American "Charity Banquet" Chinese rich can say "no"

"China Economic weekly" reporter Li Fengdao Wang Hongju | Beijing reports that Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have given the Chinese rich a difficult problem.　　In late September, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are coming to China. In June this year, Gates and Warren Buffett launched a "donation pledge" to appeal to the wealthiest Americans to donate at least half of their personal wealth to charity. At the end of August, the two men issued a charity dinner invitation to 50 Chinese rich people on their trip to China, and the list was not made public.　　According to media reports, some of the entrepreneurs invited to call the Gates Foundation to confirm whether to "persuade" and hesitate to keep the appointment. Which Chinese rich have received the invitation? Will it be an appointment? Will you promise to donate? How much will you donate?　　Such questions and curiosity have become the focus of public attention. "I think these bosses are not going to go?" Buffett and Gates will not come to a simple question like ' donate '. "Peng Jianmei, director of the Charity Information Center (hereinafter called Charity Information Center), recently received media enquiries about donations from rich people," he said.　　The charity Information Center is a national charity platform for the Ministry of Civil Affairs, which collects data on the Ministry of Civil Affairs and national charities every year, and publishes its annual charity report. But this time, many rich chose to remain silent. So far, only Zhang Xin, the CEO of Soho China, has talked about Bill Gates and Mr. Buffett's visit in the microblog, and another 3 prominent billionaires have made public statements about the matter.　　Jiangsu Huangpu Renewable Resources Co., Ltd. Chairman Chen Chen, Patriot Electronics technology company president Feng said he was willing to donate all his property, Chen called "Naked Donation", Wahaha Group chairman Zong said that he had declined the invitation.　　Although Bill Gates soon sent the "do not persuade" letter of instruction, the Gates Foundation China Program director Lei also told the media that the charity dinner "just talk", but the discussion and concern about the matter fell on the "Chinese rich" and "donations." "Why are the Chinese rich indifferent to charitable groups?" "Why do China's rich hide away from charity?" "And so the questioning followed.　　Moreover, said the "naked donation" of Chen and Feng, received is not only applause, some people call it "for fame", "the opportunity to show."　　Are the rich in China really ignorant of charity, fear of charity, and unwillingness to charity?　　Guests Liben The executive vice president of the China Charity Association Wang North Kingshivan, director of the Public Welfare Research Institute, the former Ministry of Civil Affairs disaster Relief department director Peng Jianmei charity donation Information Center Wu Fenghua Shenzhen TTF Jewelry company President Chen Song Zhuo Tatsu Group President Assistant, group spokesperson do charity, Chinese entrepreneurs do not need others to "persuade" the Chinese rich people's charitable performance exactly?　　This can be one or two from a variety of donations. According to the Ministry of Civil Affairs annual report of China charitable contribution, 2008, due to the Wenchuan earthquake, China received donations at home and abroad total 107 billionYuan, showing a blowout growth. In the normal years, the National Endowment in 2007 amounted to 30.9 billion yuan, and 2009 total donation amounted to 33.278 billion RMB.　　In normal years, corporate donations accounted for an absolute share: In 2007 and 2009, corporate contributions accounted for 61% and 58.8% per cent of the total, with private enterprises occupying the main part. This shows that China's rich are the main force for charitable donations every year.　　And in China, the amount of charitable donations is growing every year.　　The 2007 China Charitable contribution Annual report shows that, in 2007, China's single or individual fund-raising projects in the tens of millions of dollars and over the huge donation of more than 200, an average of more than 15 per month, the domestic annual donation of billions of individuals or units have 13, the total amount of donations up to 2.003 billion yuan.　　In addition, due to cultural traditions, social environment and other aspects of the impact of the Chinese rich do not like to donate in a personal capacity, a large number of invisible donations are not known, and can not be counted. Liben: It is unrealistic to say that the Chinese rich have a weak sense of charity. For example, after the 2008 "5·12" Wenchuan earthquake occurred, the Chinese charity Association has received generous donations from many entrepreneurs, including the rich, and several large private entrepreneurs have been anonymous, and in this year's drought and Yushu earthquake in the southwestern five provinces, there are four wealthy entrepreneurs with a single donation of billion yuan. At the same time, many rich people are starting to set up their own charitable funds.　　We should see that China's rich participation in philanthropy is showing the following characteristics: One is the increasing number of participants, the second is to increase the amount of donation, the third is to continue to standardize the way of donation, daily and scientific. Peng Jianmei: Our nation is good, and our culture is "sexual goodness", "well-being".　　In the sense of values, we Chinese people do not lack the heart of charity, China's rich also. According to our annual corporate donation, private enterprises donate more than state-owned enterprises, and domestic enterprises donate more than foreign companies. In China, there are many foreign companies on the scale, such as McDonald's, Nestle, Carrefour, IBM and so on, but their donations in China are disproportionate to the money they earn in China. This shows that in the value concept, foreigners are not stronger than the Chinese.　　And Chinese entrepreneurs don't need to be "persuaded" by their donations, because they do it all the time. "Not attending a charity dinner is also a form of maturity." For the charity of the BA and Gai, according to an entrepreneur who declined to be named, there are few who disagree.　　