"Is chairman Zhang Haitao in the company today?"

"I'm not here today. I went out to participate in poverty alleviation activities."

This kind of dialogue is not uncommon in Foshan Shunde rongqigang Container Terminal Co., Ltd. and Foshan Shunde Rongsheng Port Service Co., Ltd. As the chairman of the two enterprises, Zhang Haitao actively practices social responsibility and actively participates in poverty alleviation. On the one hand, he gave people fish and donated a lot of property to Foshan's counterpart assistance and poverty alleviation cooperation areas; on the other hand, he gave people fish and donated money to hold training courses for farmers' professional cooperatives, so as to enhance the "hematopoietic" ability of poor areas.

The entrepreneurial spirit of charity, patriotism and love of the countryside has been inherited and carried forward in "creating the second generation". Zhang Ran, the daughter of Zhang Haitao's post-90s generation and managing director of Rongsheng company, is also actively involved in charity activities. In recent years, the father and daughter have invested more than 36 million yuan in charity in the name of enterprises and individuals, among which more than 5 million yuan have been donated to poor areas, demonstrating the responsibility and responsibility of Foshan entrepreneurs.

Zhang Haitao (second from the front right) went to the countryside to find out the situation of poor villages. /Photos provided by interviewees

Giving people fish to help fight poverty alleviation

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We are in great need of all kinds of epidemic prevention materials, and ask the poverty alleviation and Development Association of Shunde District for support. " Shortly after the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak, Zhang Haitao, as the executive director of the Shunde poverty relief development association, received the emergency assistance needs of Foshan's counterpart and poverty relief cooperative Sichuan, Liangshan, Leibo, Mei Gu and Jinyang three counties.

"The medical and health conditions in poverty-stricken areas are already poor, and the prevention and control of epidemic situation is related to the life safety of local people, and assistance is urgent." Zhang Haitao recalled that at that time, the epidemic prevention materials were very scarce, and the association was also short of resources. He immediately collected them through various channels.

After overcoming various difficulties, Zhang Haitao finally purchased a batch of epidemic prevention materials and donated them quickly, which solved the urgent need of three counties in Liangshan. These substances include 90000 medical masks, 1800 kn95 protective masks, 600 protective masks, 360 medical isolation clothing and 240 sets of medical protective clothing.

This is not the first time Zhang Haitao has donated money to poor areas. As vice president of the China Association for poverty alleviation and development, Zhang Haitao has been actively involved in the fight against poverty. In Liangshan, he paid for the reconstruction of dilapidated houses for the poor, and he paid for the purchase of new household goods for the villagers; when the agricultural products in the poor areas were unsalable, he paid out his own pocket and called on people around him to buy instead of donating.

In 2018, Zhang Haitao visited the poverty-stricken villages in Leizhou City and Xuwen County of Zhanjiang City, which were supported by Foshan counterpart. As a party member and Foshan entrepreneur, I have the responsibility to help them Seeing that the poor households in Leizhou rely on both hands to do farming, he immediately donated 77000 yuan to buy farmland machines for them; when he saw that the poor households in Xuwen lived in small and dilapidated houses, he donated another 50000 yuan to help rebuild them.

Many poor villages in Xuwen County are far away from each other and the roads are bumpy. Zhang Haitao frowned when he saw the daily work of the poverty alleviation working group in Ronggui street, which only depended on the worn-out motorcycles and minivans.

"Only when the poverty alleviation working group in the village can carry out various tasks of poverty alleviation safely and efficiently, can the poverty-stricken villages get rid of poverty quickly." After returning to Foshan, Zhang Haitao presented two cars worth 256000 yuan to Ronggui Charity Association and Ronggui Street poverty alleviation working group in Xuwen County through Rongsheng port company.

Rongsheng port company presented two cars to the poverty alleviation working group. /Drawings provided by enterprises

Teach people to get rid of poverty and become rich leaders with fishing training

Teach people not only fish, but also fish. Zhang Haitao is well aware of this truth. Only by adhering to the concept of long-term assistance and vigorously improving the "hematopoietic" capacity of poor villages, can we get rid of poverty and not return to poverty.

