11月28日下午，在2021亚洲青年领袖论坛闭幕式上，菲律宾上好佳（中国）有限公司董事长施学理发表了题为《以开放的姿态促进亲密对话和资源共享》的主旨演讲。

全文如下：

各位早上好！非常荣幸受邀参加亚洲青年领袖论坛，作为亚洲年轻一代的代表发言。我叫施学理，是第三代菲律宾华人。和我的父母一样，我出生于菲律宾，在菲律宾长大。和我同辈的菲律宾华人儿童一样，我的普通话说得不好，我主要说英语和菲律宾语。

我们在中国的业务始于上海，随后扩张到其他一些主要城市。2004年，我们在江西省和湖北省的两个中小城市建立了我们最早的工厂之一。我们发现，即使在中小城市，在高效的基础设施和高度积极的地方经济的支持下，中国各地的投资环境也已经非常成熟。

大湾区的发展是中国发展的关键战略部分，对中国的创新驱动发展和改革开放的承诺起着重要作用。因此，我们一直在密切关注它的发展，并主动了解它可能提供的机会。

我出生于20世纪70年代，有机会接触在中国改革开放初期蓬勃发展的第一代中国商人以及下一代企业家，包括那些已经接管他们父母所授予的事业的人。这些下一代企业家充分接触了不同的文化，因此很多人拥抱创新、掌握多种语言跨多个学科，并能够将其资源扩展到海外。

“未来属于青年，希望寄予青年。”令人鼓舞的是，我们的许多青年团体和协会正在跨越国界，要么扩展到其他国家，要么与这些国家的其他协会建立紧密联盟。生活在中国，能够充分了解中国的政府系统。该系统受到国民的高度重视，我们知道促进国家和人民之间相互了解的重要性。

让我们继续努力，用创新的方法来促进更亲密的对话和资源共享。我认为我留在中国最重要的原因同时也令我收获颇丰的就是，我对不同背景的群体保持开放的心态，明白每个人都能做出很多贡献是一个让人谦虚且令人充实的过程。接受这一事实，即有很多途径可以找到解决社会问题和关切的办法。我们会发现拥有不同的观点和经验，可以使这个世界变得更好、文化更丰富。

非常感谢。


On 28 November, Larry Chan, Chairman of Philippines Liwayway (China) Co., Ltd, delivered his remarks at the Closing Ceremony of the Asia Youth Leaders Forum 2021.

The full speech is as below.

Good morning to all. It is truly an honor to be invited here in this Asian Youth Leaders Forum and speak on behalf of Asia's young generation. 

My name is Larry Chan, and I'm a third generation Filipino Chinese. Like my parents, I was born and raised in the Philippines. And like many Filipino-Chinese children from my generation, I have a poor grasp of the Chinese Mandarin language, unfortunately, as we speak mainly English and the Philippine vernacular.

Our operations in China started in Shanghai followed by expansion into a number of other major cities. In 2004, we established our first operations in two lower tier townships, in Jiangxi and Hubei provinces, discovering that even in lower tier places, the investment environment around China had matured very well with the support of efficient infrastructures and highly motivated local economies.

We understand that the development of the Greater Bay Area is a key strategic part of China's development movement and plays a significant role in the country's innovation-driven development and commitment to reform and opening-up. Thus, we have been closely following its developments, and taking the initiative to understand the opportunities it may provide.

Being born in the 1970s, I have the benefit of being close to both the first generation of Chinese businessmen who prospered during the early years of China's opening up, and the next generation of entrepreneurs, including those who are already taking over the businesses passed on by their parents. These next generation entrepreneurs are highly exposed to different cultures so that many openly embrace innovation, are multilingual and multidisciplinary, and have been able to expand their resources beyond their countries.

As President Xi Jinping has said, the future belongs to the youth and hope rests with them. It is encouraging how a lot of our youth groups and associations are crossing borders either by expansion into other countries, or establishing close alliances with other associations in those countries. Living in China and being able to fully appreciate China's own system of government that is very much highly regarded by its constituents, we know the importance of fostering better mutual understanding between nations and people.

Let us continue doing so, applying innovative ways to promote more intimate dialogue and sharing of resources. I think the most important reason my stay in China has been very fruitful for me is because I kept an open mind towards communities with different backgrounds. Understanding the ways in which each one has a lot to contribute to the table is a very humbling and fulfilling process to an acceptance of the reality that there are many ways to find solutions to societal issues and concerns, we then realize that having different perspectives and experiences can make this world a much better and culturally richer place. Thank you very much.