In August 2025, amidst the summer cicadas at Shanghai University's Baoshan Campus, 16-year-old Lai Zhenyang from Dushan County, Guizhou, stood on a national sharing platform with a scientific idea born from his mountain life. "The AI voice emotion recognition speaker we designed can understand the sighs of elderly people living alone," he explained. The screen behind him displayed the underlying principles of the emotion recognition system: voiceprint characteristics, emotion classification, and multilingual adaptation solutions. This was the scene at the 10th National ETS Conference for Middle School Students.
This public welfare event, centered around "Explore, Think, Share," represents just a small part of China Europe Fund's 2025 charity footprint. From the "Pearl Class" in the mountains of Guizhou to nursing homes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, from training programs for rural teachers in Hunan to post-disaster reconstruction sites in Hong Kong, China Europe Fund's heartfelt charity journey in 2025 crossed mountains and rivers, reaching over 10 provinces and illuminating nearly 20 cities.
Upholding its mission of "Sincerity, Making Life Better," China Europe Fund's philanthropic actions continue steadily. Long-term public welfare projects such as "Go Far Away," "China Europe Fund Sincerity Handicraft Club," "Middle School Student ETS Conference," and "China Europe Fund Pearl Class" have been operating continuously for three years or more. Moving beyond one-off gestures or single achievements, China Europe Fund will continue to practice public welfare with a long-term perspective, allowing warmth to traverse thousands of miles and connect hearts.
The Glimmer of Education: Ensuring Every Soul is Seen "To change the fate of children in remote areas, the most crucial thing is to change their mindset," stated Zhou Xiaopeng, Vice Chairman of the China Europe Fund Sincerity Public Welfare Foundation, articulating the fund's original intention for deeply cultivating quality education. In 2025, this intention continued to guide actions across multiple educational charity projects.
As one of the initiating units of the Middle School Student ETS Conference committee, China Europe Fund has sponsored the project for three consecutive years. The 2025 ETS Conference marked a milestone tenth edition: it entered 37 schools across 10 provinces throughout the year, encouraging over 2,400 students to present nearly 700 life-rooted research projects on the sharing stage.
Unlike conventional competitions, the ETS Conference consistently adheres to a "non-selective excellence" principle, building a stage for children in remote areas not defined solely by test scores. Lai Zhenyang and his teammates' AI speaker project originated from observing rural seniors living alone; the multimodal tour guide robot designed by the team led by Jiang Yichen from Binzhou thoughtfully considered the needs of elderly people and foreign tourists. These humane and caring ideas were seen, encouraged, and became glimmers of light illuminating the children's futures under the attentive listening of the conference observers.
Chen Qi, a China Europe Fund employee who has served as an observer for three consecutive years, learned the true meaning of "humility and curiosity" through interacting with the children – only by abandoning adult arrogance can one truly see each child's shining points. Gu Hanxia, another China Europe Fund employee participating for the first time, deeply felt the significance of the ETS Conference during this brief yet precious journey with the children – it lies not in producing numerous "excellent projects," but in igniting many "small yet steadfast sparks."
By 2025, the ETS Conference had cumulatively held over 340 school-level conferences, covering more than 22,000 students. Recognizing the positive changes in the children, the China Europe Fund Sincerity Public Welfare Foundation began providing financial support to the "Middle School Student ETS Conference" from 2023, with dozens of China Europe Fund employee volunteers participating in the conference work, continuously spreading the concept of public welfare through practice.
If the ETS Conference ignites the spark of exploration, then the "Pearl Retrieval Plan" solidifies the educational path for students in difficult circumstances. Since 2023, the China Europe Fund Sincerity Public Welfare Foundation has collaborated with the Xinhua Education Foundation to establish "China Europe Fund Pearl Classes" in Yunnan, Sichuan, Inner Mongolia, Guizhou, and other locations, helping 140 middle and high school students realize their educational dreams. Each "Pearl Student" receives a living allowance subsidy of 7,500 RMB every three years, with partner schools fully exempting tuition and accommodation fees.