In April 2019, five professional and technical personnel training courses for farmers' professional cooperatives jointly sponsored by China Association for poverty alleviation and development, Shunde District Poverty Alleviation Office and Shunde District poverty alleviation and Development Association opened successively, which trained rich leaders for Leibo County, Jinyang County, Meigu County, Xuwen County and Leizhou City, involving the establishment and operation of farmers' cooperatives, business and financial management, successful case analysis, and so on Brand and marketing of agricultural products, rural e-commerce tactics, etc.

Five Shunde enterprises donated 1.25 million yuan to the training course, including 250000 yuan from rongqigang company. "Developing industries is the fundamental way to get rid of poverty and become rich." Zhang Haitao said. At present, there is a big bottleneck in the industrial development in poor areas, and there is a lack of scale effect. Therefore, it is urgent to cultivate a group of rich leaders who are familiar with the local situation, have business sense and are good at uniting the poor people.

Song Gang, the first Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in leibojiagu village, who participated in the training, said that the training was too timely, and the village urgently needed high-level experts to give them business guidance in terms of cooperatives, so as to effectively operate and create a "hematopoietic mechanism".

"In order to help the poor, Mr. Zhang visits and investigates poverty-stricken areas almost every month." Gao Jian, Deputy Secretary General of the China Association for poverty alleviation and development, said that Zhang Haitao, in the spirit of dedication, insisted on going to the front line of poverty alleviation, often shuttling for five or six hours on the road. Since 2013, Zhang Haitao, together with colleagues from China Association for poverty alleviation and development, has been working in poverty-stricken areas of Shanxi, Shandong, Hunan and other provinces. He has invested nearly 3 million yuan to support the training of college student village officials and donated more than 1 million yuan to support industrial poverty alleviation projects.

Rongqigang donated funds to hold training courses for farmers' professional cooperatives. /Drawings provided by enterprises

Great love and boundless support for epidemic prevention and control at home and abroad

One morning after the Spring Festival this year, Zhang Haitao rushed to Ronggui Charity Association, took out 500000 yuan in cash and gave it to Guan Yiyang, Deputy Secretary General of Ronggui charity in Shunde District, Foshan City.

Shortly after the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak, Zhang Dong called the charity to make donations to the hospital. At that time, the bank had not yet gone to work, and Zhang Dong directly raised 500000 yuan in cash. All along, when the society needs help, Dong Zhang always contacts us at the first time. " Ronggui charity representative said.

"It is urgent to do a good job in epidemic prevention and control. The money is donated to Shunde Hospital Affiliated to Jinan University for epidemic prevention and control." Zhang Haitao said that doctors are soldiers on the front line. In order to overcome the epidemic situation, the first thing is to escort medical staff. Knowing that some hospitals are short of epidemic prevention materials, he made every effort to purchase a large number of masks, protective clothing, goggles and other materials and donated them to the hospital, "you can wear ordinary masks, kn95 masks are donated to medical staff."

Zhang Haitao donated 500000 yuan to support the epidemic prevention and control in Ronggui. /Drawings provided by enterprises

Zhang Haitao has been enthusiastic about public welfare and charity for decades, and the field of charity has not been limited to poverty alleviation. Zhang Haitao has donated millions of yuan to support poor families and medical development in Foshan. He has donated 5.2178 million yuan to the education foundation of Guangdong Province to help build teaching buildings and teachers' apartments in seven rural schools in poor areas of Guangdong Province.

The family tradition is inherited. Driven by Zhang Haitao, Zhang Ran also frequently contributed to poverty alleviation, epidemic prevention and control and other public charity undertakings.

In March this year, Zhang Ran donated 81100 yuan worth of anti epidemic materials to an Italian children's Hospital in the name of Rongqi port. So far, Zhang Haitao and Zhang Ran have donated more than 2 million yuan in the name of companies and individuals to charity, medical, public security, school and other departments for epidemic prevention.

In June this year, Zhang Ran donated six touch-in-one machines to the Yingmaili Township Health Center in Jiashi, Xinjiang, and the Guangdong education support group, which were built with the assistance of Foshan. "The machine can be used to popularize medical and health knowledge, broadcast open teaching courses, etc Wu Longfei of Foshan Xinjiang aid task force said that young entrepreneurs in Foshan are enthusiastic about poverty alleviation and are moving.

Looking back on the practice of participating in poverty alleviation in recent years, Zhang Ran said affectionately: "Dad has always been enthusiastic about poverty alleviation. As a young man, I should also take the responsibility of teaching by example