AmCham South China Kicks Off its 2017 Charity
Fundraising Effort
with RMB200,000 from Mead Johnson and
RMB100,000 from Jingxing Real Estate
AmCham Endeavors to Save Lives of Orphaned Children in Need of
Immediate Life-saving Surgery,
Helps Raise the Impoverished Wuxing Village and the Nearby Villages
above the Poverty Line
Guangzhou, CHINA – Nov. 30th, 2017 -
The American Chamber of Commerce in South China (AmCham South China)
today, at W Guangzhou, announced details of its annual charity fundraising
effort, of which the attendees included board members of AmCham South China,
U.S. Consul General in Guangzhou, Mr. Charles Bennett, Vice President Finance
at Greater China, Mead Johnson Nutrition, Mr. Edouard Mac Nab, and Executive
Director and General Manager of Jingxing Real Estate, Mr. Jing Yijie.
This year’s program is co-organized by Guangzhou
People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, Guangzhou Charity
Association (under Guangzhou Civil Affairs Bureau), Guangzhou Youth Development
Foundation, and Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, aiming to raise
donations of material and funds. The in-kind donations will be distributed to
Guangdong’s impoverished Wuxing Village (part of Meizhou City) and other poor
villages later this year and early next year. Additionally, cash donations will
be used to finance medical treatments for orphaned children at Guangzhou Women
and Children’s Medical Center and to help the poor villages. All donations will
go through Guangzhou Youth Development Foundation with proper receipts issued
to the donors.
In its second consecutive year, AmCham South
China will organize an inspection tour to Wuxing Village and the nearby
impoverished villages in mid or late January, 2018. According to official
statistics, Wuxing Village, located in Wuhua County of Meizhou City, covers an
area of 11.5 kilometers and owns a population of 4,034 people, comprising of 82
relatively poverty-stricken households (252 people). Before the Chamber’s
charity efforts, Wuxing Village was home to 157 poverty-stricken households
(909 people), a preliminary census shows. Since the “targeted measures to help
people lift themselves out of poverty”, a concept put forward by Chinese
President Xi Jinping, 39 households (93 people, 36.9% of the Village’s
poverty-stricken population) have been raised above the poverty line in the
Village. Also, the Village has changed from none to some in adding windows to
its primary school, a separate workplace to its committee, a public health
station for the villagers, and a one-kilometer road to its neighboring village.
This is the 8th consecutive year of
AmCham’s overall charity activities. In the past eight years, AmCham South
China has collected cash donation of RMB4.73 million and in-kind donation worth
RMB6.57 million for children in severe condition and four impoverished
villages. As a foreign non-profit organization with long-term dedication to the
public welfare, AmCham South China calls for more attention from all sectors of
community on the development and growth of the poor population and the children
in severe condition with a purpose of cultivating a broader future for them.
Events planned under the cooperative efforts
include:
1. Press Conference on November 30th,
2017
- To inform the press and the public about the
background and action plan of the Charity Theme Events and to build awareness of
the need for philanthropy and to collect donations for initiating poverty
alleviation projects in Wuxing Village and orphans in need of medical
treatment.
- To call for more donors’ participation.
Any donation or suggestion for Wuxing Village, please
contact Ms. Wing Xian, Senior Events and International Program Manager of
AmCham South China at + 86-20-8335-1476 ext. 12.
2. Inspection Tour of Wuxing Village and Other
Poor Villages in mid/late January, 2018
A corporate delegation with experts and
potential investors will visit Wuxing Village for projects, accompanied by a
team from the Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center who will provide
free medical services to villagers, and build awareness of the need for
philanthropy.
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.
In
June 2017, Reckitt Benckiser, one of the Top 500 enterprises, announced the
completion of the acquisition of the Mead Johnson Nutrition Company. Mead
Johnson will initially operate as a separate division within RB.
About Mead Johnson Nutrition
(China) Ltd.
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 ISO9001:2008 certification, Mead Johnson China
adheres to HACCP principles and meets all national food safety and hygiene standards.
With
deep roots in China extending back 24 years, Mead Johnson is committed to
delivering professional care and support to Chinese consumers by providing high
quality nutritional products 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
Covering an area of 11.5 kilometers,
Wuxing Village is located in east of Zhuanshui Town, Wuhua County, home to 680
households with the total registered population of 4,034 people. With its
counterpart-assistance organized by Guangzhou Foreign Affairs Office, Wuxing
Village is relatively poverty-stricken and in need of targeted measures to help
people lift themselves out of poverty in Guangdong Province. The Village is
home to 82 relatively poverty-stricken households (252 people), out of which 55
households (215 people) are labor-capable and 27 households (37 people) are
not. In 2016, the Village has lifted 39 households (93 people) above the
poverty line, accounting for 36.9% of its total poverty-stricken population.
Nowadays, Wuxing Village needs to
address major issues of employing the poor population, renovating the mud
buildings, and educating the young generation. With the help from supporting
organizations, Wuxing Village has built a separate workplace for its committee,
a public health station for its villagers, and a one-kilometer road to its
neighboring village.
The village is improving their living
condition by cleaning up the chaotic piling-up of old junks, wires as well as
demolishing dilapidated buildings, ruins, broken oxen, and open-air toilets.
With the help from supporting organizations, the village has established a
long-lasting garbage collecting system.
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 “
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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