Most of these children, referred to as "Pearl Students," have experienced challenging childhoods in their pursuit of education: some families rely on tea farming, some have family members who suffered workplace injuries or serious illnesses, some help with expenses by harvesting tobacco or picking peppers during summer breaks, and some have lived independently since the second grade. During volunteer visits, they heard the Pearl Students' aspirations: "My dream is to become a singer," "I want to leave the mountains and give my parents a good life," "I want to be a doctor to cure my grandmother's illness."
This yearning for distant places and the future unexpectedly found an echo in 2025 within the subterranean streams of Guizhou's karst mountains. Dr. Sun Jinghai from the "Sowers of Time" program and the operation and development center of China's "Sky Eye" FAST telescope visited the "China Europe Fund Pearl Class" at Duyun No. 2 Middle School in Guizhou. As the mysteries of the universe were conveyed to the mountain students through vivid explanations, the seeds of science took root in each child's heart. Dr. Sun Jinghai remarked that children like the Pearl Students – their circumstances might be remote, but their minds are not impoverished. "In the face of science, everyone is equal; no matter where you come from, you have the right to explore."
Also in this year, China Europe Fund's educational philanthropy added a new chapter: the "Future Educator" New Teacher Growth Program was launched in rural schools across multiple locations in Hunan. Guided by the philosophy that "supporting one teacher means illuminating one classroom and brightening more futures," the project provides 39 new teachers rooted in the countryside with two years of systematic training and a special maker fund, benefiting over 4,000 rural students. Young teachers, like scattered sparks, spread innovative teaching理念 into the countryside, allowing the sunlight of quality education to reach more corners.
Beyond this, the Sincerity Public Welfare initiative organized diverse quality education projects throughout the year: the "Go Far Away" public welfare research and practice project allowed rural children to experience urban culture and see a bigger world; the ongoing three-year "Sincerity Handicraft Club" introduced intangible cultural heritage into classrooms, accompanying left-behind and single-parent children as they grew confidently; the "Make Another Book for Blind Children" charity activity brought a rich and varied tactile world to visually impaired children; the "Sincerity Public Welfare Aesthetic Education Plan" offered urban children introductory lessons on "Beauty and Public Welfare" through collaborative art creation; "Sowers of Time" used visual documentation of wildlife protection to teach children how to correctly approach nature...
From the "undefined" flashes of thought at the ETS Conference, to the dream-ignited eyes of the Pearl Students, to the collaborative growth of teachers and students in the Future Educator Program and numerous other projects, China Europe Fund's educational philanthropy aims to function like a steadily shining star, "seeing the invisible," and casting a continuous, warm light upon the countryside. It does not seek to generate "miracles," but patiently "cultivates the soil": enabling ordinary children to believe "I can create," helping students in hardship understand "I am worthy of love," and assuring rural teachers "I can illuminate." When these glimmers converge into a beam, they form a galaxy capable of跨越ing geographical barriers and breaking the limitations of视野, allowing each unique soul to blossom with its own radiance under the sky of education.
The Warmth of Care: Sincerity Revealed in the Details The essence of public welfare lies not only in aspirations for the future but also in safeguarding the present. In 2025, China Europe Fund also turned its attention to the elderly population and regions facing difficulties, weaving a warm safety net through点滴actions.
In October, in Jinyang New Village, Pudong, Shanghai, a "neighborhood tea gathering" primarily for seniors was underway. This is a common scene within the "Sincerity Neighborly Distance" community elderly assistance program. The China Europe Fund Sincerity Public Welfare Foundation, partnering with the Changyi Public Welfare Foundation, organizes various community charity activities in local Shanghai neighborhoods, nurturing active seniors to become core volunteers for community mutual aid elderly care, reconstructing a "neighborhood mutual aid circle for elderly care," and providing accessible support and companionship for the elderly, especially the aged, empty-nesters, those living alone, and the widowed within the community. The program has already covered 12 communities in the Jinyang New Village sub-district of Pudong, serving over 1,000 elderly residents, allowing warmth to flow naturally through familiar streets and alleys.
