Huaqiao farm, Ningjiang district, Songyuan City, Jilin Province

Overseas Chinese farm

Overseas Chinese farm is an almost forgotten branch in the history of Chinese diplomacy. There are 84 overseas Chinese farms in China, including 23 in Guangdong, 22 in Guangxi, 17 in Fujian, 13 in Yunnan, 5 in Hainan, 3 in Jiangxi and 1 in Jilin. Of the 84 overseas Chinese farms in China, 41 were set up in the 1950s and 1960s to accommodate more than 80000 returned overseas Chinese from Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Myanmar, India and other countries, and 43 were set up in the late 1970s to accommodate Vietnamese refugees (there were about 263000 Vietnamese refugees, of whom 160000 were resettled in overseas Chinese farms, 70000 were resettled in land reclamation and forest farms, and the rest were resettled in scattered communities).

Historical evolution

The overseas Chinese farm and its residents have gradually faded out of people's sight and become a historical memory. Its existence is an almost forgotten branch in the history of Chinese diplomacy. Overseas Chinese farm, a term born in the last century. Up to now, it and its residents have gradually faded out of sight and become the memory sealed up in history. They come from different countries, but their destinies are very similar. In their own country, they stick to the language and living habits of their ancestral and expatriate countries and insist on speaking Indian, vernacular and Hakka Even if you want to make a cold Vietnamese chicken, you must use fish oil from Vietnam as seasoning. Their stubbornness makes them strangers in the eyes of outsiders. Their history is an almost forgotten branch of China's diplomatic history. In 1959, a serious anti Chinese incident occurred in Indonesia. Chinese property was plundered, plundered and displaced. "No oppression and exploitation" of new China has become their yearning place. After negotiation with Indonesia, China sent ships to Indonesia to pick up a group of overseas Chinese and let them participate in national construction. in the late 1950s, Sino Indian relations deteriorated, and overseas Chinese in India were impacted. Many overseas Chinese in India asked to return home, and the Chinese government sent many ships to India to meet them. if the return of overseas Chinese from Indonesia and India is "smooth", the return of overseas Chinese from Vietnam can only be regarded as escape. "With a pot and rice on his back and a baby in his hand, he ran from the mainland of Vietnam to the border between China and Vietnam. He didn't bring back any houses, real estate, mountain forests or rice that was about to mature." In 1971, the State Council promulgated the provisions on the examination and approval of the entry and exit of overseas Chinese and their family members, restoring the examination and approval of overseas Chinese and their family members going abroad; in 1978, it promulgated the opinions on relaxing and improving the examination and approval of the exit of Returned Overseas Chinese and their family members, and in 1979, it further simplified the examination and approval procedures. After the introduction of these policies, returned overseas Chinese with relatives in Hong Kong or other countries have applied to immigrate to Hong Kong or other countries.

Farm characteristics

Overseas Chinese farms have their own characteristics: first, returned overseas Chinese and their relatives are concentrated, they come from different countries and have different social system life experience; second, the vast majority of Returned Overseas Chinese are forced to leave foreign countries, and there are relatives and friends in their original residence, so they have close ties with overseas countries; third, due to the heavy policy and social burden of overseas Chinese farms, the development of national economy and society is very difficult Fourth, the production and living standards of the returned overseas Chinese are relatively low, and they are eager to speed up the reform and development of overseas Chinese farms. the CPC Central Committee and the State Council are very concerned about the reform and development of overseas Chinese farms. In 1985, in the decision on the economic system reform of state-owned overseas Chinese farms, it was made clear that overseas Chinese farms should take the road of rural reform in China, completely change the current farm economic system, gradually adjust the industrial structure, practically expand the autonomy of producers and operators, and fully mobilize the majority of workers, especially the returnees The enthusiasm of the refugees will promote the self-development and self accumulation ability of the overseas Chinese farms, and indeed improve the living standards of the returned refugees.

Distribution list

Guangdong: Guangxi: Fujian: Yunnan: Hainan: Jiangxi: Jilin: Xinjiang: