FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jan 11th, 2017
For Additional Information,
please contact:
Ms. Rachel Chen
Communication Supervisor
The American Chamber of Commerce in
Tel: 86-20-8335-1476 ext. 39
Fax: 86-20-8332-1642
E-mail: rchen@amcham-southchina.org
AmCham South China and its Member Companies
Battle Poverty in
Guangdong’s Meizhou City’s Impoverished Villages
Cash Donation of RMB130,000 from Mead Johnson Nutrition
and RMB100,000 from Jingxing Real Estate and
In-kind
Donation of RMB254,100 to Help Raise Wuxing Village and the Nearby Impoverished
Villages above the Poverty Line
MEIZHOU, CHINA – January 11, 2017 – The American Chamber of
Commerce in South China (AmCham South China), as its 7th
consecutive annual charity effort, today brought a large group of
business and community leaders including executives from multinational
corporations to Wuxing Village and the nearby
impoverished villages.
As a poverty-stricken village by provincial
standard under the administration of Meizhou City, Wuxing Village has
a registered population of 5000 people, including 285 individuals of 81
poverty-stricken households. AmCham South China’s fundraising efforts this
year collected in-kind donations worth over RMB254,100, covering clothing, computers,
educational
materials, bedding, food and beverage from the
member companies.
As part
of its overall charity activities, AmCham South China also coordinated cash
donation
of RMB230,000 by chamber’s generous members Mead Johnson Nutrition and Jingxing
Real Estate to
the Guangzhou Youth Development Foundation. These funds will be used to save lives of orphaned children
in need of immediate life-saving surgery, and to help raise Wuxing Village above the poverty line.
On January 11th, a team of medical
professionals from the Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical
Center and the Sanitation Center of Zhuanshui County co-offered free
onsite medical checkups and consultations to the villagers. The
delegation also visited the local families in need of assistance, allowing AmCham
South China to learn more about the villagers’ living condition. In addition, a
few foreign teachers brought their tailor-made English lessons to the village’s
primary school. On the next day, potential investors and experts will join the
delegation for investment inspection during the visit to Wuxing Village and other
nearby impoverished villages. GLIESE
Film Company Ltd.
sent a crew to film the events for a documentary to be released at a future
date to raise awareness for the need for philanthropy.
Guangzhou People’s
Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries of Guangzhou Foreign Affairs
Bureau, Guangzhou Charity Association of Guangzhou Civil Affairs Bureau,
Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, and Guangzhou Youth Development
Foundation are
partners of American Chamber of Commerce South China in the AmCham South China-Mead Johnson 2016 Charity Theme Events.
About The American
Chamber of Commerce in South China
The
American Chamber of Commerce in South China (AmCham South China) is a
non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to facilitating bilateral trade
between the
The
mission of the American Chamber of Commerce in South China is to promote the
development of trade, commerce and investment between the United States and the
People’s Republic of China with a special focus on South China; to provide a
forum in which member businesses can identify their common interests and
discuss solutions for common problems; to work with and advocate member
interests with relevant organizations in South China, elsewhere in China and
the United States, and to set the standards for corporate social responsibility
for the community that the Chamber serves.
About Mead Johnson Nutrition
Company
Mead
Johnson Nutrition Company was founded in 1905 by Edward Mead Johnson, and its
global headquarters is located in Glenview, Illinois, in the United States.
Mead
Johnson has a proud history of over 110 years and is a global leader in infant
and children’s nutrition. The company has been committed from its very
beginning to nourishing the world’s children for the best start in life. Mead
Johnson has a workforce of approximately 7,700 dedicated employees worldwide. The
company manufactures and markets more than 70 products in over 50 countries. Those
innovative products deliver tangible, often clinically-proven developmental and
health outcomes, and have helped Mead Johnson earn the trust of millions of
parents and health care professionals.
Mead
Johnson is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and holds a place in the
Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. Mead Johnson is the only global company
exclusively focused on infant and children’s nutrition.
About Mead Johnson
Nutrition (
Mead Johnson Nutrition China
was founded in 1993. Our manufacturing facility is located at Dong Ji Xia Yuan
Road in the Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone. It covers an
area of 60,000 square meters and boasts some of the world’s most advanced
production processes and technology. Currently, the company’s sales network is
established in 29 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities nationwide.
Mead Johnson strives to
advance its leadership role as part of the healthy growth of the entire
pediatric nutrition industry. The company has operated strictly under its
first-to-market “All-Rounded Safety” quality management model and GMP standards
across its manufacturing, supply chains, storage and distribution networks.
Having been awarded ISO9001:2000 certification, Mead Johnson
With deep roots in China
extending back 23 years, Mead Johnson is committed to delivering professional
care and support to Chinese consumers by providing high quality nutritional
products, including Enfamama A+, Enfa A+, Enfinitas and GentleCare, for
pregnant women, infants and children and sharing our advanced knowledge of
pediatric science through various activities to enhance the awareness of the
importance of early childhood nutrition among young Chinese parents.
