摘要
When Lin Mingyue and Fan Zengsheng made the decision to leave the U.S. for China＇s mainland 26 years ago, their friends were at a loss as to why they should choose to exchange their large house and family car for a poky apartment, a push bicycle and a public transportation in as yet underdeveloped Shanghai. Many of these incredulous friends, however, have since followed the couple＇s example and also settled in Shanghai.
Lin Mingyue Was one of the first overseas Chinese to return to China’s mainland in the early 1980s at the onset of the nation’s opening and reform.Lin and her husband Fan Zengsheng,both from Taiwan,Went to Japan in 1971 as overseas students and moved to the U.S.two years later.In August 1980,the couple brought their 5-year-old son to shanghai and stared work at the shanghai Port Bureau.Today Lin has a string of titles-alternate member of the CPC Central Committee,meber of the CPPCC(Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference)National Committee,executive member of the All-China Women’s Federation,Vice President of the All-China Federation of Taiwan Compatriots and president of the shanghai Federaion of Taiwan Compatriots.She is now a well known and respected figure in shanghai.
