AmCham South China Kicks Off
its 2016 Charity Fundraising Effort
with RMB130,000 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 - Dec 1st, 2016 - The American
Chamber of Commerce in South China (AmCham South China) today, at Grand
Hyatt Hotel 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 Greater
China from Mead Johnson Nutrition, Mr. Edouard Macnab, and General Manager of
Jingxing Real Estate, Mr. Jing Yijie.
This year’s program is co-organized by the
Guangzhou People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the
Guangzhou Charity Association (under Guangzhou Civil Affairs Bureau), the Guangzhou
Youth Development Foundation, and the 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.
An inspection tour of Wuxing Village and the nearby
poor villages will be organized by AmCham South China on January 11th-12th,
2017. The destination, Wuxing Village, is located in Wuhua County of Meizhou
City. According to the official demographics, there are 143 people of physical disability,
84 relatively poverty-stricken households, 300 relatively poverty-stricken
villagers and 22 poverty-stricken households in need of
house renovation.
This is the 7th consecutive year of
AmCham’s overall charity activities. As a foreign business 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 effort include:
1. Press Conference on December 1st,
2016
- 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.
2. Inspection Tour of Wuxing
Village and Other Poor Villages on January 11th-12th,
2017
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.
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 China
adheres to HACCP principles and meets all national food safety and hygiene
standards.
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 in east of Zhuanshui town, Wuhua
County. Wuxing Village is home to 680 households, with the total registered
population
around 4,600. 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 a heath station without existence.
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 Guangzhou Charity
Association-Guangzhou Civil Affairs Bureau
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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