Let young people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait listen to each other's sincere voices
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Let young people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait listen to each other's sincere voices
——Side notes of the 21st Cross Strait Youth Forum
Guangming Daily reporter Gong Liang, Gao Jianjin, Ma Yuehua
Seven years ago, he joined Huacan Workshop, a youth entrepreneurship incubator on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and became a well-known leader and entrepreneurial "nanny" in the mainland Taiwan youth entrepreneurship circle; Last year, we established our own brand company, Weile Technology, and combined traditional cultural concepts with local industries to hold rich and diverse carnival activities with mainland youth. At the 21st Strait Youth Forum, Taiwanese youth Li Weiguo shared his struggle experience and confidently said, "There is no 'ceiling' to struggle in mainland China."
Li Weiguo, a Taiwan compatriot who won the "May 4th Youth Medal" in Beijing in 2019 and the title of "model worker" in Sichuan Province in 2020, was greatly appreciated by his mother. Li Weiguo regarded his mother's praise as the best interpretation of his achievements in the struggle on the mainland.
The 21st Cross Strait Youth Forum was held in Xiamen from the 15th to the 17th. Youth from both sides of the Taiwan Strait told the story of cross-strait integration through three chapters: "mutual learning and learning, working together with one heart", "integrated development, sharing convenience", and "using oneself as a bridge to connect the two sides".
The power of youth blooms with fragrance in each story. Just like the coffee held by Taiqing Guo Yifan, the aroma is overflowing. As soon as he came out, he amazed the whole audience. Dressed in a black apron, he brought a homemade "coffee blind box" for everyone to taste.
Dahongpao in Mount Wuyi, Oolong in Taiwan, Jasmine in Fuzhou... The coffee is rich and mixed with the aroma of tea. Guo Yifan "organically integrates" the two to create a unique blockbuster product.
In 2016, Guo Yifan, deeply attracted by the history and culture of Fuzhou, opened a coffee shop in a local ancient house and now has two shops. In 2022, he established a coffee bean roasting factory in Mawei, Fuzhou, which directly supplied products to more than 20 local coffee shops. With continuous orders, sales increased rapidly.
Standing on stage, Guo Yifan wants to tell more people about this beauty. He said that nowadays, he is more willing to be a sharer and pass on his experience to more people willing to engage in this career.
"Only through communication can young people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait listen to each other's sincere voices," said Guo Xueyun, a Taiwanese youth, in her own way. During her postgraduate studies at Peking University, she wrote the book "Taipei Girls Looking at the Mainland", which opened up a new perspective for Taiwanese youth to see the mainland. Now, as a media practitioner, she continues to write about life on both sides of the Taiwan Strait with a humorous and witty tone.
The scent of youth, with the fragrance of sweat, exudes a charming aura. This year's Cross Strait Youth Forum attracted nearly 450 renowned scholars, youth club leaders, and youth representatives from both sides of the Taiwan Strait to attend. Among them, there were 303 Taiwanese guests, and over 70% of them were "new faces" from Taiwanese youth who participated for the first time.
Wearing a bun, a horse faced skirt, and soap boots, the Taiwanese girl Wu Huan made her debut at the Taiwan Strait Youth Forum wearing Hanfu, leaving a deep impression. She said that there are many young people wearing Hanfu walking on the streets of Taipei City, hoping to use this forum to meet more Hanfu enthusiasts from mainland China, exchange and learn from each other, and together inherit and spread Hanfu culture.
Since 2003, the Taiwan Strait Youth Forum has successfully gone through 21 years. Over the past 21 years, the forum has gathered nearly 20000 young people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait, where they collide with each other's thoughts and express their friendship, injecting youthful energy into promoting peaceful development of cross-strait relations, promoting national reunification and rejuvenation. The story of youth is still ongoing and will continue