有人说,无论走多远,故乡永远是最美的牵挂。前不久,9名祖籍江门的侨胞组团回乡探亲,顺便人手购置了1套房,这则新闻引发广泛关注。如果说他乡的月光把梦照亮,那么故乡的思念则将归途点亮,牵引着游子回归最初的原点。
除了游子的思想,更重要的是,作为中国侨都,江门硬软件实力在显著提升。随着深中通道、黄茅海跨海通道相继通车,江门更好地链接周边六大国际机场,加快融入粤港澳大湾区“1小时生活圈”,与港澳地区和世界各地的时空距离拉近。与此同时,一场人居环境和住宅革命正迭代升级,涌现出高品质、高审美、高实用性的优质住宅项目。
“看过世界,故乡风景独好。”在江门市区置业的侨胞岑先生无不感叹:“江门环境越来越好,华侨期待回归,在这片充满生机的土地上收获向往的生活!”
闯荡世界
难舍故乡情怀
江门作为著名侨乡,有530余万港澳同胞和海外侨胞分布140多个国家和地区,不少人都是侨居地政、商、学界的名流精英,有的在海外侨团担任会长、副会长等重要职务。他们早年远渡重洋,闯荡世界,开创了属于自己的天地,为住在国和世界发展做出了贡献,让江门名声在世界远播,更是侨乡江门的骄傲和荣誉。
异乡霓虹,抵不过家乡明灯一盏。时常萦绕的乡愁让越来越多的江门侨胞决定返乡置业,在家乡留下情感寄托。
前不久,在国外做生意的江门人吴晓与其他8位侨胞同伴回到江门祭祖探亲。“我们祖籍都是恩平的,又在同一个地方做生意,彼此关系比较好,于是约定回乡祭祖探亲。”吴晓说。
回乡间隙,吴晓等人相约来到江门市区与老朋友叙旧,发现江门变化很大,加上朋友极力推荐其在江门购房置业,于是产生了购房的想法。负责接待吴晓等人的销售员马先生告诉笔者,几位华侨华人效率很高,当天看房当天就办完购房手续,他们买下的均是150平方米的大户型,9套房都在同一栋楼。
侨胞购房热正成为本地楼市的一种新现象。根据江门市住房和城乡建设局提供的数据显示,江门市境外人士购房比例从2021年的3%提升至2023年的7%。
祖籍新会的加拿大华侨黄女士逢年过节总会探望父母。“之前住在娘家或者酒店,时间久了,心里总是不得劲,所以萌发了买房的想法,大家都很开心,觉得相较于国外的房子空间大,住得舒服。”黄女士说。
2023年11月,第十届世界台山宁阳会馆联谊大会在台山举办,不少侨胞和港澳同胞便趁此机会购房置业。据统计,大会召开前后,侨胞和港澳同胞购房达100多套、1.1万平方米,成交金额约8800万元。
秀美侨都
落笔华侨心归处
人生是场远行,更是一场回归。而故乡侨都永远向游子敞开怀抱,以更加秀美、宜居的姿态拥抱他们,各种优势叠加,落笔华侨心归处。
当前,江门已初步形成了“两屏两江一带三网多点”的生态安全格局,全市森林覆盖率超45%,城区绿化覆盖率也超45%,累计已建成各级各类公园1000多个,实现了市民“300米见绿、500米见园、3公里见林”的生活向往。
五邑大学教授刘志坚表示,深中通道、黄茅海大桥相继通车,粤港澳大湾区城市“一体化”“同城化”加速;同时,随着GDP突破4000亿元大关、新会区成为首个千亿元GDP强区,江门的经济发展不断取得骄人成果,境外人士对大湾区和江门的未来充满信心,所以积极回来投资置业。
美智地产市场研究中心总监张镇兰也同样表示,随着江门的城市面貌、人居环境不断升级,加上江门地理位置优越、交通便捷,吸引了众多侨胞回乡购房,同时购房也成为他们表达情感的一种方式,也是他们与家人团聚、享受家乡生活的重要载体。
与此同时,江门住宅的品质也在不断升级。近年来,为满足刚性和改善性住房需求,江门围绕建设“好房子”,率先出台珠三角优惠力度最大的“规划新政”,引领住宅4.0时代到来。这些第四代住宅不仅注重建筑的外立面美观和绿化,更重视居住的舒适度和实用性,通过创新设计,为居民提供更多的公共空间和绿色生活环境。
今年以来,江海保利大都汇三期、海悦天晟、骏景湾天悦、保利琅悦、保利西海岸新一期、江发翡翠观澜等一大批全新4.0住宅项目集中面市,除了具有大面积、大平层等特点的改善产品,也包含多赠送、高实用的小面积住宅,吸引了许多市民的目光。这些项目还创新实现空中庭院、超大阳台、飘窗面积最大化等设计,整体实用率超高,颇受改善圈层关注。这也为侨胞选房提供了更多选择。
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侨胞难题“一站式”解决
与此同时,江门进一步深化便利侨胞投资制度专项改革,方便境外人士返乡置业。
江门市侨务局、江门市侨联、江门市住房和城乡建设局针对侨胞客户提供专门的咨询和服务窗口,为他们提供政策解读、购房指导等服务,帮助他们更好地了解市场信息和购房流程,还可针对性实施补贴或贷款优惠,降低购房成本。
此外,江门还推出“安居+侨”服务项目,针对侨胞群体的需求设置了专门咨询和服务窗口,为他们提供政策解读、购房指导等服务,帮助他们更好地了解市场信息、购房流程和需注意事项。同时,侨胞还可以通过江门房屋交易“云链签”跨境线上查询拟购房屋信息、缴存购房款、办理房屋买卖合同网签和下载保存购房合同等。
银行方面,工商银行江门分行、中国银行江门分行为境外来江人士提供“现钞支付、境外银行卡受理、移动支付、账户服务、数字人民币”五大支付服务,并推出优化华侨华人、外籍来江人员支付服务的便利化措施。工商银行江门分行实现港澳居民跨境按揭贷款和跨境人民币、外币资金购房。
Overseas Chinese setting off a boom of settling down in the capital of overseas Chinese
East or west, home is best
Some people say that no matter how far you go, your hometown is always the most beautiful place in your heart. Not long ago, nine overseas Chinese, whose ancestral home is in Jiangmen City, formed a group to visit their hometowns, with each of them purchasing a property. This news has garnered widespread attention. If the moonlight of a distant land illuminates the dream, then the yearning of hometown will light up the way home, guiding the overseas Chinese back to their roots.
Beyond the sentiments and reflections of overseas Chinese, more importantly, the hardware and software infrastructure of Jiangmen City, the capital of overseas Chinese, has improved significantly. With the opening of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge and the Huangmaohai Cross-sea Passage, Jiangmen City can better connect to the six surrounding international airports, accelerating its integration into the “one-hour life circle” of the GBA, and narrowing its time and spatial distance with Hong Kong and Macao and the rest of the world. Meanwhile, a transformation in the living environment and housing is underway and upgrading, with the emergence of premium residential projects featuring high quality, aesthetics, and practicality.
