After being introduced to each other at the 2014 East-West Philanthropists Summit, Hank Paulson and Niu Gensheng forged a partnership between the Lao Niu Foundation and the Paulson Institute to protect China’s coastal wetlands. This initiative now includes three separate projects: China Coastal Wetland Protection and Management Strategy Research, China Coastal Wetland Protection Network and Training Project, and Poyang Lake Wetland Protection Management Demonstration Project. The Lao Niu Foundation pledged $1 million in support for the first year and has made many additional commitments since then.
Inspired the first Joint Initiative for China-US Coastal Wetland Protection