China Social Enterprises and Social Investment Forum Launch II
Time：2014-09-10
The Forum will carry out annual meetings, industry research, build a resource docking platform, provide network member services and dissemination of advocacy in five major areas of work. The first annual meeting of the forum will be held in 2015May at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center, and a social investment fair and charity concert will be held during the same period. In the future, in addition to the annual conference, the forum will organize various social enterprise and social investment related activities throughout the year, to drive the understanding, reflection and practice of social enterprise related topics inside and outside the industry, to drive more resources into the field, and to jointly explore the most adaptable solutions for social enterprise and social investment in China. .
A high-profile cross-border alliance between investment and public welfare.
The 16 sponsoring organizations of this forum cover all aspects from investment to academics to practice, which is a high-profile cross-border cooperation between China's social enterprises and the social investment community. Mr. Hu Jinxing, Chairman of the Forum Coalition and Director of the Zenith Charity Foundation, said that the most important work of the Forum is to establish an all-around value system, integrate social resources according to this value system, and put it into practice through cross-border cooperation, training, advocacy, investment and a series of practical and effective measures, so as to ensure that the healthy development of social enterprises and social investment in the right direction. Although there are still various problems and dilemmas in social enterprises and social investment, these deep-rooted problems cannot be solved by any one party alone, but can only be achieved through the healthy linkage of enterprises, investors, government and the public. Cross-border cooperation and integration is the long-term significance of the existence of our social enterprise and social investment forum.
A complete set of frameworks to build a sustainable forum with social enterprises. The structure of the Forum lays the foundation for ensuring the smooth operation of the Forum in the long run. The highest decision-making unit is the organizing committee, the executive body is the secretariat, and there are two professional committees, namely the Issues Committee and the Research Committee, which are responsible for the Forum's think-tank and research and guidance functions, respectively. It is worth noting that the Forum itself plans to operate as a social enterprise, covering its costs with sponsorships, donations, and the Forum's own income. The start-up capital is jointly invested by the organizing committee and reduced year by year, and it is planned to take three years to realize the sustainable operation of the forum. Mr. Zhu Xiaobin, Secretary General of the Forum, talked about the specific plans of the Forum in the five areas of annual meeting, research, advocacy, education and docking platform, in an attempt to create a sustainable social enterprise model of "China Social Enterprise and Social Investment Forum". Involve forum members to aggregate living forces to change the ecological environment
As Mr. Xu Yongguang, Chairman of Nandu Public Welfare Foundation, said, it has become a trend of public welfare innovation in today's world to integrate the model of business and the goal of public welfare, and to solve social problems by means of social innovation. The China Social Enterprise and Social Investment Forum is a product of following this world trend. And promoting the development of social enterprises in China will be a force that will change Chinese society at a deep level. This aspect requires global wisdom, advanced concepts and practical methods of action. "The China Social Enterprise and Social Investment Forum (CSE&SIF) is exploring and adopting innovative ways to promote social change.