About
Jingxing Company
Jingxing
Company started business in 1985 in Import and Export field, working with the
renowned electrical brands such as Haier, Gree and Midea. With them the business achievements of Jingxing Company were
excellent. In order to broaden the business platform, Jingxing Company has
entered the Real
Estate
field in 1995 and formed Guangzhou Jingxing Real Estate Co., Ltd. Now, Jingxing Company has
become an integrated enterprise with interests in residential real estate,
property management, hotel, business trades and commercial real estate
development. The total asset of the company exceeds RMB6 billion and has over 200
employees. The company
abides by “improve living quality, elevate construction quality” as its
responsibility, keeps the rule to optimize the city functions and advocates
quality living.
About Wuxing Village
Wuxing Village locates east of Zhuanshui town, Wuhua
County. Wuxing Village is home to 680 households and
has a total registered population of around 5,000. A preliminary household
survey shows that 157 households of the village (909 people) currently live below
the poverty line, accounting for 23% and 19.8% respectively of the total
household number and the total village population. The village is
home to a primary school without a proper shield, a village committee without a
separate workplace, and has no health station.
About the Guangzhou
People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (GZPAFFC)
Established
in 1984, the
GZPAFFC is a citywide local people’s group. The Association aims at
establishing friendship and strengthening
mutual understanding between local people in Guangzhou and people from around
the world, as well as promoting communication and cooperation between them,
maintaining world peace and promoting mutual development. The Association is
guided by China People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, and
Guangdong People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and other
superior departments.
About the
Founded
on June 5th, 1994, Guangzhou Charity Association is a registered
citywide charitable society and individual volunteers group approved by the
municipal government. The association is
committed to promoting the spirit of humanitarian, contributing to poverty
alleviation, and helping people with less fortune and people in need. It
promotes awareness of charity, and exploration of fields of charitable
services. It calls
for the society to contribute to funds raising, emergency rescuing, care for
senior people,
orphans and
medical treatments, and volunteer teaching, so as to help the people in need.
The association has established a transparent charity information platform and
explored more channels for public involvements of charity in order to help
accelerate innovative development of the philanthropic industry. In the past 21
years, the fund raised by the association has added up to RMB2.46 billion and
fund donated added up to RMB2.17 billion. For its great contribution, the
association has received “Extraordinary Award for Philanthropic Industry in China”, “Charity
Award in South Guangdong Area”, “2014 Excellent Social Group in Guangzhou”, and
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About
Guangzhou
Youth Development Foundation (hereinafter
referred to as GYDF) was founded in May 4th, 1994. This public foundation was
co-founded by Guangzhou Committee of China's Communist Youth League, Guangzhou
Youth Federation and Guangzhou Working Committee of Young Pioneers. For a long
time, GYDF has attracted broad attention and support from all sectors of
society. Meanwhile, it has received guidance and assistance from central,
provincial and municipal authorities. It’s not only a public funding agency,
but also a private foundation and social organization. It raises public fund in
Guangdong province, while receiving
voluntary contributions, investment income and other lawful income from
organizations, natural persons and legal persons.
GYDF
aims to rally fund and material support for development of Guangzhou teenagers’
career by connecting with enterprise & public institutions, social
organizations, other organizations and individuals home and abroad; to carry on
helping orphans and the poor in their study; to develop first aid service; to subsidize all
districts and institutions in Guangzhou to hold various activities which
benefit for teenagers’ physical and psychological health; to support and
promote studies of teenagers’ problems; to award excellent teenagers and social
organizations and individuals who make contribution to teenagers’ career.
Since
its establishment, GYDF has taken an active participation in social welfare
with support from different sectors of society. It promotes “Help the
Disadvantaged”, devotes itself
to building a harmonious society, dedicates in helping
poor students to learn. When the whole nation was faced with natural disasters,
GYDF united and led the
municipal youth to devote in earthquake relief. This
manifests noble spirits of great love in Guangzhou.
Through development of 20
years, GYDF, with the help of public, has advanced with the times and solicited
social resources, made
a greater contribution to social welfare by building its website and Weibo, and organized voluntary service groups to
broaden serving fields for teenagers.
About Guangzhou Women
and Children’s Medical Center
Guangzhou
Women and Children’s Medical Center (GWCMC) was established with the
integration of the former Guangzhou Children’s Hospital and former Guangzhou
Maternity Health Care Center. Covering an area of 37 thousand square meters and
a built-up area of 130 thousand square meters, the hospital is equipped with
1400 beds. Among the 2603 staff, 282 are
holding senior titles, 573 have
received master level education or above and 47 of them are MD or MS mentors.
In December 2012, GWCMC became the first public hospital in southern
The
Hospital has greatly enhanced its capacity building. Three specialties have
been honorably recognized as National Key Clinical Specialties entitled by the
Ministry of Health, including Respiratory, Gastroenterology and Pediatric
Surgery; six as Guangdong Key Clinical Disciplines or Specialties, and one as
Key Medical Laboratories listed in
The
hospital has evolved to a high-level, comprehensive and multi-disciplinary
health care institution, integrating the function of medical and healthcare,
prevention, research and education.
“Caring
for women and children with benevolence and expertise” remains at the core of
the hospital’s mission. Our culture stems from the motto of “Integrity,
Professionalism, Endeavor and Diligence”, and core value of “Love, harmony,
prudence and practical”.
Guangzhou
Women and Children’s Medical Centre spares no effort in communication and
cooperation with counterparts nationwide and worldwide. We have developed
strong connections with British Columbia Children’s Hospital, Kansas Children’s
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