Coffee Salons Help Young Returning Overseas Chinese Break the Ice

After coming home, the first difficulty is not finding a job but finding a community. How can young returned overseas Chinese break out of their circle quickly and put down roots in an unfamiliar city? The answer from the New Overseas Chinese Station in the new talent community of Caohejing Sub-district, Xuhui District, is to hide the service inside a cup of coffee, a salon and a study tour. Since last year the station has kept building the “New Overseas Chinese Gravity Field” brand, using a light, immersive and youthful approach to create the “first stop” where young returned overseas Chinese can join their community, moving step by step from integration to putting down roots and building a sense of belonging into every detail.

A cup of coffee creates an easy social setting, and the “Set Sail – Blending” coffee salon breaks down the social barriers facing young returned overseas Chinese. Participants try their hand at coffee making while established figures from overseas Chinese circles share experience; career planning, resource matching and rebuilding a social circle, topics young people care about, are discussed freely in a relaxed atmosphere, helping returned young overseas Chinese meet like-minded peers and connect with good development resources.

For the career confusion and difficulties in changing direction that young returned overseas Chinese commonly face, the station runs dedicated career empowerment salons. Through case analysis, practical tools and group discussion, participants are guided to sort out their own career strengths, clarify their development path and solve workplace problems, effectively raising their competitiveness.

Most unexpected of all is the new face given to red education. Instead of conventional lectures the station uses immersive “red script” role-play study, letting young returned overseas Chinese become characters in a live story and feel the patriotic resolve of earlier generations up close. It also sets up a youth discussion session to listen to their needs and open channels of communication, bringing people together through lively interaction. In addition, the station runs hands-on workshops on Song brocade, an intangible cultural heritage, using popular science, object appreciation and craft making to let young returned overseas Chinese experience the charm of traditional Song brocade up close, strengthening cultural identity and a sense of belonging stitch by stitch.

It is understood that since the “New Overseas Chinese Gravity Field” was launched it has served more than 130 young returned overseas Chinese. The station has set up a council of young returned overseas Chinese and regularly carries out resource matching and employment assistance, forming a complete service loop.

Reporter: Yao Limin. Photos provided by Caohejing Sub-district. Editor: Geng Jieyu. Please credit the official Shanghai Xuhui account when republishing.

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