An entrepreneur reluctantly said: "Donate is good, do not donate is not a charitable heart and sense of responsibility", this "black and white" judgment, the rich's contribution to the public image and moral level of judgment, public pressure to let the rich lose language. "People have feelings, I think or will leave my wealth to my children, because the world is fair, we pay for the return ofNewspaper, of course, should also according to their own wishes to arrange good wealth. "46-Year-old domestic Rich Arvin (alias) Frankly, will not choose" naked donation ", but in their own way to do charity. According to its introduction, so far, his charitable spending amounted to more than 10 million yuan, including the funding of more than 20 poor mountain children from school to university graduate of all the tuition and living expenses, but throughout, Arvin did not use charity, but the use of direct assistance.　　Arvin said, on the one hand, he raised these children like their own children, he was relieved to see the children grow up in the process, and, on the other hand, was not aware of the inner workings of the charity, so he would rather devote himself to giving the money to those in need and spending it on helping. Liben: To nurture more Chinese philanthropists, the whole society needs to establish an objective and positive social opinion, to respect those who are legally rich and to praise their charitable deeds. For entrepreneurs, donating and donating less is a love that should be respected as well. Do not ask the rich to participate in charitable behavior, do not deliberately to a donation amount to request B, do not put A and B of the donation series to compete.　　In short, the donor should be tolerant, understanding and encouragement, only in this way, will make "not to good small but not for" the fine tradition of continuous promotion, will create a harmonious and easy donation of good environment. Our philanthropists should gladly and courageously accept the praises of society.　　For example, known as "China's first good" Chen, a high-profile charity, high profile, complacent, this is his charitable pursuit of a unique way, charitable environment should advocate multi-level, many forms, many ideas, only so that the whole society will form a glorious atmosphere of good deeds. Peng Jianmei: For Gates and Buffett's charity dinners, participation doesn't mean anything. Gates and Warren Buffett are the idols of global entrepreneurs, and it is a good thing that Chinese entrepreneurs have the opportunity to communicate with them about philanthropy.　　If not, it also shows that Chinese entrepreneurs have their own ideas, but also a mature performance. Chinese entrepreneurs are a respected group. It's hard for them to start a business, so the media and the government should create a loose environment for them, not to blame them. This is a time of multiple values, and everyone has their own ideas.　　As for the way to donate, this is personal behavior. "It's not ripe for the Chinese to donate half their wealth," Gates and Buffett's "American-style donation" have been questioned in Europe.　　British media said the donation caused the country to lose a lot of tax revenue, so that most people lost the opportunity to raise living standards. In China, where cultural tradition and social system are different, its applicability is more difficult to conclude. "In the United States, the rich have to pay a huge estate tax, their system is to encourage donations, and relatively perfect social security will give people a certain sense of security, willing to donate; In addition, the United States of America's law is relatively sound, donations and its whereabouts relatively can be protected by law, while ourCharity Act is still under development.　　"Even if the Chinese rich are unwilling to donate, it is not a personal problem but a social problem," said Peng Jianmei, director of the charity Information Center. In addition, the messy "original Sin" is also a part of the rich are unwilling to donate or public donations of important factors.　　A domestic entrepreneur told reporters that the financial transparency of the donation could expose some "original sin" to the sun, potentially becoming the risk for the wealthy themselves, "and no one would take that risk". Wang: I think the big environment in China that allows the rich to donate half their possessions is premature. From a worldwide perspective, charitable donations, the rich are leaders, but China's rich donations are not popular, the development of philanthropy in China, in fact, the poor is the main body.　　On the one hand, because of the traditional Chinese culture "wealth is not exposed" habit has been affecting a lot of China's rich; On the other hand, China's charitable mechanism has not been fully established, this time to put forward too high demand is not realistic, only the mechanism to go ahead, the Enterprise will act. Chen Song: It should be said that our country attaches great importance to charitable environment in the gradual improvement, but China's charitable environment is still a distance from maturity. The perfection of a society, not only depends on the entrepreneur, should depend on the whole society. As far as I know, 10% of charitable donations from the United States come from companies, 5% from large foundations and 85% from the national population.　　Our country is the same, only "Everyone charity, happy charity" in order to be full of harmony, only to rely on the individual model of the entrepreneur's charity, not after the whole society to follow up, entrepreneurial donations are difficult to endure, but also a drop in the bucket. Wu Fenghua: On the idea, I very much agree with Gates and Buffett's view that China's rich should leave their own part or all of the property to the community, and the traditional way of inheritance will only be the birth of the so-called "rich second-generation."　　Our generation is a self-made entrepreneur after the reform and opening-up, it is not lack of sense of responsibility to keep abreast with the development of society in the idea. But there is a distance between ideas and reality. The current commitment to donate the property behind them is not applicable to us, because our business is in the development period, has not been out of danger, relative philanthropy, we should be more money and energy to pay attention to the development of enterprises and industries. Moreover, in front of this period of time, the enterprise also did not completely get rid of the risk, who can expect how much property after death!