/PRZWT/Beijing, May 30, 2024 - In May 2024, Hitachi (China) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as: Hitachi (China)) joined hands with Enpai Public Welfare to hold the "Huitong Growth" public welfare activity in two schools in Beijing and Shanghai (hereinafter referred to as: this activity). Representatives of Hitachi (China), General Manager Tadako Oyzaki, and other employees and volunteers of Hitachi walked into the campus, donated disaster prevention materials, and carried out fun classroom activities on the theme of scientific knowledge, climate change and disaster prevention. The purpose is to help students raise awareness of environmental protection, disaster prevention and emergency response, and to stimulate students' interest in science and technology.
Through this activity, Hitachi (China) donated a total of 40 school emergency kits and 1,200 home risk investigation kits to two schools in Beijing and Shanghai. Hitachi (China) General Manager Tadako Oyzaki expressed the hope that the students can further understand the importance of environmental protection, master more scientific knowledge and disaster prevention knowledge, and become "little heroes" who protect the earth in the future.
In addition to material support, volunteers also brought students "safety experience", "climate change", "bandaging first aid" and other entertaining courses, and also used Hitachi desktop electron microscopes to carry out "fun science classrooms". Through lively and interesting lectures, rich practical exercises and fun science experiments, children's emergency treatment and first aid knowledge were enriched, helping to improve environmental awareness and scientific interest.
Hitachi is actively depicting a future that both protects the "Planetary Boundaries" and realizes the "Wellbeing", and is committed to supporting people's happy lives through data and technology implementation of a sustainable society. While carrying out extensive social innovation, Hitachi has always attached great importance to environmental protection and education. As an enterprise deeply involved in China, Hitachi will continue to uphold corporate social responsibility, fulfill its commitment to creating a better future with practical actions, and help realize a sustainable society.
About the Hitachi Group
Hitachi is committed to the development of social innovation and sustainable society through data and technology implementation. In the three business areas of "Digital Systems & Services" (helping customers with digital transformation), "Green Energy & Mobility" (helping to achieve a decarbonized society through energy and rail business), "Industrial Connectivity" (promoting product interconnection with digital technology in a wide range of fields), Lumada solutions that integrate IT, OT (Operational Technology) and products are used to solve the problems of customers and society. Driven by "Digital, Green, Innovation", we achieve growth through co-creation with customers. In fiscal year 2023, sales in the three major business areas reached 8,564.3 billion yen (approximately 403.8 billion yuan), and as of the end of March 2024, the total number of companies reached 574, employing approximately 270,000 people worldwide.
Hitachi in China
China is one of Hitachi's most important markets. As of the end of March 2024, Hitachi Group has 83 consolidated reporting subsidiaries in China, with about 33,000 regular employees. In fiscal year 2023, the sales of the three business areas in the Chinese market reached 988.6 billion yen (about 46.6 billion yuan), accounting for about 11% of Hitachi Group's total global sales. Hitachi is committed to making positive contributions to China's social development and industrial upgrading through "social innovation business".
