Innovative Assistance Practices
The Bank earnestly fulfills its social responsibilities by continuing to offer paired assistance in many places such as Xietongmen County of Tibet, Jiashi County of Xinjiang, and Dangchang County of Gansu Province and to implement educational assistance projects in 19 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions. Under the organization of local governments, 23 branches of the Bank continue to provide paired assistance for 57 villages lifted out of poverty to consolidate the achievements of poverty alleviation and advance rural revitalization. As of the end of 2022, the Bank dispatched 73 full-time and part-time officials stationed in 42 villages and 3 counties (districts) (including 24 first secretaries in villages and 3 officials in counties (districts)).
Paired Assistance
Based on the assistance results achieved in the past few years, the Bank continues to provide paired assistance nationwide. As of the end of 2022, the Bank directly donated RMB 4,697,200 to county and village projects for rural revitalization, and introduced other assistance funds of RMB 2,185,500 to mainly support projects in rural industries, infrastructure, education, culture, ecosystem and other aspects.
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In Xietongmen County of Tibet, the Bank built a forage processing plant covering an area of 1,100 square meters at an altitude of 4,500 meters, and purchased processing equipment for production. By doing so, the Bank greatly eased the shortage of livestock forage in autumn and winter in pasturing areas, benefiting farmers and herdsmen across the county and helping local people get jobs.
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In Aksu City and Jiashi County of Xinjiang, the Bank launched seven industrial infrastructure and education assistance projects, with a donation of RMB 698,700. It repaired houses and purchased publicity equipment for villagers, donated desks and chairs to primary schools, and renovated activity centers, theme parks and cultural corridors, accumulating strength for the cultural and ecological revitalization of villages lifted out of deep poverty.
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In Dangchang County of Gansu, the Bank transformed 50 mu of abandoned land in a village into high-standard farmland, and established an ecological planting and breeding base with the assistance funds, where cherries and corn were planted and harvested. It also organized village cooperatives to breed native chickens, native pigs, and Chinese bees, and distributed the villagers more than RMB 100,000 in dividends.
Educational Assistance
The Bank continues to operate the New Great Wall Senior High School Student Assistance program in 19 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions. The Bank donated RMB 2 million to help 1,000 students from poverty-stricken families complete their sophomore year of senior high school (including 446 male students and 554 female students) and enter a new phase stage of preparing for the national entrance examination, with an average of RMB 2,000 yuan granted to each of them as tuition and living expenses. In addition, 15 branches and subsidiaries of the Bank launched multiple charity student aid, volunteer teaching and other activities in the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong SAR, directly benefiting 7,204 students (including 41 college students and 7,163 primary and secondary school students).
Consumption Assistance
Consumption assistance is an important part of rural industrial revitalization. In 2022, the Bank gave active assistance through consumption. Through the bonus-related purchases of the Labor Union and the purchases of office canteens and employees, the Bank assisted in the agricultural and sideline product sales of key assisted areas and counties lifted out of poverty. As of the end of 2022, the Bank purchased agricultural and sideline products worth RMB 45,902,600. According to incomplete statistics, the employees made purchases worth RMB 1,182,100, contributing to the revitalization of rural industries and the income increase of rural residents nationwide through “purchases in lieu of donations” and “purchases in lieu of assistance”.
Charity Volunteer Service
The Bank complies with the Charity Law of the People’s Republic of China, the Public Welfare Donations Law of the People’s Republic of China and other laws and regulations, actively gives back to society, and makes donations to the areas where they are most needed. As of the end of the year, the Bank donated RMB 8,550,400, and its employees donated RMB 2,722,900.
The Youth Volunteer Association of the Bank, established in 2014, works for the following purposes: to practice volunteerism, spread advanced culture, and contribute to a harmonious society characterized by unity and mutual help, equality and fraternity, and common progress. The volunteers vow to “put aside our own benefits and do our best to help others and serve society”.
The Youth Volunteer Association carried out various volunteer activities such as education aid in rural areas, caring for the elderly, caring for children with illness and disadvantaged groups, bringing warmth to sanitation workers, advocating green and environmental protection, donating blood, engaging in environmental conservation for wild birds, organizing charity bazaars, prevention and fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, the Bank organized 598 young volunteer activities with nearly 20,000 hours of service. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bank called for and organized young employees to join various pandemic prevention activities, and carried out 2,310 anti-epidemic activities, getting 5,000 young employees involved, and delivering 18,800 hours of service.
