2011 Charity Walk in Zhongshan conveys fraternity and warmth in spring

Xingzhong Avenue was full of happinesss with various decorations yesterday because Zhongshan Charity Walk 2011 was held there. In the parade there were 120 units of 20000 people participating in the campaign, which reveals a special charity culture in the hometown of Sun Yat-sen—the Great Man.

All walks of people attend the ceremony and parade, including many leaders from the nation, Guangdong Province and Zhongshan City—Wang Wei, Party Secretary of China Red Cross, Lei Yulan, Vice Governor of Guangdong Province and Chairman of Guangdong Red Cross, Tang Bingquan, Vice Chairman of Guangdong Provincial People’s Political Consultative Conference, Xue Xiaofeng, Secretary of Zhongshan CPC Committee, Yu Rongwei, Vice Chairman of Zhongshan People’s Political Consultative Conference, Chen Maohui, Vice Secretary of Zhongshan CPC Committee, and Lv Weixiong, Director of Foreign Affairs Committee of Guangdong Provincial People’s Political Consultative Conference, etc.

Zhongshan Charity Walk 2011 was right held on the Chinese traditional festival—Lantern Festival.

This year’s charity walk with the theme of “Fraternity and happiness spread to every household” started at 3 p.m. yesterday.

Wangwei, Lei Yulan, Tang Bingqan, Xue Xiaofeng, Yu Rongwei and Chen Maohui were n the front row and they greeted to bystanders on the sides of the road by waving colorful flags. They are followed by other units from all walks of people. The crowded Xingzhong Avenue was full of love.

“Grandness and Shock” were used by Wang Wei to express his impression on this campaign. In his opinion, charity walk is an excellent charity brand and Zhongshan’s cultural feature as well. Wang highly thought of Zhongshan’s charity walk and hoped to spread it to other cities.

At the first row of the parade are Leaders from China Red Cross, Guangdong Province and Zhongshan City.

When interviewed Xue Xiaofeng said he felt prouder of his participation in this charity campaign in person than of his knowledge about the event only from the media in the past. This year’s charity walk is very significant for construction of a harmonious and happy Zhongshan, because it will help build up a dominant socialist value—philanthropy, tolerance, creativeness and harmoniousness.

According to Xue Xiaofeng, love and care needs some campaigns as carriers and Zhongshan Charity walk can carry out the very mission . With a history of 24 years, Zhongshan Charity Walk has been a beautiful name card exerting more and more influence at home and abroad.

It is told that with supports from all walks of people, this campaign hit a historical record in both participant number and charity fund raised. Before the Walk, ceremonies were also held for Top 10 Citizens and charity fund transfer.

News Of Charity Parade 2011

Xue Xiaofeng Said: the gold brand of charity walk should be more shining

Zhongshan CPC Committee Secretary and Acting Mayor Xue Xiaofeng felt great when he first participated in Zhongshan Charity Walk. And he will spare no efforts in Zhongshan’s construction.

Xue Xioafeng highly praises Zhongshan Charity Walk and points out its significance in construction of a beautiful and happy city. We need a common value in construction of a harmonious and happy Zhoangshan while this campaign is an excellent carrier for the value.

Zhongshan Charity Walk raised nearly 800 million yuan in the last 24 years

After a series of activities including charity show, charity sales and donation in the last two months, the total amount of the donations for 2011 Zhongshan Charity Walk has hit a record of 78.69 million yuan. Of all donations 68.83 million yuan was from the 24 towns and 9.86 million yuan from the Municipal Red Cross. In the last 24 Charity Walks nearly 800 million yuan has been raised. Zhongshan citizens are conveying their tender love to the world and caring others as their own family members to build up the civilized city of Zhongshan with warmth and happiness.