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1. Establishment of China Federation for Corporate Social Responsibility
China Federation of Corporate Social Responsibility was established on October 15th 2006 by 11 well-known international and domestic companies with good sense of social responsibility such as Shanghai JuneYao Group, China Merchant Bank, IBM China, Nokia (China) Investment Co.,Ltd, Cisco Systems Inc, HP China, PICC, China Vanke Co.,Ltd, and TCL Group.
The Federation aims to pull together strength from all aspects of society, enhance cooperation and communication between government and non-government sectors, and advance the development of Chinese corporate social responsibility cause by government encouragement, non-government supervision and corporate self-restraint mechanism. The Federation has Professor Li Yining as its chief advisor and Mr. Ma Weihua as the first chairman. Vice chairmanship is held by Wang Junhao, Li Dongsheng, Sun Zhengyao, Lin Zhenggang, Sun Jianyi and Yu Liang. Professor He Zhiyi works as the secretary general of the Federation.
2. Background of China Federation of Corporate Social Responsibility.
After 30 years of development, benefited from market economy system reformation, Chinese companies not only have created tremendous economic benefit, but also made great progress in term of social responsibility development. In this modern society with increasing attention for social construction of ideology, a question rises: how can companies participate in perfecting national system of social responsibility construction and promote sound development of society?
Therefore, that is how China Federation for Corporate Social Responsibility came to its existence through a conference in Sunshine Hall, Yingjie Communion Center in Peking University at 9:00 am on October 15th 2006. The conference invited outstanding persons form Chinese companies to discuss the future of Chinese corporate social responsibility construction. The conference was hosted by China Federation of Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneur and Business Management Research Institute, and Management Case Research Centre of Peking University. Media supporting parties were Southern Media Group, Shenzhen Media Group, PKU Business Review, Chinese Businessman Journal.
3. Activities carried out by China Federation for Corporate Social Responsibility
In 2006, China Federation for Corporate Social Responsibility carried out six "Educational Poverty Alleviation Project of 100", including sending 100 teachers to countryside, paying 100 rural teachers for their salary, selecting 100 rural teachers to receive training, arranging 100 countryside children to visit metropolis such as Beijing, and establishing 100 Internet schools in remote countryside areas. Meanwhile, the Federation donated personal accident insurance to voluntary teachers with an insurance policy value exceeding 20 million Yuan.
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