The 8th World Overseas Chinese and Chinese Association Friendship Conference was held in Beijing on 5 May. It marked the 130th anniversary of President Xi Jinping's major concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind.

The theme of the conference was "Integrating China and Foreign Countries and Promoting the Building of a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind" It has become the highest-level, most representative and widest coverage of the global overseas Chinese event, and has become a grand event for the main overseas Chinese organizations.