An association of Taiwanese people who have been doing business overseas for years will launch a plan to make their sons and daughters a new force in the association, its chairman said Saturday. 'The second generation of overseas Taiwanese businessmen are well-educated and distinguished, but they do not have as strong a Taiwanese identity as their parents because they were born or grew up in foreign countries, ' said Jean Tsai, chairman of the World Taiwanese Chambers of Commerce (WTCC). The WTCC has been considering how to unite them as a new force that could be incorporated into the WTCC he told selfnews after a ceremony marking the inauguration of the WTCC's new headquarters in Taipei. 'One of our appeals to these young overseas Taiwanese is that the older generation has established a network covering 168 countries and areas, ' he said. 'They can capitalize on this network to do business.' 'We will invite five potential leaders selected from each of the six continents to take part in a meeting in Paris this April and we will listen to them to find out what they are most concerned about, ' Tsai said. More people will be invited to attend an annual meeting in September in Taiwan, according to Tsai, who described this plan as 'a major step in the WTCC's 16-year history.' Earlier at the ceremony, Tsai said that the new headquarters is the result of 16 years of efforts. He also said the WTCC, which has more than 30,000 member companies, has made further progress as it has set up new presences in Laos and Turkey this year. On future plans, Tsai said that overseas Taiwanese businessmen are planning to take part in United Nations-recognized non-government organizations this year to help raise Taiwan's global visibility. 