“East or west, home is best,” Mr. Cen, an overseas Chinese who bought property in Jiangmen City, lamented, “The environment of Jiangmen City keeps improving, and overseas Chinese are looking forward to returning and enjoying the dream life on this vibrant land!”
Striving around the world
Strong sentiments for hometown
As a famous hometown of overseas Chinese, Jiangmen City has more than 5.3 million compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and overseas Chinese in more than 140 countries and regions, many of whom are celebrities and elites in local government, businesses, and academic circles, with some serving as presidents, vice presidents, and other important positions in the overseas Chinese associations. In their early years, they crossed the ocean, strove a live around the world, created their own worlds, and contributed to the development of their local countries and the world, building a solid reputation for Jiangmen City globally. They are the pride and honor of Jiangmen City.
Flashing neon lights in a foreign land is not as drawing as a bright light from the hometown. The homesickness drove more and more overseas Chinese from Jiangmen City to return home and build emotional bonds with their hometown.
Not long ago, Wu Xiao, a Jiangmen native doing business abroad and eight other overseas Chinese companions returned to Jiangmen City to visit their ancestors and relatives. “Our ancestral homes are in Enping, and we do business in the same place, and we have a close relationship, so we agreed to return to our hometown to visit our ancestors,” Wu Xiao said.
During their visit, Wu Xiao and others came to Jiangmen City to catch up with old friends and found significant changes in Jiangmen City. All their friends strongly recommend them buying a house in Jiangmen City, so the idea of buying a house arose. Mr. Ma, who was responsible for the reception of Wu Xiao and others, told the author that the property deals with several overseas Chinese and ethnic Chinese were very efficient, with the purchase procedures completed on the same day they saw the house. Each of them bought a spacious apartment of 150 square meters, and the 9 suites are in the same building.
The house-purchasing boom among overseas Chinese is becoming a new phenomenon in the local property market. According to data provided by the Jiangmen City Department of Housing and Urban Rural Development, the proportion of non-local residents purchasing houses increased from 3% in 2021 to 7% in 2023.
Ms. Huang, an overseas Chinese in Canada with ancestral home in Xinhui visits her parents every year. “I used to live in my mother’s house or in a hotel when I came back, but it always felt like something was missing. Then the idea of buying a house came up, and everyone is very happy about it. It’s more spacious and comfortable compared with houses we live abroad,” Ms. Huang said.
