Suzhou City held a New Year charity party with great enthusiasm 14 caring enterprises donated funds and materials worth 51 million yuan

Suzhou City holds a New Year charity party

14 caring enterprises donated money and materials worth 51 million yuan

　　On January 16, under the guidance of the Propaganda Department of the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee and the Suzhou Civil Affairs Bureau, sponsored by the Suzhou Charity Federation, and undertaken by the Suzhou Municipal Radio and Television General Station, the "Civilized Suzhou Upward Towards Goodness" - the 2022 Suzhou New Year Charity Gala was held in the Studio Hall of the Municipal Radio and Television Station. Cao Lubao, member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and secretary of the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee, Jiang Hongkun, president of the Jiangsu Charity Federation, Wu Qingwen, deputy secretary of the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee and acting mayor, Chen Zhenyi, director of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, Zhou Weiqiang, chairman of the Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Huang Aijun, deputy secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, Jin Jie, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and director of the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee, Gu Haidong, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and executive vice mayor, Pan Guoqiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and secretary general of the Municipal Party Committee, and Zha Yingdong, vice mayor, attended the party. Representatives of relevant departments, units, caring enterprises and volunteers attended the evening.

Cao Lubao, member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and secretary of the Suzhou Municipal Party Committee, and Jiang Hongkun, president of the Jiangsu Charity Federation, presented awards to outstanding philanthropists and outstanding philanthropic units in Suzhou

　　Focusing on the theme of "Civilized Suzhou Upward towards Goodness", the evening party showed the style of Suzhou charity and the original intention of Suzhou people's good deeds in an all-round way through telling charity stories and volunteer deeds, praising advanced, on-site donations, literary and artistic programs, etc., with three chapters of "Heart to Sunshine", "Love and Protection growth" and "Good Deeds and Far Away".

　　The evening was an intimate account of touching charity stories and volunteer deeds. Teacher Lu Zhenhua, the "dumb father" of Changshu, has insisted on sending teachers to the homes of severely disabled children for more than 20 years, footprints throughout more than 10 townships in Changshu, founded the country's first special education guidance center, launched the "Little Orange Lantern Volunteer Service Team", and led 100 teachers to jointly guard the "Folding Wing Angel". Tian Zengjin, a veteran of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, accepted a donation of corneas from the retired auxiliary police of Suzhou, and with the help of the Ideal Eye Hospital and the Wuzhong Public Welfare Foundation, he successfully completed the operation and saw the light again. Wujiang Xian heart disease girl Happy family once gave up treatment, with the help of children's hospital gold mantis "warm heart socket", the municipal charity federation congenital heart disease relief and other charitable projects, has completed the operation, is now recovering. Xinhu School in The Municipal High-tech Zone is a school for the children of migrant workers, caring enterprises have provided bursaries for outstanding students for many years, the Municipal Charity Federation has provided the school with science popularization screens and anti-epidemic materials, the District Charity Federation has funded 3 million yuan to improve the teaching environment and equipment, and the principal Fang Guochuan has insisted on running the school for 22 years, after four changes to the school site, in the absence of teachers and funds, it has not given up. The "Love Nutrition Kitchen" founded by Chen Xia, the first successful matchmaker to receive bone marrow donations from Taiwan, provides a free kitchen for the families of blood disease patients, and provides nutritional counseling and psychological comfort for patients. In the past 5 years, the small kitchen has become the "home" in the hearts of patients. "Dr. Cerebral Palsy" Li Linqing has devoted himself to the development of barrier-free map software, accumulated more than 10,000 users, and initiated the establishment of the "Little Yellow Car" barrier-free travel volunteer service team to drive more people to help with barrier-free travel. Retired party member Shi Bao often volunteered to be a safety guard for children in front of Chu Di wen Primary School in Taicang, assisting the traffic police in managing traffic, uninterrupted for 11 years, and driving more young people to join the school guard team. "Sonorous Rose" Xu Jingxia has participated in large-scale disaster rescue work in China for many times, led the Blue Sky Youth Emergency Rescue Team to help Wei Hui in the Henan flood, and successfully transferred nearly 200 people affected by the disaster...

　　The evening party commended advanced individuals and collectives in charity. Cui Genliang, Chen Jianhua, Shen Wenrong, Gao Dekang, Shen Xiaoping and Zhu Xingliang were awarded "Outstanding Philanthropists in Suzhou". Soochow Securities, Guofa Group and Bank of Suzhou were rated as "Excellent Charity Units in Suzhou". Zhongyifeng Holding Group, Jiangsu Mengjia Group, Zhongwu Green Energy Company, Everbright Environmental Protection Company and Wuzhong Group were rated as "Advanced Enterprises in Charity Donation in Suzhou". A total of 12 units, including SuDa Affiliated First Hospital, Suzhou Daily, Suzhou Radio and Television Corporation, Su Cheng Certified Public Accountants, Shanghai AllBright (Suzhou) Law Firm, Suda Social College, Suzhou Trust, PICC Property & Casualty Suzhou Branch, Pacific Property & Casualty Suzhou Branch, Ping An Health Insurance Suzhou Branch, Pacific Life Suzhou Branch and Soochow Life Insurance were rated as "Suzhou Advanced Units for Charity Services". Cao Lubao, Jiang Hongkun, Wu Qingwen, Chen Zhenyi and Zhou Weiqiang presented awards to the winning representatives respectively.

　　Online and offline donations were made at the party. At the scene, 14 caring enterprises from Suzhou City donated funds and materials worth 51 million yuan. At the same time, it opened the topic interaction of "Civilized Suzhou, Charity has me" and 8 online donation platforms for charity projects, and raised more than 200,000 yuan online.

　　The party was broadcast live online through the Xinhua News Agency client, Xinhua Net, Guangming Net, Watch Suzhou, Gravity Broadcast and Tencent Public Welfare Video Platform, and reached 3.4 million viewers on the same day.

　　According to the "Charity Public Welfare News" reporter, in 2021, the Suzhou Charity Federation accurately implemented 73 charity projects, and the value of expenditure was 267 million yuan. Launched a combination of online and offline fundraising methods, raising a total of 254 million yuan, which fully demonstrated the hard power of Suzhou Charity.