Economy half Hour: Chinese charity

Chinese Charity (i)--what did the charity dinner bring? (Editor: Mengqinghai choreographer: Wang Yadan photography: Chen Yanpo Li Hui Jing Yan) at the end of this month, the news that Buffett and Bill Gates will host a charity dinner in China has aroused wide public concern. Have to be naked to donate a high-profile response, there is a vague about whether to attend, about the party will become a "Hongmenyan" speculation also not path, although Buffett, gates in the way of the open letter to clarify, but the dinner how to do most of the content is still unknown, why this dinner is so full of mystery color?　　Look at the reporter's survey. Since the end of August, many Chinese billionaires have received invitations from Bill Gates and the Buffett charity dinner. People began to wonder what kind of a big feast it was. How many millionaires will attend the dinner? How many millionaires refuse to attend?　　Speculation has become the focus of major media and public attention. September 29, the upcoming charity dinner in Beijing, is sponsored by the Gates Foundation Beijing Representative Office. The reporter had contacted the Gates Foundation's Beijing representative office and wanted to know more about the charity dinner, but the Gates Foundation Beijing representative office declined our interview.　　And just after our interview was declined, there have been a number of domestic rich to the upcoming charity dinner issued a different voice. Jiangsu Huangpu Renewable Resources Utilization Co., Ltd. chairman Chen said: "Hope that through their own actions, to inspire more Chinese entrepreneurs to do charity."　　I gladly accept the invitation. Wow haha group chairman after the refusal of the invitation: because to participate in the Forbes CEO meeting, time just conflict.　　Please do not misunderstand, I am not afraid to be persuaded to donate, I just do not have time.　　Cao Dewang Glass Group Chairman said: "Now there is still some time away from the charity dinner, to go, I have not decided yet."　　Zhang Xin, chief executive of Soho China Ltd., said: "This is a chance to learn the advanced experience of foreign philanthropy, I will certainly attend." About Gates, Buffett's charity dinner will be "advised" to the Chinese rich, and how to persuade the speculation has become a hot topic, many media disclosed that some of the Chinese rich because of fear of being "persuaded to donate" will refuse to participate in the dinner, this is about to embark on a trip to China's richest man Bill Gates and the "Warren" Warren ·　　In his handwritten letter on 14th, Mr. Buffett made clear that the main purpose of China's trip was to learn, listen, and share experiences with people interested in charitable activities. How the Bill Gates and Buffett's charity dinner will be carried out, the reporter found Zhang Xin, chief executive of Soho China Limited, who received the invitation to dinner, which she received with a short line of words: September 29, 2010 Five o'clock in the afternoon to 7:30, Warren Buffett and Bill · Mr. Gates will hold a private party in Beijing and give you a sincere invitation! I hope this party will become an opportunity for us to communicate with each other on the topic of charity. The invitation also stated that participation in the eventGuests do not have to make any charitable commitments or donations, the site will not have the media to participate. There will be no media reporters at the scene, it seems that the rules of the charity dinner decided it was destined to be a mysterious dinner, it is no wonder that the organization of the Gates Foundation Beijing representative Office does not want to say, Buffett, Gates, how will the charity dinner?　　In fact, before the Chinese rich charity dinner, Buffett and Gates have held two rich charity dinners in the United States and Europe to see how they held the charity dinner in the United States in May 2009. What is the concept of 249 billion dollars? Someone figuratively likened this to the equivalent of 1000 dollars per American.　　Yet the $249 billion trillion is the total assets of 40 wealthy Americans who now say they are willing to take at least half of their net worth for charity, or about 125 billion dollars.　　International investment guru Woren Bafit Wallen Baffit: We've probably called the Forbes 70%-80%, and very moderately persuaded them to donate. As the world's third richest man, Mr. Buffett persuaded the 40 billionaires to donate more than half of their possessions and pledged to donate 99% of their possessions to charity. According to the data, Buffett 2010 net worth of about 47 billion U.S. dollars, the world ranked third. Top of the list is Microsoft President Bill Gates, who has a net worth of about 53 billion dollars.　　It was Bill Gates who launched a charitable appeal with Mr. Buffett. Microsoft's former chairman Bill Gates: People interested in philanthropy, and promised to donate a large part of their property, can be now or anytime. When people begin to imagine philanthropy, they can change the whole society.　　So they need to get together and discuss with others how to do philanthropy. With such a desire, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett plan how to create a chance to get everyone together. And dinner may be the best choice. Bill Gates had lunch with Buffett in March 2009 at a restaurant near Warren Buffett's hometown of Nebraska State Omaha Airport. The media said the restaurant, known as Hollywood, was likely to leave a fortune in the history books. Because it is here, the two people rise to promote the idea of rich donations. Then, they entertained the oil tycoon, David Rockefeller to host the party.　　