I am a student at the University of Sheffield in the UK. This year's journey home made me deeply appreciate the strength of the overseas Chinese Federation and the warmth of my hometown. At the beginning of the new year, COVID-19 disrupted people's pace of life. 

As a front-line medical staff, my mother has not been home since January 28 due to work needs. At the beginning of the epidemic, the cadres of Xiacheng overseas Chinese Federation contacted me and asked me about my life abroad, they also told me that they would help take care of my elderly grandparents. As the epidemic continues to spread around the world, strong homesickness has strengthened my determination to go home immediately, but how to go home in this special period has become particularly complicated. I have no relatives abroad, and I can't get in touch with my mother far away, which makes me feel very helpless and anxious. When I was at a loss, I suddenly thought that I could contact the staff of the overseas Chinese Federation in the community. 

I left a message on WeChat to Yang, a cadre of Xiacheng overseas Chinese Federation, expressing my determination to return to China and hope to get help. It was early in the morning in China, and I didn't expect her to reply immediately, but when I saw "Operation guide of health information pre-declaration platform for overseas Chinese returning home", I finally felt relieved. Considering that there are only elderly grandparents at home, I also put forward the idea of centralized isolation to her, and then she filled in the application for me at the first time and obtained the consent of the relevant departments.

I started from Heathrow Airport in London and landed at Pudong Airport in Shanghai on March 11. I kept in touch with aunt Yang through WeChat. She always paid close attention to my return trip.

After taking the Zhejiang bus from Shanghai Pudong airport to the intersection of Jiashan Dayun Expressway, I was sent to the central isolation station by the CDC coordinated by Xiacheng District Health and health administration. The whole process was seamless and had no contact with other unrelated personnel. Every time I change the bus, aunt Yang will tell me, "You must make sure it's the bus of Xiacheng. Don't take the wrong bus". This concern stayed with me until I checked into the isolation hotel. 

我是一名就读于英国谢菲尔德大学的学生，今年的这趟回家旅程，让我深深体会到了侨联的力量和家乡的温暖。新年伊始，一场猝不及防的新冠肺炎疫情，打乱了人们的生活节奏。我妈妈作为一名一线医护人员，自1月28日起就因工作需要常驻单位，没回过家。疫情初期，下城区侨联干部就与我取得了联系，询问我在国外的生活情况，还和我说家中年迈的外公外婆他们会帮忙照顾，让我放心。

随着疫情在全球持续蔓延，强烈的思乡情绪让我坚定了马上回家的决心，但是回家这件本来并不难的事，在这个关键时期变得格外复杂。一个人在国外举目无亲，国内的妈妈又联系不上，我觉得非常无助和焦虑，正当我不知所措时，忽然想到可以联系社区的侨联工作人员。

我通过微信，给下城区侨联干部小杨留言说：“我决定回家了，希望可以得到帮助。”当时是国内的凌晨，我本不报希望她会马上回复，可是当我的手机里出现“海外侨胞回国健康信息预申报平台操作指引时”，那颗悬着的心终于放了下来。考虑到家里只有年迈的外公外婆，居家隔离不方便，我还向她提出希望能够集中隔离，社区侨联干部小杨第一时间帮我代书了申请，并取得了有关部门的同意。

我从伦敦希思罗机场出发、3月11日上海浦东机场落地，我和小杨阿姨的微信一直没断过，整个回程全线关注。

从上海浦东机场坐浙江专班车到嘉善大云高速路口后，我就被下城区卫健局协调疾控中心统一接到了集中隔离点，整个过程无缝对接，与其他无关人员都是零接触。每次换车，小杨阿姨都会叮嘱我，“看准了，确定是下城区的再上去，别坐错车”。类似这样的关心直到我回杭入住隔离酒店。

（Executive Editor: Ye Ke, Shao Xiaoyi)