemorative plaque for “Outstanding Contribution to the Construction of the Overseas Chinese History Museum of China.” The exhibition is expected to last until February 2027.