Overseas Chinese setting off a boom of settling down in the capital of overseas Chinese
East or west, home is best
Some people say that no matter how far you go, your hometown is always the most beautiful place in your heart. Not long ago, nine overseas Chinese, whose ancestral home is in Jiangmen City, formed a group to visit their hometowns, with each of them purchasing a property. This news has garnered widespread attention. If the moonlight of a distant land illuminates the dream, then the yearning of hometown will light up the way home, guiding the overseas Chinese back to their roots.
Beyond the sentiments and reflections of overseas Chinese, more importantly, the hardware and software infrastructure of Jiangmen City, the capital of overseas Chinese, has improved significantly. With the opening of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge and the Huangmaohai Cross-sea Passage, Jiangmen City can better connect to the six surrounding international airports, accelerating its integration into the “one-hour life circle” of the GBA, and narrowing its time and spatial distance with Hong Kong and Macao and the rest of the world. Meanwhile, a transformation in the living environment and housing is underway and upgrading, with the emergence of premium residential projects featuring high quality, aesthetics, and practicality.
“East or west, home is best,” Mr. Cen, an overseas Chinese who bought property in Jiangmen City, lamented, “The environment of Jiangmen City keeps improving, and overseas Chinese are looking forward to returning and enjoying the dream life on this vibrant land!”
Striving around the world
Strong sentiments for hometown
As a famous hometown of overseas Chinese, Jiangmen City has more than 5.3 million compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and overseas Chinese in more than 140 countries and regions, many of whom are celebrities and elites in local government, businesses, and academic circles, with some serving as presidents, vice presidents, and other important positions in the overseas Chinese associations. In their early years, they crossed the ocean, strove a live around the world, created their own worlds, and contributed to the development of their local countries and the world, building a solid reputation for Jiangmen City globally. They are the pride and honor of Jiangmen City.
Flashing neon lights in a foreign land is not as drawing as a bright light from the hometown. The homesickness drove more and more overseas Chinese from Jiangmen City to return home and build emotional bonds with their hometown.
Not long ago, Wu Xiao, a Jiangmen native doing business abroad and eight other overseas Chinese companions returned to Jiangmen City to visit their ancestors and relatives. “Our ancestral homes are in Enping, and we do business in the same place, and we have a close relationship, so we agreed to return to our hometown to visit our ancestors,” Wu Xiao said.
During their visit, Wu Xiao and others came to Jiangmen City to catch up with old friends and found significant changes in Jiangmen City. All their friends strongly recommend them buying a house in Jiangmen City, so the idea of buying a house arose. Mr. Ma, who was responsible for the reception of Wu Xiao and others, told the author that the property deals with several overseas Chinese and ethnic Chinese were very efficient, with the purchase procedures completed on the same day they saw the house. Each of them bought a spacious apartment of 150 square meters, and the 9 suites are in the same building.
The house-purchasing boom among overseas Chinese is becoming a new phenomenon in the local property market. According to data provided by the Jiangmen City Department of Housing and Urban Rural Development, the proportion of non-local residents purchasing houses increased from 3% in 2021 to 7% in 2023.
Ms. Huang, an overseas Chinese in Canada with ancestral home in Xinhui visits her parents every year. “I used to live in my mother’s house or in a hotel when I came back, but it always felt like something was missing. Then the idea of buying a house came up, and everyone is very happy about it. It’s more spacious and comfortable compared with houses we live abroad,” Ms. Huang said.
In November 2023, the 10th World Taishan Ningyang Association Friendship Conference was held in Taishan, and many compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and overseas Chinese took this opportunity to buy houses. According to statistics, before and after the conference, compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and overseas Chinese bought more than 100 sets, 11,000 square meters, and the transaction amount was about 88 million yuan.
Beautiful capital of overseas Chinese
The home for the hearts of overseas Chinese
Life is a journey, and also a return. The capital of overseas Chinese always welcomes its children, offering them a more beautiful and livable environment. The superposition of various advantages makes it the home for the hearts of overseas Chinese.
