April 23 is the 29th World Book Day. On this day of special significance, Lenovo Customer Management Center, together with People's Literature Publishing House and Gansu Youth Development Foundation, held a public welfare book donation activity of "Book Union World, Let AI Flowers" in the Central Primary School of Kushui Town, Yongdeng County, Gansu Province. Cui Hongshan, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Education Bureau of Yongdeng County, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, Zhang Jianzhong, President of the Shaanxi Chamber of Commerce in Gansu Province, Yang Xiaoyi, Deputy Secretary of the Yongdeng County Committee of the Communist Youth League, Zhang Xia, General Manager of Lenovo China Customer Management Center, He Haisheng, General Manager of Lenovo Northwest Region Key Account Business, Huang Shuting, Lenovo AI algorithm expert, Chen Jianbin, Director of the Textbook Publishing Center of the People's Literature Publishing House, Miao Chengjun, Principal of the Central Primary School of Kushui Town, Yongdeng County, and other guests attended the donation ceremony.
During the event, Kushui Town Central Primary School received thousands of books. Experts from Lenovo's AI algorithm and the Textbook Publishing Center of the People's Literature Publishing House also brought lively and interesting AI science popularization open classes and inspiring reading classes to the children. The children of Kushui Town Central Primary School had an unforgettable 29th day of reading.
Since 2021, Lenovo China Customer Management Center has actively responded to the call for the revitalization of rural education in China, and jointly launched the #LianmengLibrary#Public Welfare Project with a number of public welfare organizations. The project aims to donate high-quality books, build libraries, and continue to carry out reading-themed activities to rural schools in the central and western regions where information is blocked and reading resources are scarce. Through this project, Lenovo is committed to stimulating and cultivating children's interest in reading, encouraging and supporting rural teachers and students to learn and grow through reading, and contributing to the revitalization of rural education. After three years of hard work, the "Lianmeng Library" public welfare project has taken root in primary schools in Henan, Sichuan, Qinghai and other regions, benefiting tens of thousands of students in underdeveloped areas.
"Books for flowers" makes public welfare more meaningful
This year marks Lenovo's 40th anniversary, and Lenovo is actively promoting the implementation of its "AI for All" strategy. At the 2024/2025 fiscal year pledge meeting of Lenovo Group held not long ago, Yang Yuanqing, chairman and CEO of Lenovo Group, announced Lenovo's mission for the new decade, "In the next decade, we will continue to innovate independently, accelerate transformation, increase employment, expand exports, contribute to corporate social value, and complete the new mission of leading the transformation of artificial intelligence." ”
In this context, Lenovo Public Welfare, which carries the responsibility of social value, set off again with a new mission, and this time the "Lianmeng Library" chose Gansu Yongdeng Bitter Water.
Kushui Town, Yongdeng County, Gansu Province is the hometown of roses that is well-known throughout the country, is located at the southernmost end of the Yongdeng Zhuanglang River, is the first post station in Hexi, near the waves of the Yellow River, and is at the end of the Loess Plateau. With a history of more than 200 years of planting and cultivation, "Bitter Water Rose" has become a well-known strain of Chinese roses with pure fragrance and excellent quality. Earlier this month, Lenovo's official website launched the "Books for Flowers" campaign, and members can get electronic roses by donating books. Through the promotion of activities, more people can understand the bitter water and the bitter water rose, and the local cultural tourism is promoted at the same time as public welfare donations.
Kushui Town Central Primary School has a history of more than 100 years, with a simple and hard-working style of learning, and a down-to-earth and progressive teaching style. It has won the Lanzhou Education and Teaching Quality Award for several consecutive years.
Zhang Xia, general manager of Lenovo China Customer Management Center, said that over the years, Lenovo has led the development of the industry relying on scientific and technological innovation, empowered all aspects of society with technology, and continued to contribute value to society. She hopes that the books and popular science courses brought this time can help students better understand themselves and the world, establish lofty ideals, and become the pillars of the motherland in the future.
Sow the hope of AI
Everyone gathered firewood and the flame was high, and the book donation activity of "Lianmeng Library" was strongly supported by the People's Literature Publishing House. As a state-level professional literary publishing institution with a history of 74 years, the People's Literature Publishing House has been committed to disseminating outstanding literary achievements from ancient and modern China and abroad, and has published more than 10,000 kinds of books, with a total of more than 1 billion copies. On the day of the reading day, Chen Jianbin, director of the textbook publishing center of the publishing house, came to the scene and brought a vivid reading lesson to the children.
In addition, Lenovo's AI technology experts also walked into the classrooms of the Central Primary School to show the children Lenovo's artificial intelligence equipment and explain how AI technology will change human lives in the future. The children actively participated, experienced hands-on, and were full of curiosity and anticipation for the future of technology.
"I am very grateful to the experts of Lenovo Group for bringing AI knowledge and practical experience to the children of Kushui Town. It was a meaningful event. Cui Hongshan, director of the Yongdeng County Education Bureau, said. The "Lianmeng Library" activity brought the inspiration of science and technology to the children and the help of voyage.
Yang Xiaoyi, deputy secretary of the Yongdeng County Committee of the Communist Youth League, pointed out that the books donated by Lenovo Group conveyed profound spiritual care. He called on more social forces to pay attention to rural education, so that the light of knowledge and love can be sprinkled in every corner, and the lamp of hope will be lit for children.
Shaanxi Chamber of Commerce in Gansu Province is a "5A" chamber of commerce in Gansu Province, which has actively organized member companies to help in education, industry, projects and consumption for many years to help rural revitalization. President Zhang Jianzhong said that Lenovo is a representative enterprise in the field of science and technology, and its Ganqingning branch, as the deputy manager unit of the Chamber of Commerce, has been paying attention to rural education in the northwest provinces and practicing social responsibility with actions again and again. He hopes that children can absorb the nourishment of knowledge in the book and stimulate unlimited imagination and creativity.
New Decade, New Mission
As a leader in technology, Lenovo has been creating and contributing social value to industry change, improving people's well-being, and driving green development for four decades. At the industry level, Lenovo leads the development of intelligent manufacturing through technological innovation. At the societal level, Lenovo not only provides high-quality employment opportunities, but also drives the high-quality development of the entire industry chain. Among them, Lenovo Smart Education allows more children to enjoy high-quality education through the use of information technology. In addition, Lenovo's public welfare tentacles involve poverty alleviation, teaching assistants, ecological protection and other fields, and hundreds of public welfare activities are held every year. Taking rural teaching assistants as an example, Lenovo has donated hundreds of smart classrooms in Yunnan, Sichuan, Gansu, Inner Mongolia and other places, benefiting tens of thousands of teachers and students. In terms of carbon emission reduction, Lenovo Group released a roadmap for its 2050 net-zero emissions target last year, becoming the first high-tech manufacturing company in China to pass the SBTi net-zero target verification.
Actively promoting sustainable development, Lenovo has integrated ESG into every key node of the company's development strategy. With the establishment of Lenovo's new mission in the new decade, Lenovo's ESG work will also be further deepened. In the future, Lenovo will rely on scientific and technological innovation and empower through AI to bring upgrading and transformation based on AI digital capabilities to partners, regional industrial economy, and rural revitalization, and continue to contribute value to society.