South Africa-based Hu Liming initiated the Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce in Southern Africa.
Liao Zonglin founded IL Tempo Cina Europa, the first Chinese newspaper in Italy and served as its then editor-in-chief.
Yu Anlin promoted the unification of nine associations representing people from East China's Zhejiang province based in Russia, to establish the Russian Zhejiang Overseas Chinese Federation.
Chen Jianfei and Chen Shengyong, a pair of brothers born and raised in an underdeveloped village in Yongjia county, Zhejiang province, were both included in the World's Top 2% Scientists, a list published by Stanford University in May.
