Chen Guangbiao: When I leave this world, I will donate all my wealth

(The following is China's leader Chen Guangbiao to Bill? A letter from Gates and Buffett)

Dear Bill? Mr. Gates and Mr. Buffett:

As the richest man and "god of stocks" in the United States, you have recently set off a storm of charity around the world. I hope billionaires around the world can take action and donate half of their wealth to support charitable causes. I am deeply impressed and moved.

On the night of November 3 of last year, I accepted Bill Clinton. Mr. Gates invited him to a private meeting in Beijing and had a cordial exchange of views on philanthropy. It is a great pleasure and pleasure to be invited by you again to discuss the charity business. Today, when you come to China, which is famous for "diligence, wisdom and kindness", I hereby solemnly declare that I will be the first Chinese entrepreneur to respond and support your actions. When I leave this world, I will not be giving away half my wealth, but a "naked donation" - giving away my entire fortune to charity. This is also my greeting gift to you two gentlemen on your trip to China.

The earth is our common home, and all countries in the world, whether rich or poor, are one family. Only because each person's starting point is different, the opportunity is different, the division of labor is different, so there is a difference in the amount of wealth. In fact, in China, the development of every entrepreneur cannot be separated from the support of national policies, a stable social environment, and the hard work of ordinary employees. Therefore, every rich person should realize: to be rich is lucky, but the wealth you have can not only belong to their own personal, you have the responsibility for others, for the society, do more things, more return to the society.

As a rich man, I will never be a miser of wealth. I currently give away more than half of the company's profits to charity every year. In 2009, our company's net profit was 410 million yuan, and I donated 313 million yuan, or 77.6% of the net profit. What is wealth? In my opinion, wealth is water, it is a thing outside the body. If there is a glass of water that one can drink, a pail of water that one can store at home, and a river that one should share with all.

Since I started my business in 1998, I have been running every day without a weekend off. In order to grow the company, I always budget carefully and spend every penny where it should be used, because I want to give every penny I save to charity. In my opinion, charity is not a temporary place, it will never end, I have been doing business for ten years, so far, a total of 1.34 billion donations to society, direct beneficiaries of more than 700,000 people, I will continue to stick to this.

I have always believed that human life is short

When we are alive, we can vigorously do something for our country, create wealth, create employment, create civilization and progress, it is undoubtedly happy and happy, similarly, when we are about to leave this world, we can return our wealth to the world, let more brothers and sisters who suffer from misfortune and poverty share, and leave this world with nothing. It is a noble and great. On the contrary, it is shameful to die in great wealth.

Human charity is regardless of nationality, and the world will be more harmonious, more equal, more loving, and will become a better place because of our charitable actions. This is what we all want.

May you always be healthy and happy!

Your Chinese friend Chen Guangbiao

September 2010

From: http://www.jshp.com.cn/xwzx/2010/0905/325.html