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Mr.He Xiangjian donated 6 billion yuan in public welfare
Released time:2017-07-27Pageviews:31530
“ With the development and improvement of society and economic these years, it is our honor to live in this times. With the thanksgiving in heart, we are more clear in years of charity practice that values are the best inheritance and virtue is the greatest wealth.
On July 25, 2017, Guangdong He Foundation donation ceremony was held in Foshan, with more than 6 billion yuan. He Jianfeng, president of He Foundation, said he will devote himself to the public welfare all his life, passing the pure, grateful, low-key value to the next generation.
Luyi, party secretary of foshan, Rao Meiyi, deputy director of Guangdong provincial department of civil affairs, Chen Yisong, president of Citic Holdings Co.,Ltd, Bang Min, party secretary of district committee of Shunde, Peng Chong’en, district mayor of Shunde, Hong Bo, president of Midea, together with He Xiangjian, honorary president of He Foundation, founder of Midea, attended the donation ceremony.
At that day, He Xiangjian Foundation officially changed its name to He Foundation, which can be inseparable with He Xiangjian and his family’s charity culture. Mr.He said that it is our responsibility to create He Foundation and dedicate ourselves into charity work.
Afterwards, 6 billion charity system donated by Mr.He officially appeared, which can be concluded by “2+4+5” donation frame, involving in 2 charitable trusts, 4 philanthropic foundations and 5 charity societies. 100 million shares of Midea Group plans to operation by charitable trust. 2 billion yuan is used in setting up “ Shunde Community charitable trust.” 1.5 billion yuan will be donated to He Foundation, De Qi Charity Foundation, Desheng Community Charity Foundation, Shunde Innovative Public Welfare Foundation, Guangdong Charity Foundation, Shunde Foundation, Beijiao Foundation and Xijiao Foundation. These charities will run the specialisation of charity programs.
Infore Group regards charity as its secondary career, aiming at promoting normalization and institutionalization of enterprise charity. The company will carry out long-term thinking and planning practice for charity. In 2010, the group established first no-public founds in Foshan, called Guangdong Infore Charity Found. “We hope we can actively promote the corporate strategic public interest of the group and enable enterprises to practice corporate social responsibility from multiple levels through specialization and standardization of charitable foundations. Adhering to this concept, Infore foundation has implemented a series of projects in education, disaster relief, poverty alleviation, youth growth and other fields to achieve good social effects for years.
At the end of 2013, Infore Foundation merged with He Xiangjian Foundation for better pass charity culture. He Jianfeng acted as the president of philanthropic foundation.
As at the end of December 2016, He Xiangjian Foundation has donated 420 million yuan. Two projects are set to begin operation by the end of this year. In addition, the foundation actively conducts local public welfare support projects to fund 145 local projects. Set up He Xiangjian scholarship to help more than 2,100 poverty students. Cooperated with Sun yat-sen university, China charity research institute to start Shunde public welfare charity talent research class. At the same time, donate to Beijiao middle school, South China University of Technology, Xijiao welfare association, Beijiao Charity and Shunde Charity.
He Xiangjian and his family have further measures to the concept, culture, work way and inheritance system from enterprise and personality donation at early times to professional platform and then to system's sustainable charitable foundation operation and to 6 billion yuan for sustainable charity planning.
President He Jianfeng said that the charity foundation will work in four areas: "first-rate foundations, influential projects, professional governance, philanthropic exchanges and cooperation in new strategic planning. And the charity foundation will focus on education and medical field which is both traditional and creative. At the time time, they will also actively respond to the call of the state and play a positive role in the field of targeted poverty alleviation.
“A noble and grand passion kindled the ideal flame. A charitable foundation that has been passed down from generation to generation has been established to help this imperfect world forever.” At the end of ceremony, He Jianfeng shared the words of the board of directors of the Pennsylvania foundation and said that these remarkable pioneers provide a good example for us. As we announced before: "we are not only pursuing successful entrepreneurs, but we are also good philanthropists.
