Source: People's Daily Overseas Edition People's Daily Overseas Edition, Taipei, October 30th The 16th "West Lake·Sun Moon Lake" Two Lakes Forum was recently held in Nantou County, Taiwan. Scholars, experts, entrepreneurs and youth representatives from Hangzhou and Taiwan gathere

Source: People's Daily Overseas Edition

People's Daily Overseas Edition Taipei, October 30th The 16th "West Lake·Sun Moon Lake" Two Lakes Forum was recently held in Nantou County, Taiwan. Scholars, experts, entrepreneurs and youth representatives from Hangzhou and Taiwan gathered together to conduct in-depth discussions on topics such as tea industry’s contribution to urban development, cultural tourism integration and tourism marketing, inheritance and revitalization of intangible cultural heritage, and youth returning home to start businesses and find employment. Explore.

The Lakes and Lakes Forum has been held alternately in Hangzhou and Nantou since 2009. It has not only become a model for cross-strait city exchanges, but also an important platform for compatriots on both sides of the strait to communicate, interact, and mingle. With the theme of "Hand in hand for prosperity with beautiful lakes and mountains", this forum consists of an opening ceremony and main forum, 3 sub-forums and 2 supporting activities.

"The holding of the Two Lakes Forum will be of great help to the tourism industry and image promotion of Nantou and Hangzhou." Xu Shuhua, the head of Nantou County, said that he hopes that through this forum, the two places will enhance their tea industry, agricultural development, youth entrepreneurship and culture. Cooperation in exchanges and other fields. At the same time, mainland friends who participate in the forum are also welcome to visit Nantou and learn more about each other. She also said that the e-commerce industry in Hangzhou is developing rapidly and she hopes to use the e-commerce platform to open up the market for Nantou's agricultural products.

Xu Weihua, deputy mayor of Hangzhou, said that with the joint efforts of all parties in Hangzhou and Nantou, the Two-Hu Forum has become a model example of exchanges and cooperation between cities across the Taiwan Strait. It is hoped that the two places will jointly grasp the new trends of change in the current era, deepen cooperation in all fields, innovate the practice of "Two Lakes", activate the city's potential, build a new platform for grassroots people to visit each other, open up new channels for mutual benefit of industries, and help young people pursue and realize their dreams. Provide a new stage.

Xu Yajuan, general manager of Hangzhou Jianchang Bay Agriculture Co., Ltd., has visited Taiwan for inspections many times since she cooperated with Nantou County in 2016 to carry out the Qingmei deep processing project. She said that Nantou’s tourism and leisure agriculture experience and technology are worth learning from, and Hangzhou has a developed tourism industry and a vast market, and there is great potential for agricultural cooperation between the two places. "Both sides of the Taiwan Strait are one family. I hope that we will get closer and have more exchanges and cooperation."

Chen Bin, director of the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Cooperation and Exchange Office of the Hangzhou Municipal Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau, said that this time Hangzhou brought three intangible cultural heritage protection and We look forward to fully communicating and learning from Nantou about innovative development cases. "Hangzhou and Nantou have many things in common and have their own advantages. We hope to tap the potential for cooperation and allow people in the two places to share new development opportunities in the new era. We also welcome Taiwanese compatriots, especially young friends, to come to Hangzhou for sightseeing, study, internship, employment and entrepreneurship. ." he said.

During the event, guests from Hangzhou sent invitations to Taiwanese compatriots in Nantou to meet again by the West Lake to witness the upgrade and debut of the Hangzhou Nantou County City Pavilion.

Participants expressed their high expectations for the closer cooperation between Hangzhou and Nantou in the future. They hope that through such continuous exchanges and interactions, they can enhance mutual understanding and work together to create a new chapter for the "Two Lakes".(Reporter Jin Chen)

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