On October 28, at the fourth Jiangyin Development Conference, Yu Minhong said that he had returned to his hometown the day before yesterday and given 2000 yuan to each old person in the village. He said that returning to his roots after falling leaves was originally only considered a poetic expression, but he did not expect that as he grew older, his longing for his hometown would become more and more intense.
Yu Minhong: I want to do three things for my hometown
According to Wuxi Daily, on the 28th, the Fourth Jiangyin Development Conference and 2023 Economic and Trade Fair grandly opened. Jiangyin invited Jiangyin children who are developing abroad to gather in their hometown to discuss their friendship and seek common development plans. Love Jiangyin and Create a Future Together. During an interview at the Jiangyin Development Conference, Yu Minhong, Chairman of New Oriental Education Technology Group Co., Ltd., smiled and talked about his hometown feelings.
Yu Minhong mentioned in his speech: I am also thinking about what I can do for my hometown. Indeed, we can work together to do something. One is that my investment company is already in Jiangyin, and New Oriental's cultural and tourism investment in the next five years or so is likely to reach 5 billion to 10 billion yuan. The second is the sales of agricultural products and daily necessities. We actually make a lot of daily necessities in Jiangyin, and I am willing to continuously promote the brand of Jiangyin for free. I can still do more One thing is, if possible, to help establish a tourism college in Jiangyin called Xu Xiake Tourism College. I think there is no place in China that is more suitable for a cultural and tourism college than Jiangyin, because the name Xu Xiake is stronger than anything else. With my meager efforts, I will continue to maintain closer ties with my hometown throughout my lifetime, and use the resources I can mobilize to do as much as possible for my hometown
Yu Minhong has long been committed to improving the development of education in China
According to public information, Yu Minhong was born on September 4, 1962 in Xiagang Street, Jiangyin City, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province. He is a member of the Democratic League of China, the founder of New Oriental Education Group, and an expert in English teaching and management.
In 1980, he was admitted to the Department of Western Languages at Peking University and stayed on as a teacher after graduating from undergraduate studies; In 1991, he resigned from Peking University and founded Beijing New Oriental School in 1993. In 2006, he led New Oriental to go public in the United States. On November 26, 2014, he co founded Hongtai Fund with Sheng Xitai, former chairman of Huatai United Securities. On December 10, 2017, he was elected as a standing member of the 12th Central Committee of the Democratic Alliance. On June 6, 2018, we initiated the establishment of the Oriental Coordinate College and served as the president.
According to media reports, Yu Minhong has always been committed to improving the development of education in China, especially focusing on education issues in rural areas. Therefore, he chose to donate a portion of his inheritance to his alma mater, Peking University, and stated that this was a reward for his alma mater's cultivation of talents.
Yu Minhong also pointed out that the New Oriental Charity Foundation is a charitable organization he has actively supported, with its main goal of supporting the educational development of children in rural areas. He hopes that by donating to the foundation, he can help more rural children improve their educational conditions, provide more learning opportunities, and promote educational equity.
It is understood that the New Oriental Public Welfare Foundation was initiated by New Oriental Education Technology Group Co., Ltd. It was officially established on November 3, 2015 and was rated as a 4A level social organization in 2019. The foundation aims to promote educational reform and innovation through public welfare, promote educational equity, and enable the sharing of high-quality educational resources.
Since 2004, New Oriental has been providing compulsory training for English teachers in primary and secondary schools in underdeveloped areas, and in 2008, together with the Central Committee of the Democratic League of China, launched the "Candlelight Action - New Oriental Teachers' Social Responsibility Action". Over the past decade, more than 400 outstanding teacher volunteers have been dispatched to over 90 regions across the country, providing training to 25000 rural teachers, benefiting millions of rural children.
In the proposal for the launch of the "Candlelight Action", Yu Minhong once mentioned that "New Oriental has always been committed to taking on social responsibility within its capabilities. Perhaps we cannot do great things, but as a member of the Chinese people, if we can do our best to make things better due to our efforts, we will also have a sense of achievement and happiness