Guangzhou, March 14, 2022 -- On March 12, the 44th Arbor Day, Lenovo China Customer Management Center, Beijing Green Foundation and Beijing Liuhezhuang Forest Farm jointly launched a public welfare activity with the theme of "Mother River Protection and Community Health Action". One hundred Lenovo volunteers from North China planted spring on the Yongding Bank of the Mother River in Beijing The first tree in the day, together to let the mother river around bloom beautiful vitality.
Yongding River is one of the seven river systems in the Haihe River Basin. It is the mother river of Beijing. Its upper reaches flow through the Loess Plateau. The Arbor Day activities are particularly conducive to improving the ecology of Yongding River, play a positive role in curbing soil erosion and beautifying the environment. On the day of the activity, Beijing was drizzling, warm and cold, and the cool spring weather did not reduce the enthusiasm of volunteer members. One hundred people worked together to plant the first tree in the spring of 2022 in Beijing Liuhezhuang Forest Farm. At the same time, the volunteers also worked together to clean up the dead branches and debris of the trees, practice the environmental protection and low-carbon lifestyle with practical actions, and contribute to the construction of ecological civilization of the capital city Power.
The Yangtze River, Yellow River and other major rivers, including the city's major rivers collectively known as Mother Rivers, will be China's 21st Mother River Protection Day on March 9,2022, said Wang Tang, executive deputy secretary-general of the Beijing Greening Foundation. Protecting Mother rivers plays a positive role in keeping soil and water healthy, preventing and controlling pollution, maintaining the ecological balance of the city and the country, and beautifying the environment. As a leader in the PC market, Lenovo has always been committed to practicing corporate responsibility in a public way and giving back to the society. This activity is very meaningful. I hope that we can continue to cooperate in the future and work together for the cause of environmental protection in China.
Liang Qian, deputy director of Beijing Liuhezhuang Forest Farm, said that low carbon and environmental protection have become the lifestyle pursued by many young people, which is deeply rooted in the heart of the people. Every year, Liuhezhuang Forest Farm receives more than 5,000 individuals and groups to voluntarily plant trees, and more and more students and young people. Voluntary tree planting has become a normal condition, and the civic consciousness has been constantly improving. She said that this time, the joint Lenovo China customer management center in Beijing's mother river - Yongding River banks planted cotinus seedlings, helping to improve the Yongding River surrounding environment and landscaping.
Lenovo member representative Mr. Li took his family to the forest farm. He said that one person's act of kindness can affect a whole group of people, and public welfare will always infect others with temperature. He said that as an ordinary person living and working in Beijing, the opportunity to participate in social welfare after work is a kind of honor and happiness, especially for the children, but also an environmental protection and patriotic education. As a member of Lenovo, it is very meaningful to participate in such activities. I will continue to support and participate in Lenovo's public welfare activities in the future.
In 2021, the number of Lenovo members reached 160 million. This passionate and loving group continues to play a positive role in public welfare activities. In April last year, Lenovo members participated in the Book Day activity. In one week, thousands of books were collected and donated to primary school students in rural Henan Province, so that they could feel a different world through reading. In August, Alxa see and Alxa launched the Joint MOE See public welfare program, planting nearly 40,000 Ambushed trees in Alxa, contributing to desert governance. Over the years, Lenovo has always adhered to the idea that corporate development is accompanied by public welfare practices. Through public welfare, Lenovo gives back to the society, practices corporate responsibility, supports environmental protection, and implements the environmental protection concept of "green technology" into all aspects of product research and development, production, operation and management. According to data available, Lenovo is the first enterprise in China to set scientific carbon reduction target (SBTi). In the past ten years, carbon emissions have been reduced by 92%. The total capacity of solar installations installed in Lenovo's global factories has reached 16 megawatts, and the waste recycling rate is 88%. In March 2020, Lenovo ranked CarbonClean200 among the world's most prestigious companies, becoming the largest user of clean energy in mainland China. Ms. Zhang Xia, director of Lenovo China Customer Management Center, said that Lenovo China Customer Management Center actively carries and practices the company's concept of public welfare, and will gather the strength of members, so that public welfare can be carried forward and influence more people.
Protect the mother River, plant the first tree in spring, transfer love with action, use public welfare to make the mother river more and more beautiful, but also make the city more and more dynamic.