Currently, Jiangmen City has formed an initial ecological security framework consisting of “two screens, two rivers, one belt, three networks, and multiple points”. The forest coverage rate of the city exceeds 45%, the urban green coverage rate also exceeds 45%, and more than 1,000 parks at all levels have been built, realizing the dream life of “a green view in 300 meters, gardens in 500 meters, and forests in 3 kilometers” for citizens.
Liu Zhijian, a professor at Wuyi University, said that the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge and Huangmaohai Cross-sea Passage have opened successively, and the “integration” and “synchronization” of cities in the GBA have accelerated. Meanwhile, with a GDP of 400 billion yuan and Xinhui District becoming the first 100 billion yuan GDP powerhouse, Jiangmen City’s economic development continues to achieve impressive results. Overseas people are full of confidence in the future of the GBA and Jiangmen City, leading them to actively return to purchase houses.
Zhang Zhenlan, Director of Meizhi Real Estate Market Research Center, also said that with the upgrading of Jiangmen City’s urban outlook and living environment, coupled with its superior geographical location and convenient transportation, many overseas Chinese have been attracted to return to their hometowns to buy houses. It has become a way for them to express their emotions, an important carrier for them to reunite with their families and enjoy life in their hometowns.
Meanwhile, the quality of housing in Jiangmen City is constantly upgrading. In recent years, to meet the rigid and improved housing demand, Jiangmen City has focused on constructing “good houses” and leading the introduction of the “planning new policy” with the largest preferential power in the Pearl River Delta, leading the arrival of the housing 4.0 era. These fourth-generation residences not only pay attention to the aesthetics and greenery of the building facades, but also emphasize the comfortableness and practicality of living, and provide more public space and a green living environment through innovative design.
Since the beginning of this year, a large number of new 4.0 residential projects such as Jianghai Poly Daduhui Phase III, Haiyue Tiansheng, Junjingwan Tianyue, Poly Langyue, Poly West Coast New Phase I, Jiangfa Feicui Guanlan jointly entered the market. In addition to the larger units, penthouses, and other features, these projects contain practical and small residences with gifts, attracting numerous buyers. These projects innovatively incorporate hanging gardens, large balconies, bay maximized window areas and other designs with high overall utilization, garnering the attention of the improvement circle. They also provide more options for overseas Chinese to find an ideal home.
Advancing services
“One-stop” to handle the problems of overseas Chinese
Meanwhile, Jiangmen City further deepened special reforms of the system aimed at facilitating the investment of overseas Chinese, providing convenience for more overseas Chinese to return to their hometowns to purchase houses.
The Jiangmen City Overseas Chinese Affairs Bureau, the Jiangmen Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, and Jiangmen City Department of Housing and Urban Rural Development provide special consultation and service windows for overseas Chinese customers, provide them with policy interpretation, house purchase guidance, and other services, help them better understand the market information and house purchase process, and also implement targeted subsidies or loan concessions to reduce the cost of purchasing houses.
In addition, Jiangmen City has launched the “Settlement + overseas Chinese” service project, which has set up a special consultation and service window to meet the needs of overseas Chinese, providing them with services such as policy interpretation and house purchase guidance, and helping them better understand the market information, house purchase process, and related notices and matters. Meanwhile, overseas Chinese can use the Jiangmen City housing transaction “Cloud chain contract” cross-border online to inquire housing information, deposit down payment, apply for housing sale online contract, and download and save the contract.
In terms of banking services, the Jiangmen City Branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and the Jiangmen City Branch of the Bank of China provide five payment options for overseas visitors, including “cash payment, overseas bank card acceptance, mobile payment, account service, and digital RMB”, and introduce facilitation measures to optimize payment services for overseas Chinese, ethnic Chinese, and foreigners. The Jiangmen City Branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China provides cross-border mortgage loans for residents from Hong Kong and Macao and cross-border RMB and foreign currency fund transfers for purchasing houses.
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