On-site at the 12th World Tong’an Fellowship Convention & Xiang’an Investment Promotion Conference
Recently, the three-day 12th World Tong’an Fellowship Convention & Xiang’an Investment Promotion Conference successfully concluded in Xiang’an District, Xiamen. The conference, themed “One Heart Globally, Flourishing with Tong’an and Xiang’an,” brought together about 500 participants, including overseas Chinese representatives from around the world, delegates from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, government officials, and mainland representatives. They gathered to share hometown sentiments, explore development opportunities, and forge a collective sense of unity.
Xiamen International Bank (XIB), as an invited participating financial institution, drew on its longstanding ties with overseas Chinese to support mutually beneficial cooperation with professional financial services. By doing so, the bank has injected specialized “overseas Chinese financial momentum” into the high-quality development of both Tong’an and Xiang’an districts.
Xiamen International Bank Building
Guided by Overseas Chinese Sentiment: Centering on the Community to Fulfill the Founding Mission
Xiamen International Bank (XIB), the first Chinese-foreign joint venture bank in New China, has carried a deep “overseas Chinese” imprint since its establishment in 1985. For forty years, the bank has remained true to its original aspiration, upholding the core mission of “serving overseas Chinese and facilitating Chinese-foreign cooperation” through its profound participation in the 12th World Tong’an Fellowship Convention & Xiang’an Investment Promotion Conference.
On-site at the 12th World Tong’an Fellowship Convention & Xiang’an Investment Promotion Conference
Peng Shulin, General Manager of the Overseas Chinese Finance Department at the bank’s head office, stated that XIB has established overseas Chinese finance as a core strategy. To this end, the bank has formulated a specialized five-year development plan for overseas Chinese finance and constructed a multi-dimensional service network spanning the “Mainland, Hong Kong, and Macao,” while actively practicing the five key directions of “protecting, assisting, benefiting, warming, and uniting the overseas Chinese community.” Leveraging the conference platform, XIB conveyed the warmth and enthusiasm of a hometown financial institution to the Tong’an people around the world. The bank has established a “fast track” for financial empowerment, facilitating the precise alignment of overseas Chinese capital with high-quality projects in Xiang’an while providing the “financial soil” for the transformation and implementation of overseas Chinese expertise.
Empowered by Diversified Solutions: Customizing Services to Activate Growth Momentum
Tailored to the conference’s distinctive features and the diverse financial needs of overseas Chinese around the world, Xiamen International Bank has drawn on 40 years of accumulated experience in overseas Chinese financial services to build a diversified business system of “Overseas Chinese Finance + Cross-border Finance + Industrial Finance.” By precisely matching standardized service products with individualized requirements, the bank has rendered the impact of its financial empowerment both significant and accessible.
As a standards pacesetter in overseas Chinese finance, Xiamen International Bank took the lead in issuing the industry’s first overseas Chinese financial service standard and received approval for a national-level pilot program for service-industry standardization. Its core purpose of standardizing overseas Chinese finance is to ensure that overseas Chinese worldwide, wherever they are, can access consistent, professional, and predictable financial services. Throughout the entire process—from initial consultation and reception to business processing and demand response, the service system implements unified workflows and quality standards. In terms of product adaptation, based on a systematic review of overseas Chinese clients’ core needs under the standardized framework, the bank rapidly matches standardized product solutions—including cross-border remittances, wealth management, corporate investment and financing, and supply chain finance.
In response to situations such as some overseas Chinese being unfamiliar with domestic financial policies and young overseas Chinese entrepreneurs lacking startup experience, XIB has, on top of standardized services, added personalized value-added services including policy interpretation and entrepreneurship mentoring. This service model of “standards as the foundation, personalization as a supplement” not only ensures professionalism and standardization but also reflects targeted care for overseas Chinese clients, which enables Tong’an compatriots worldwide to experience both the high standards and the heartfelt warmth of their hometown financial services.
Committed to Long-Term Connectivity: Anchoring the Future to Deepen Hometown Empowerment
The conclusion of the conference marks not an end to cooperation, but a new starting point for deepening connections. Xiamen International Bank will take the conference as an opportunity to establish a long-term service mechanism with Tong’an compatriots worldwide, driving the transformation of short-term cooperative achievements into long-term development momentum.
A group photo of the 12th World Tong’an Fellowship Convention & Xiang’an Investment Promotion Conference
In the next phase, XIB will systematically sort out the needs raised by the overseas Chinese individuals and enterprises engaged during the conference, create dedicated financial service files, and assign a specialized overseas Chinese finance team to provide one-to-one follow-up services. For overseas Chinese businesspeople with investment intentions, the bank will provide end-to-end support for needs such as project financing and cross-border fund deployment. For young overseas Chinese, the bank will continue to offer financial support services such as start-up consultation and wealth management. For the daily financial needs of overseas compatriots, the bank will deliver more preferential and convenient remote services through measures such as benefit upgrades and the optimization of the dedicated “Overseas Chinese Section” on the mobile banking app.
On the journey of promoting overseas Chinese people’s well-being, empowering high-quality development in overseas Chinese hometowns, and assisting China’s high-level opening up, Xiamen International Bank will continue to write new chapters in the high-quality development of overseas Chinese finance and cross-border finance.
Group photo of Xiamen International Bank staff at the 12th World Tong’an Fellowship Convention & Xiang’an Investment Promotion Conference
