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The 15th Compassion Award Ceremony was successfully held in Hongkong, Beijing and Taiwan synchronously on December 20, 2020.

The ceremony was sponsored and hosted by HK & Macau Taiwanese Charity Fund Ltd-Compassion Award, co-organized and produced by Phoenix Television, and co-organized by East-West Philanthropy Forum (EWPF), Gala Television Corporation, Taiwan New Economy Foundation and Singapore Hengyi Fund Ltd. with UA Finance Ltd. as honorary co-sponsor. With EWPF’s assistance, the Compassion Award established…

The “Renaissance for Children”—Joint Education Project by China-Italy Philanthropy Families was officially launched at the rural remote Motai Center School of Ledu District, Haidong City, Qinghai Province of China on November 26th, 2020.

The project is co-funded by Laoniu Brother & Sister Foundation in China and Fondazione Zegna in Italy, internationally coordinated by East-West Philanthropy Forum and TOChina Hub, primarily implemented by China Development Research Foundation with Sun Future Foundation as the co-executive partner in…

Immediately after the first breakout of COVID-19 in January, 2020, the East-West Philanthropy Forum (EWPF) began building a powerful platform called “East-West United Action: International Aid Against COVID-19” to help address this serious global pandemic.     Key philanthropists, foundations and corporations in EWPF network immediately joined this platform by making generous donations of PPE worth more than five million RMB to Wuhan China, Italy, Canada, the US, France, the Philippines and other places with urgent needs, including:
— Lao Niu Foundation

On February 16, 2020, partnering with Tsinghua University Educational Foundation and Ministry of Civil Affairs of China, East-West Philanthropy Forum launched the first East-West United Action of Chinese and Japanese philanthropists against Coronavirus. With the coordination of EWPF, Huamin Charity Foundation chaired by Chinese philanthropist Mr. Lu Dezhi and Benesse Corporation China founded by Japanese philanthropist Mr. Soichiro Fukutake jointly purchased special protective gowns, goggles, shoe covers and face masks valued more than one million RMB from Europe for frontline anti-virus workers in Wuhan…

On December 16 to 18, 2019, Partnering with Hong Kong Compassion Award, Phoenix TV and China Global Philanthropy Institute, East-West Philanthropy Forum held its 1st Chinese Philanthropy Roundtable in Hong Kong sponsored by Huamin Charity Foundation and ended with the 14th Evening Gala for Compassion Award recorded and broadcasted to the world by Phoenix TV. About eighty distinguished Chinese philanthropists and their executives from Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and overseas attended the closed Roundtable headed by Mr. Tung Chee Hwa (First Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region) and Ms. Elsie Leung (First Secretary for Justice of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region). During the Roundtable, innovative ideas such as Co-Sharing were discussed …

On December 10, 2019, 200 emerging leaders from 33 nations and territories across the Asia-Pacific region will gather in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to begin their journey in the Obama Foundation Leaders: Asia-Pacific program! Over the course of the five-day convening, President and Mrs. Obama, as well as other prominent speakers and thought leaders, will join our Leaders for discussions around progress and opportunity in the Asia-Pacific region and values-based leadership. In addition to the plenary sessions, Leaders will participate in skill-building workshops, leadership development training, and a community service project, among…

On December 10, 2019, 200 emerging leaders from 33 nations and territories across the Asia-Pacific region will gather in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to begin their journey in the Obama Foundation Leaders: Asia-Pacific program! Over the course of the five-day convening, President and Mrs. Obama, as well as other prominent speakers and thought leaders, will join our Leaders for discussions around progress and opportunity in the Asia-Pacific region and values-based leadership. In addition to the plenary sessions, Leaders will participate in skill-building workshops, leadership development training, and a community service project, among…

On July 8, 2019, Mr. Niu Gensheng (Co-Chair of the East-West Philanthropy Forum, Founder and Honorary President of Inner Mongolia Lao Niu Charity Foundation) paid a visit to Italy with an EWPF delegation. The purpose of this tour was to consolidate the long-term mechanism of the China-Italy Philanthropy Forum signed and witnessed by the leaders of China and Italy in March 2019. The visit also aimed at effectively promoting practical project cooperation and reaching a consensus on joint actions. The delegation met with Mr. Romano Prodi (Former President of the European Commission, Former Prime Minister of Italy) , Agnelli Family (the so-called “Royal Family” in Italy), Zegna Family (behind the century- old luxury brand …

From June 18 to 20, 2019, Executive President and CEO Wang Qinhong and Chief Operating Officer Zhang Rui of the East-West Philanthropy Forum Secretariat visited New Zealand for the first time and introduced EWPF and its accomplishment in the past decades to over 20 family foundations, bank foundations, university foundations, philanthropists and representatives of NGOs in New Zealand. New Zealand was found to be unique in its aboriginal culture, integration of humans and nature, community building, refugee relief, climate change and the protection of nature. The East-West Philanthropy Forum discussed the potential for long-term cooperation with New Zealand and reached a consensus on establishing a China…

On June 15, 2019, the China-Australia Philanthropy Roundtable East-West Philanthropy Forum was successfully held in Melbourne, Australia, co-organized by East-West Philanthropy Forum, Philanthropy Australia and Bridging Hope Foundation. In the conference, Chinese and Australian participants discussed urgent philanthropic topics such as climate change and environment, training in philanthropy and the protection of young people, art philanthropy and cultural protection, medical care and senior care and other potential fields of cooperation. They also reached agreements on the establishment of “China-Australia Philanthropy Forum • East-West Philanthropy Forum” as the long-term exchange and cooperation mechanism for philanthropic collaboration among China, the US and Australia.