Qiu Yuanping, Director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, led a delegation of seven members to visit the Chamber on 6 February. Chamber Chairman Stephen Ng, Vice Chairman Leland Sun, CEO Shirley Yuen, China Committee Chairman PC Yu, General Committee member David Lie and several committee chairmen received the delegation. During the meeting, Qiu noted that her office had been actively organizing activities to unite overseas Chinese and Mainland businesspeople to build the motherland together. She explained that, under the impetus of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, 17 Overseas Chinese Parks had been built throughout the country. Of these, Jiangmen and Zengcheng Overseas Chinese Parks are located in the Greater Bay Area, and she encouraged Hong Kong businesspeople to participate in these projects.