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On the afternoon of December 23, the 2026 International Talent New Year Exchange Event was held in Hunan Xiangjiang New Area. Heads of relevant departments from the province, city, and New Area, along with the Liaison Office of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in Hunan, and more than 60 representatives of business associations, enterprise experts, and international friends from Germany, the USA, Brazil, Canada, and other countries gathered together to welcome the New Year and discuss cooperation.

Li Wei, vice chairman of the Hunan Association for Science and Technology, pointed out in his speech that the Association closely focuses on the "Four Services" duty positioning, continues to play a bridging role, strengthens normalized contact with overseas talents, and actively builds exchange and cooperation platforms. Li Wei fully affirmed the New Area's positive results in promoting the development of the Changsha National Offshore Innovation and Entrepreneurship Base for Overseas Professionals. He noted that the New Area has achieved significant success in introducing international talents, promoting technology incubation, and serving overseas talent innovation and entrepreneurship. It has become an important carrier for Hunan's opening up and international talent gathering, providing a broad stage for global talents to display their talents and realize their value.

Representatives of international friends from Canada, Austria, South Korea, and other countries spoke separately.

At the event, representatives of international friends from Canada, Austria, South Korea, and other countries spoke separately, sharing their experiences of working and living in Hunan. They recognized the New Area's measures to actively expand international cooperation and continuously optimize the international business environment, and expressed full expectations for deepening cooperation in fields such as technological innovation, industrial development, and talent exchange in the coming year.

During the event, wonderful artistic performances such as bands, guqin and chorus added a strong festive atmosphere to the scene.

During the event, wonderful cultural performances, including a self-organized band and Guqin performance, added a strong festive atmosphere to the scene. The New Year blessing songs performed by teachers and students from BeeMee Forest School conveyed beautiful wishes with pure and warm vocals, winning bursts of applause from both Chinese and foreign guests.

Before the event, the participating guests conducted a field survey of the Xiangjiang New Area International Science and Technology Business Platform.

Before the event, the participating guests conducted a field survey of the Xiangjiang New Area International Science and Technology Business Platform. They highly praised the New Area's achievements in international technological cooperation, economic and trade matchmaking, and talent services, unanimously agreeing that the New Area is becoming an important window for the province's opening up and a gathering highland for global innovation resources. Moving forward, the New Area will continue to rely on this platform and the overseas workstation network to continuously deepen the construction of the international talent service system, innovate cooperation mechanisms, accelerate the gathering of international talents, projects, and elements, and inject new momentum into promoting high-level opening up and high-quality development.

Source: Xiangjiang New Area International Science and Technology Business Platform