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Visit: News: Foreign Businesses, Organizations Support Disaster Relief
Author:
Maria Trombly, Emerging China
Dated:
15 May 2008
Foreign businesses, organizations and embassies reacted quickly after the Monday earthquake with offers of aid and support. On Wednesday, General Electric announced a US$2 million donation...GE has mobilized local field support engineers to help with immediate restoration of power, water and hospital systems...In addition to Carrefour's 2 million yuan pledge, Hong Kong-based investment group CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets -- announced an initial 2 million donation at its annual China forum...Toronto's TD Bank Financial Group donated $50,000 to the Canadian Red Cross China Earthquake fund...HSBC donated 10 million yuan through the Hong Kong branch of the Red Cross Society of China...[T]he American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai reported that chamber members have donated over 13 million yuan to disaster relief, led by Johnson & Johnson's 10 million yuan donation...Preliminary list of foreign donors contributing to earthquake-related disaster relief efforts:
Acer: 3 million yuan
Alcoa: 1 million yuan
AMD: 1 million yuan
Applied Materials: donated 1 million yuan of disaster relief
Bayer: donated medical equipment worth 500,000 yuan
BMW: 1 million yuan
Bridgestone (China): 300,000 yuan for earthquake relief and rescue
Canon Group: 11 million yuan
Carlsberg: 1 million to the Red Cross
Carrefour: 2 million yuan
CNET China: 500,000 yuan
DaimlerChrysler [now Daimler]: 400,000 yuan
Dell China: 2.1 million yuan
DHL: 1 million yuan
Dongfeng Honda: 1 million in cash and two CR-V
Dow Chemical: 2 million yuan
Epson: 1 million yuan
Ericsson: 4 million yuan in emergency communications equipment
Estee Lauder: 1 million yuan
FAW and Toyota: 10 million yuan and 10 relief vehicles
GE: US$2 million
Guangzhou Honda: 1 million yuan
Hitachi Construction Machinery: 6.7 million yuan
HSBC: 10 million yuan to the Red Cross
IDG: 1 million yuan
Intel: 2.1 million yuan
Johnson & Johnson: 10 million
Kimberly-Clark Corporation: 400,000 yuan
Komatsu Group: 6 million yuan
Konica Minolta Group: 300,000 yuan
Kraft: 3 million yuan of food
Li Ka Shing Foundation: 30 million yuan
Louis Vuitton: 2 million yuan
Mary Kay: 3 million yuan
Matsushita Electric: 10 million yuan
Michelin China Investment Co. Ltd.: 500,000 yuan
Microsoft: 1 million yuan in cash, plus 3 million yuan in other kinds of aid
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.: 15 million yen (about £75,000) to the Red Cross Society of China.
Nokia and Nuoxi: 3 million yuan and 4,000 emergency phones
Japan's Omron Corp.: 30 million yen to Red Cross Society of China, 250,000 yuan worth of medical equipment to the Chinese Ministry of Health
P & G: 1 million yuan
Pepsi China: 1 million yuan
Peugeot Citroen: 1 million yuan
Pfizer: 10 million yuan
Philips: 2 million yuan
QUALCOMM: 3.5 million yuan
Red Bull: 3 million yuan, 150,000 yuan worth of aid supplies
SAIC-GM-Wuling: 1 million yuan
Samsung: 30 million yuan
Schneider Electric: 3 million yuan assistance
Scotiabank: $100,000
Shanghai General Motors: 3 million yuan
Siemens China: 2 million yuan
Sony: over 4 million yuan
Sony Group 4 million contribution to the disaster areas are still increasing staff contributions
South Korean SK Group contributions to 10 million yuan
Taiwan Runtai big Runfa Company donated 50 million yuan
Taiwan's Foxconn Technology to the disaster areas in Sichuan money donated 60 million yuan
Taiwan's Hon Hai Group contributions to 60 million yuan
TCL Group contributions to the earthquake-stricken Wenchuan 1 million yuan
TD Bank Financial Group: $50,000 to Canadian Red Cross China Earthquake Fund
UBS and UBS Securities will contribute 1 million yuan
UBS Investment Fund Company contributions to the disaster areas in Sichuan 500,000 yuan
Volkswagen jointly Sichuan disaster areas to the north-south public donated 6 million yuan
Sources: Sina.com, press releases
