On April 3, Euromoney China
hosted the Best Things in Life charity event at the Shanghai Portman
Ritz-Carlton Hotel. During the evening, Christies chaired a charity auction
raising US$65,000, which Euromoney China donated
to a Shanghai Charity Foundation program to help 210 students from low-income
families through university education. Chen Tiedi, chairperson of the Shanghai
Charity Foundation, and Yu Huiwen, deputy chairperson, accepted the donations on
behalf of Shanghai Charity Fund.
In addition to the charity
auction, the evening's entertainment was unforgettable. Guests enjoyed a
performance on a rare 18th century Stradivarius violin by Huang Mengla, winner
of the 2002 Genova Paganini competition. To keep the night bubbling, Cyril Brun,
Veuve Cliquot winemaker, provided an introduction to the world of champagne.
Chairperson Chen sang high praises
for Euromoney China – to its dedication to the
development of China businesses and its encouragement of entrepreneurship. Yuan
Cai, deputy chairman of the SCF, introduced some of the new guidelines for
charity in China, including the new tax advantages for charitable donations in
Shanghai.
Successful winners of the charity auction items included
Dai Zhikang, chairman of Zendai Group; Stella Kong, senior VP of ABN AMRO
Shanghai; Zhang Rongkun, chairman of Fuxi Investments; Huang Qiaoling, chairman
of Song Dynasty Group; Chauncey Shey, president of Softbank China; Neil Shen,
president of Ctrip; and Traugott Kaminski, CEO of Sunseeker China.
Charity auction items
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Seven-day, three-country dream trip to
Europe , which included room nights from the Hotel de Paris in Monaco,
Villa'd'Este on Lake Como and Sheraton Frankfurt. Lufthansa supplied the
business class tickets and Sunseeker China a half-day's yachting in Monaco.
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Piaget Emperador watch , donated by
Piaget.
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The Westin Shanghai Presidential Suite ,
donated by the Westin Shanghai.
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Bentley's Grand Tour of Beijing , donated
by Bentley.
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Half-day yachting in Qingdao , donated by
Sunseeker China.
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Dunhill suit, donated by Dunhill.
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Nine-litre Salmanaza champagne, donated
by Veuve Cliquot.
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Chef for the Day , donated by the Shanghai Portman
Ritz-Carlton.
photos
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Neil Shen
Nanpang bidding at the charity auction |
Performance of a rare 18th
century Stradivarius violin by Mr Huang Mengla, winner of the 2002
Genova Paganini competition
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sponsors
We would like to thank our sponsors
ABN/AMRO, Bentley, Christies, Piaget, Sunseeker and Hamberger Fine
Stringed Instruments. We would also like to thank the many companies, both
at home and abroad, for their kind donations to the charity auction. These
companies included Piaget, Sunseeker, The Westin Shanghai, Lufthansa,
Portman Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Hotel de Paris in Monaco, Dunhill, Bentley,
the Villa d’Este on Lake Como, Veuve Cliquot and Sheraton
Frankfurt. |