Three thousand kilometers away, on the high plateau of Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai, sincerity was also being传递. In six rural mutual-aid happiness homes in Golog Prefecture, the China Europe Fund Sincerity Public Welfare Foundation, alongside other公益organizations, provided爱心meal assistance for low-income individuals with disabilities and the elderly. The program plans to cover approximately 120 local seniors, adding a tangible sense of happiness to the healthy lives of the plateau's elderly and disabled residents through a bowl of hot food and a cup of warm tea.
In times of crisis, sincerity becomes a helping hand跨越ing mountains and rivers. In November 2025, when Hong Kong experienced severe fires, China Europe Fund, China Europe Fund International, and the Shanghai China Europe Fund Sincerity Public Welfare Foundation jointly donated 2 million RMB to the disaster area for emergency relief and post-disaster reconstruction, sharing the burden with Hong Kong compatriots. Earlier in the year, when Dingri County in Shigatse, Tibet, was struck by a 6.8-magnitude earthquake, China Europe Sincerity Public Welfare immediately responded to the call from civil affairs authorities, collaborating with the Shanghai Charity Foundation to provide aid to Tibet for post-disaster reconstruction... Colorful prayer flags fluttered high in the vastness of the plateau, bearing witness to this mutual support and the rebirth of homes.
Whether through neighborhood mutual aid in urban communities, a hot cup of tea in a highland nursing home, or the bricks and tiles of post-disaster reconstruction, China Europe Fund's elderly and poverty assistance practices aim to implement the concept of "care" in the most people-centric way, demonstrating warmth and responsibility through attention to detail.
The Badge of Persistence: Earning Trust with "Sincerity" In 2025, the Shanghai China Europe Fund Sincerity Public Welfare Foundation completed its first social organization grade evaluation and was awarded the "3A-Level Social Organization" rating. From its official establishment approval by the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau in September 2022 to receiving the 3A rating in November 2025, this honor recognizes the foundation's three years of public welfare practice and motivates China Europe Fund to continue forward with the responsibility of "Finance for Good, Perseverance Yields Success."
"The 3A rating is not an endpoint, but a new starting point," stated Yu Lan, Chairman of the China Europe Fund Sincerity Public Welfare Foundation. Over the three years since its establishment, the foundation has consistently adhered to the mission of "Sincerity, Making Life Better," making continuous investments in areas such as student aid, elderly assistance, and poverty relief. It has cumulatively launched dozens of public welfare projects, covering multiple administrative regions including Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Anhui, Hunan, Shanxi, Jiangxi, Tibet, Qinghai, and Inner Mongolia. Over 200 China Europe Fund employee volunteers have actively participated in public welfare activities, dedicating their爱心to help implement these projects.
This persistence has also gained recognition from various sectors of society. In 2025, due to its outstanding performance in social responsibility practices, China Europe Fund received the honor of "Socially Responsible Asset Management Institution" in the China Asset Management Industry Yinghua Typical Cases by the China Fund News. For China Europe Fund, the more precious "badges" are the hopeful light闪烁in children's eyes, the sparks scattered by rural teachers, the bright smiles on elderly faces, and the rebuilt homes of disaster-affected people...
Standing at the beginning of 2026, China Europe Fund's philanthropic footprint continues to extend: in Guizhou's schools, the seeds of exploration have sprouted; in Shanghai's communities, neighborhood warmth continues to flow; on the Qinghai plateau, promises of care are being fulfilled; on the land of Tibet, rebuilt homes are full of vitality... China Europe Fund believes in "Sincerity, Making Life Better," and will persist in practicing public welfare with a long-term perspective, enabling more people to embrace warmth and美好with heartfelt enthusiasm.
Hearts ablaze like torches, illuminating the rivers and mountains. This journey named "Sincerity" has no final destination, only footsteps that never cease.
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