You're here for a good cause.
Time:2011-05-16

○Liu Jingwen, Deputy Secretary General of Zheng Weining Charity Foundation
Personally, I believe that the most representative of the qualities of Shenzhen is the phrase "come to be a Shenzhener! "Thirty years ago, countless people from all over the world who wanted to go out and make their own way came to a strange land, no matter whether they were peddlers or intellectuals, no matter whether their dreams were noble or vulgar, Shenzhen gave them enough opportunities. The charitable and public welfare sector is now bustling with activity, especially like Shenzhen 30 years ago.
Why are people willing to come and do such a thing? Because we all want to make this society a little bit better. If public welfare can be considered a sector, it should be the most blurred boundaries, come to be a public servant.
I accompanied Mr. Zheng Weining to attend the launch of the 2011 Blue Book of Philanthropy, and Mr. Cao Dewang, who had just taken over the title of "the first good" from Chen Guangbiao, had a speech on the spot, saying that no matter whether it was "the first good" or "the middle good", the "middle good" was not the only good. Mr. Cao Dewang said that no matter whether he is the "first good", "middle good" or "lower good", he does it because he believes that there is true love on earth. More interesting words are the famous public welfare figures, the former director of the Ministry of Civil Affairs Charity Department, Mr. Wang Zhenyao said, he was in Ningxia, a charitable foundation inauguration ceremony of the official said, as a leading cadres, you can be here today is charity.
In China's surging volunteer and volunteer movement, a large number of grassroots public service heroes rise, they may be security guards, working girls, housewives, doctors or rich wives, they are widely active in the community, to help people with disabilities to help the elderly, there are too many legends in the public welfare rivers and lakes, to say that in the handicapped Friends of those who have served in obscurity for more than a decade of the elderly volunteer, the "Mercedes-Benz Rose", the old volunteer. "Mercedes-Benz Rose" Sister Tian Ying, chivalrous "Little Pepper", volunteer hairdresser Zhu, many media reporters feel disappointed after the interview, because they can not tell too many stories, their shine buried deep in their hearts, has long been this matter as life is particularly commonplace! A thing, like hungry to eat, so when the old volunteer "pepper" was Pengcheng charitable behavior model, she simply can not write how many good deeds she has done, today to help the disabled to raise funds for a water heater, tomorrow to help the elderly to do a thing, a trivial and down-to-earth charity. size:16px;"> There is another phenomenon of particular interest. The middle class is using their professional skills to do public service. For example, Liang Shuxin, the director of operations at Tianya, initiated the "Free Lunch" program for students in mountainous areas. Mr. Shuxin applied his planning and resource integration skills, which he is particularly skilled at in the business world, to the public welfare field. Mr. Huo Qingchuan of Taobao has also promoted the Taobao Cloud Customer Service program to the disabled. This kind of cross-border cooperation is a typical example of future social innovation. size:16px;">Japanese writer Kaichi Kato has criticized China's so-called elites for their promising communication skills and knowledge base. But there is a serious lack of public awareness, and they run away when they can. I think Kato saw one side of the coin, and the other side of the coin is that China's elites have also taken social service and charity as part of their own lives, and the biggest difference between them and the previous generation of elites is that they do not go wildly designing the world of the future, but first from the trivial but real public service affairs to do, and they like to say a phrase is "to dream of a better world, first make yourself a better person". They like to say, "If you want to dream of a better world, you have to turn yourself into the person in the better world".