Wanda Group made new donation to First New Civic School in Chaoyang District

Chairman Wang Jianlin visited school teachers and students accompanied by school principal

On the afternoon of March 8, Chairman Wang Jianlin of Dalian Wanda Group, who is also a member of the CPPCC Standing Committee, went to the No. 1 New Civic School in Beijing’s Chaoyang District, at the head of the staff from Group Headquarters, to donate books, stationery and sports articles to the teachers and students. Accompanied by the school principal, Wang Jianlin toured the school campus and indicated that Wanda Group would continue to make donations to the school to help the teachers and students overcome their difficulties.

Wanda staff brought lots of books, stationery and sports articles

Formerly known as the private-run Jinghua Hope School, the No. 1 New Civic School in Chaoyang District provides education to the children of the migrant workers in Beijing. In its early days, the school was poorly-equipped and lacked teachers. The school rented shabby village houses as classrooms and had no decent desks and chairs. Most of the desks were made up of simple woods, and the Education Bureau had repeatedly order the school to stop teaching in dangerous houses. In August 2007 when the Sofitel Wanda Beijing began operating, Dalian Wanda Group donated 300,000 yuan to the school through a charity institution in Chaoyang District. The donation was mainly used to renew the desks and chairs, install facilities for basketball, volleyball and table tennis, and construct the computer room, music room and library. As a result, the school’s conditions were greatly improved. In addition, the Sofitel Wanda Beijing also took the Jinghua Hope School as its volunteer base for employee education. In 2008, the hotel organized its employees to whitewash the school buildings.