In November 2023, the 10th World Taishan Ningyang Association Friendship Conference was held in Taishan, and many compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and overseas Chinese took this opportunity to buy houses. According to statistics, before and after the conference, compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and overseas Chinese bought more than 100 sets, 11,000 square meters, and the transaction amount was about 88 million yuan.
Beautiful capital of overseas Chinese
The home for the hearts of overseas Chinese
Life is a journey, and also a return. The capital of overseas Chinese always welcomes its children, offering them a more beautiful and livable environment. The superposition of various advantages makes it the home for the hearts of overseas Chinese.
Currently, Jiangmen City has formed an initial ecological security framework consisting of “two screens, two rivers, one belt, three networks, and multiple points”. The forest coverage rate of the city exceeds 45%, the urban green coverage rate also exceeds 45%, and more than 1,000 parks at all levels have been built, realizing the dream life of “a green view in 300 meters, gardens in 500 meters, and forests in 3 kilometers” for citizens.
Liu Zhijian, a professor at Wuyi University, said that the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge and Huangmaohai Cross-sea Passage have opened successively, and the “integration” and “synchronization” of cities in the GBA have accelerated. Meanwhile, with a GDP of 400 billion yuan and Xinhui District becoming the first 100 billion yuan GDP powerhouse, Jiangmen City’s economic development continues to achieve impressive results. Overseas people are full of confidence in the future of the GBA and Jiangmen City, leading them to actively return to purchase houses.
Zhang Zhenlan, Director of Meizhi Real Estate Market Research Center, also said that with the upgrading of Jiangmen City’s urban outlook and living environment, coupled with its superior geographical location and convenient transportation, many overseas Chinese have been attracted to return to their hometowns to buy houses. It has become a way for them to express their emotions, an important carrier for them to reunite with their families and enjoy life in their hometowns.
Meanwhile, the quality of housing in Jiangmen City is constantly upgrading. In recent years, to meet the rigid and improved housing demand, Jiangmen City has focused on constructing “good houses” and leading the introduction of the “planning new policy” with the largest preferential power in the Pearl River Delta, leading the arrival of the housing 4.0 era. These fourth-generation residences not only pay attention to the aesthetics and greenery of the building facades, but also emphasize the comfortableness and practicality of living, and provide more public space and a green living environment through innovative design.
Since the beginning of this year, a large number of new 4.0 residential projects such as Jianghai Poly Daduhui Phase III, Haiyue Tiansheng, Junjingwan Tianyue, Poly Langyue, Poly West Coast New Phase I, Jiangfa Feicui Guanlan jointly entered the market. In addition to the larger units, penthouses, and other features, these projects contain practical and small residences with gifts, attracting numerous buyers. These projects innovatively incorporate hanging gardens, large balconies, bay maximized window areas and other designs with high overall utilization, garnering the attention of the improvement circle. They also provide more options for overseas Chinese to find an ideal home.
Advancing services
“One-stop” to handle the problems of overseas Chinese
Meanwhile, Jiangmen City further deepened special reforms of the system aimed at facilitating the investment of overseas Chinese, providing convenience for more overseas Chinese to return to their hometowns to purchase houses.
The Jiangmen City Overseas Chinese Affairs Bureau, the Jiangmen Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, and Jiangmen City Department of Housing and Urban Rural Development provide special consultation and service windows for overseas Chinese customers, provide them with policy interpretation, house purchase guidance, and other services, help them better understand the market information and house purchase process, and also implement targeted subsidies or loan concessions to reduce the cost of purchasing houses.
In addition, Jiangmen City has launched the “Settlement + overseas Chinese” service project, which has set up a special consultation and service window to meet the needs of overseas Chinese, providing them with services such as policy interpretation and house purchase guidance, and helping them better understand the market information, house purchase process, and related notices and matters. Meanwhile, overseas Chinese can use the Jiangmen City housing transaction “Cloud chain contract” cross-border online to inquire housing information, deposit down payment, apply for housing sale online contract, and download and save the contract.
In terms of banking services, the Jiangmen City Branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and the Jiangmen City Branch of the Bank of China provide five payment options for overseas visitors, including “cash payment, overseas bank card acceptance, mobile payment, account service, and digital RMB”, and introduce facilitation measures to optimize payment services for overseas Chinese, ethnic Chinese, and foreigners. The Jiangmen City Branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China provides cross-border mortgage loans for residents from Hong Kong and Macao and cross-border RMB and foreign currency fund transfers for purchasing houses.
来源:直播江门、中国侨都
作者:易航