Last May, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett held a secret dinner for a billionaire in New York, where New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey were all there, and the theme of the dinner party was philanthropy.　　Blomberg Blomberg, mayor of New York City, USA: What we want to do is something that really works. At the party, Bill Gates and Mr. Buffett began the largest fund-raising event ever. Bill Gates and Mr. Buffett finally set a goal from the super-rich. The richest Americans on the Forbes list, ask them to take the oathThey donate at least 50% of their possessions to charity in their lifetime or after their death.　　On the web site called the Donation Manifesto, the list of 40 sworn billionaires was also released, along with their autographed donation manifesto. Warren Buffett: This is a moral manifesto, it's serious, but it has no legal effect.　　is a moral declaration. Foreign media speculate that if 400 people in the Forbes list donate half their wealth, the sum will be more than $600 billion trillion. But what kind of situation are they going to face in China? When they are on the other side of the ocean are preparing for the upcoming charity dinner in China, China has spread the rich fear of being persuaded to donate, and refused to participate in the dinner news. For a time, Bill Gates and Buffett advised to become the most focused information.　　What is it that makes China's millionaires balk at the charity dinner?　　It seems that even in the United States, Gates and Buffett's charity dinner also did not win all the rich hundred percent support, then the upcoming China trip, Buffett and gates of the harvest? Before 2006, our country charitable cause year donation amount only is about 5 billion yuan, in 2009, the donation amount has increased to 50 billion yuan. In particular, the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, when the national charitable donations broke through hundreds of billions of dollars. However, in this process, there are "donations", "fraud and donation door" and other strange things. In this case, Buffett, Gates of the charity dinner will be held?　　We have also learned some of the most firsthand situations.　　As Gates and Buffett's China tour approaches, China's rich on the other side of the ocean--Jiangsu Huangpu Renewable Resources Utilization Co., Ltd. chairman Chen's "Naked Donation", is attracting the attention of the public, he announced a high-profile death to donate all the property to "naked donation" response to Gates, Buffett's charity trip.　　Jiangsu Huangpu Renewable Resources Utilization Co., Ltd. Chairman Chen Guang reckons standard Reporter: Naked donation This word, at that time I thought it was online netizens to write to you, the original is your own write out of the naked donation?　　Chen: Write it yourself.　　Journalist: How did you think of the word? Chen: I want to donate naked, also want to donate naked, is a concept, donate naked is not the same. I remember at that time, I wrote 1090 words on the computer, that is, one hours to write it. I came out of that feeling at night, from my heart.　　I wrote this letter, write it out, after the computer was written, I printed it out to show respect for the two gentlemen.　　Chen also told reporters that he had also received an invitation to a charity dinner. Reporter: Have invited China which some rich, qualified to attend such a dinner party?　　Or is there a standard to get into this dinner? Chen: The top dozens of of Forbes and Hurun are invited to the list.　　began to prepare hundreds, then compressed the top 50, is in the Forbes and Hurun rankings above. According to this standard, Chen is unable to attend this eveningIn the Forbes 2010 list of China's richest billionaires, the top 50, including Mr Zong, Mr Wang, MA, Liu and other famous entrepreneurs, are all over 1.7 billion dollars.　　Mr Chen's assets are far from enough, so why did Mr Chen get an invitation to the Gates and Buffett charity dinner?　　Chen: As a special guest in 50 people, because 50 rich, 500 are not in line with me, in China 5,000 are not in line with me. Chen is a special case of the dinner, because for many years Chen has been 50-60% the company's pure profit to do charity, according to Chen, he has donated a total of 1.34 billion yuan.　　Despite his name on Forbes and Hurun, Mr Chen is a forthcoming charity dinner for people who pay much attention to Buffett and Bill Gates. Chen: Although my name is not on the list, I was the first to be invited.　　As a Chinese charity hands-on experience for so many years, do charitable doing more influential, I think they are to invite me. In fact, Chen's admission to the charity dinner has a more special identity, Chen told reporters, last November, he had a private meeting with Bill Gates, in the 2.5-hour conversation, in addition to talk about the future development of philanthropy, there is a more important content,　　is to agree with Bill Gates on China's charity trip.　　Chen: (this year) the September meeting (dinner) was also a verbal form we reached last November 3 evening.　　Reporter: Is actually an agreement? Chen: It's a pact. Originally agreed this April, that is to entrust me and Ms. Yang Lan, we two to organize China's rich entrepreneurs to engage in a charitable discussion, or he came to speak or communicate.　　Last year we finally had this agreement, originally set is April, later changed to September.　　