Beijing Overseas Chinese Friendship Association, adapting itself to the reform and opening-up policy and development of all walks of life of the capital, is a civil organization designed for the communication and cooperation among Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan compatriots, overseas Chinese and Chinese friends from economic, culture, science and technology, and education areas. The association, aims at building up friendship, exchanging the affections, disseminating information, expanding exchanges, enhancing mutual understanding and friendship, promoting all causes of society in Beijing, and providing service for the economic development of the capital. Since its establishment in 1987, Beijing Overseas Chinese Friendship Association helps to strengthen the cooperation and communication among Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan compatriots, overseas Chinese and Chinese friends through organizing and carrying out all sorts of recreational activities. The association does a great job in promoting the unity of Chinese home and abroad, and making a positive contribution to the reform and opening up and modernization construction. Under the concern and support from friends home and abroad, the association has fulfilled progress and development in long term. With the increasing number of friends from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan as well as abroad, and the expansion of working areas, the volume of the team members is growing, the communication among friends is increasing, and the fine image of the association is coming into being. All these facilitate the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan compatriots, overseas Chinese to get involved in the reform, opening up and economic construction of our capital as the hosts of the country.