Shenzhen Business Daily Reading Client Reporter Tu Jingyu Correspondent Cao Yali Meng Fanjun
I am grateful to my grandparents for nurturing me since I was a child, and their generous and loving attitude towards life has made me feel a sense of responsibility for my hometown, society and motherland. This sense of responsibility pushes me to take one step and another step!Recently, the reporter interviewed Yao Shangkun, chairman of Qiankun Holdings and founder and chairman of Guoxiong Capital.
This entrepreneur who is keen on public welfare leads the enterprise team to focus on rural revitalization and education public welfare, and gathers all walks of life to contribute to public welfare with a new attitude.
In Zhijiang County, Hunan Province, Yao Shangkun's hometown, Yao Shangkun told reporters that when he was young, his grandfather was frugal and the family was frugal, but the so-called "abundance" was only enough to feed the whole family. But his grandfather was a very kind-hearted and honest man who could not tolerate the hardships and sufferings of others.
More than ten years later, Yao Shangkun still remembers the scene when the villagers came to his house for dinner. "My grandfather always brought out hot cornmeal porridge, as if the villagers were full, he was full. When it comes to his grandparents, Yao Shangkun slows down his speech, his eyes look into the distance, as if many fragments of his childhood life with his grandparents are within his reach.
He took his grandfather's words to heart: "Life is not easy, and it is natural to help each other." Everybody's doing well, that's really good. This sentence affected his entire life.
Over the years, Yao Shangkun has always taken giving back to the society as his mission. Since making his first donation in 2012, he has maintained a passion for philanthropy. In recent years, through various channels, he has donated more than 10 million yuan to public welfare, demonstrating his determination to give back to the society with practical actions, and has been praised as a "conscientious entrepreneur" by many people.