According to Chen's statement, then, the reporter dialed Yang Lan's telephone. Sunshine Culture Foundation Chairman of the Board of Directors Yang LAN: this evening, as the Gates Foundation has already explained, this is not a persuading party, do not need to make a commitment here to donate things. This is a party that is equally equal to the exchange of charitable ideas and charitable experiences. So this event is Bill Gates and Buffett personally invited, is by the Bill Gates Foundation and Sunshine Cultural Foundation to jointly undertake.　　Mr. Chen did see Mr. Gates with me, but he had nothing to do with the event, he was just an invited guest.　　Journalist: How many letters of invitation have you sent? Yang Lan: I can't say this now.　　The Bill Gates Foundation should have a note after we have finished this event. Yang Lan told reporters that the September 29 charity dinner will be jointly organised by the Gates Foundation and the Sunshine Foundation, and the specific matters are not readily disclosed. But as the charity dinner approaches, what kind of rich people are involvedNote of the topic.　　Zhang Xin, chief executive of Soho China Ltd., told reporters she was looking forward to the gala dinner, which would be of great use to the Soho China Foundation.　　Zhang Xin, chief executive of Soho China Ltd.: Are you going to the charity dinner?　　Zhang Xin: I'll go.　　Journalist: Would you like to go with Mr. Pan Shiyi or do you want to go by yourself? Ms Zhang: I haven't thought about it yet, and I didn't know it was an invitation. I received an invitation, so I asked first whether the invitation would be sent to Mr. Pan.　　If it was sent to him, it would not be finalized.　　Zhang Xin is one of the first private entrepreneurs to join commercial real estate in China, and her husband Pan Shiyi, founded in 1995, has become the biggest real estate developer in Beijing. Ms Zhang: I've actually seen in the media for some time that they want to come to China and meet the rich people in China. My feeling at the time was that it was good because they had set a good example to the entrepreneur of the world. They come to China and hope that their actions will inspire more Chinese entrepreneurs to do the same.　　So I thought it was good. Zhang Xin told reporters that Soho China since 2004 set up its own foundation to do charity, 6 years of time, has been groping forward.　　This is the place where philanthropy needs to learn from developed countries at present. Ms Zhang: There is very little system. This is the day you meet this, donate this, tomorrow meet that thing to donate that. Sometimes it is an orphanage, sometimes some children need to do cleft lip surgery. Then, as the amount of donations began to grow, we started to discuss how we should consider the charitable work. It's stones, and we're wondering, are we going to write a check to a charitable foundation that is now in place, or do we do it ourselves?　　So what do we think is really going to bring to this charity the real power of this activity, or is it from our own power. For several days, the reporter contacted several billionaires according to the list of Forbes and Hurun lists. Most of the billionaires ' phones were disconnected. Wanda Group chairman Jianlin's assistant told reporters that Jianlin because of the event and dinner time conflict, so unable to attend. The others declined our interview for various reasons.　　Only Chen, Zhang Xin and Cao Dewang are willing to face our camera.　　Cao Dewang, chairman of Fu Yiu Glass Group: Have you received the invitation letter from the Gates Foundation and the Sunshine Foundation?　　Cao Dewang: Roger that.　　Interviewer: Will you attend the charity dinner?　　Cao Dewang: I will attend the dinner party. In the interview, the reporter learned that at present many rich people in China are trying to do charity, but because of institutional deficiencies and the process of donation transparency is poor, so many entrepreneurs are gropingDo charity. Zhang Xin: There are some official channels for a few more open charitable donations in China. I think it is not particularly efficient, in fact, charitable donation is to people not only to donate a share of money, but more importantly, your experience, your love, and your energy into this.　　It is the essence of charity to pay attention to people who need attention in society. At the dinner party, Buffett and Bill Gates invited the richest people in China. The days of the big club feast are set, but in any hotel in Beijing, it is still in the secrecy stage.　　Chen told reporters that he was willing to host the party wherever the dinner was held. Half an hour to observe charity has a very long history in China, historically, when there are great disasters, many rich people will be on the road to support the big wok, boil out a pot of porridge for the victims to hunger, it is because of such a tradition, although China's rich and the United States, compared to many of the rich, economic strength there is a great disparity, But their enthusiasm for charity is no less, it is because of such a tradition, Buffett, gates of China's trip to win such a huge concern, in the current social distribution system is not perfect, the gap between the rich and poor in the reality of the situation, philanthropy is more necessary and has practical significance, therefore, Regardless of how Warren Buffett and Gates ' charity dinners are going, we think he will be a boost to China's philanthropy, even though there are more than 10 days to go before the dinner, but the reactions and social repercussions of the parties have proved the far-reaching impact of the dinner, and we look forward to the dinner!