SSCLF held its 2017 Annual Board of Directors meeting on the afternoon of April 21 in the Astor House Hotel.  More than 100 people including board members at home and abroad, representatives of special funds and partners had a joyous meeting, summing up the past and planning the future. SSCLF’s Vice Chairman Xie Lijuan presided over the annual meeting and Executive Vice Chairman Zou Wei made the working report on behalf of the fifth board of directors of SSCLF.  Representatives of Soong Ching Ling Foundations in the United States, Japan, South Africa, Italy, Austria and other countries and regions attended this public welfare event in Shanghai.

 

In her annual report, Zou Wei revealed that in 2016, the total revenues, including donation income and investment income, hit 86.5121 million yuan and the total expenditure used for implementing various public welfare projects and management reached 50.5131 million yuan. The SSCLF’s 2016 fund balance was 35.999 million yuan. They were respectively passed through the annual inspection of Shanghai Municipal Community Administration Bureau and the tax audit of professional organizations.

 

The working report said that over the past year, under the leadership of the Council, the SSCLF firmly grasped the spiritual essence of closely combining Soong Ching Ling’s public welfare thought with China’s social development demands and had achieved new breakthrough in the fields of fund-raising, activities launching, projects implementation and transformation and brand communication etc. with the public welfare pragmatic and innovative concept and joint efforts of communities, government, public organizations, enterprises and caring volunteers. In particular, SSCLF has strengthen the cooperation with scientific research institutions and universities to expand the scope of funding and efforts for academic research projects related to people’s livelihood, and some research projects’ results are expected to provide scientific basis for the design, adjustment and perfection of the national public policies. It is also an exploration for the foundation to transform from the traditional functions of poverty alleviation to the function of undertaking social responsibility to promote social progress.

 

At the annual meeting, Guangfa silkworm cooperatives leader Huang Ruibiao from Du’an County, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, shared his three-year journey experience in leading the local farmers to participate in SSCLF’s “farmer entrepreneurship relay baton” project, and received high praise from the participants.

 

 

 

 

SSCLF’s acting secretary general Jia Yong announces the list of friend award winners

 

 

Board members gave positive comments and constructive suggestions for SSCLF’s work.