Day: November 18, 2021

“We are honored to gain the continued support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation to bring to the world a Global Campaign for Inclusion that rejects and counters the divisive words of political extremes. The Special Olympics’ message of inclusion is one of acceptance of difference that touches hundreds of millions of children and youth around the world,” said Tim Shriver, Chair of the Special Olympics International Board of Directors. “Our athletes and the youth of today have voices that deserve consideration. Their message is apolitical, non-polarizing—it is one of solidarity, unity and hope that will see us through this divisive time in human history.”

This new three-year grant will build on SNF’s support since 1998 by expanding Special Olympics’ Unified Schools program, which embeds inclusive sports and inclusive youth leadership in school settings. The expansion will reach almost 3,000 schools in 22 countries. In addition, the grant will launch both a robust thought leadership campaign on the theme of inclusion as well as the creation of the first-ever Global Coalition for Inclusion and Education, a coalition of national governments, United Nations agencies, foreign aid agencies and Foundations whose aim it is to strengthen social inclusion globally through education.

“SNF seeks to support lasting social change for the better, and Special Olympics has a proven record of helping create permanent shifts in mindset that ripple outward from individuals to schools, families, communities, and nations,” said SNF Co-President Andreas Dracopoulos. “Committed and energized young people of all abilities are showing us the way to a more inclusive future. SNF is proud to be part of the effort to amplify their voices while delivering key services in schools worldwide.”

Through Play Unified: Learn Unified, Special Olympics and SNF have transformed school settings into communities of acceptance and inclusion. Since 2018, Play Unified: Learn Unified has reached over 190,000 youth with and without intellectual disabilities in 14 countries, generating evidence that Unified Schools programming is a powerful tool for fostering inclusive mindsets and behaviors:

• 8 out of 10 teachers believe that Unified Schools has positively impacted their school climate.
• 94 percent of schools reported that Unified Schools programming has reduced bullying, teasing and offensive language.
• Students in Greece were nine times more apt to believe they can learn from people unlike themselves, and nine times more apt to believe they can make their school a better place.

Building off the success of Play Unified: Learn Unified, Special Olympics and SNF will launch the Global Campaign for Inclusion, elevating a youth-led message of inclusion to the thought leaders who shape mainstream public discourse and convene a Global Leadership Coalition for Education and Inclusion, propelling more communities toward a shared commitment to inclusion and the celebration of our common humanity.

About Special Olympics

Founded in 1968, Special Olympics is a global movement to end discrimination against people with intellectual disabilities. We foster acceptance of all people through the power of sport and programming in education, health, and leadership. With more than six million athletes and Unified Sports partners in over 201 countries and territories and more than one million coaches and volunteers, Special Olympics delivers more than 30 Olympic-type sports and over 100,000 games and competitions in a typical year. Engage with us on: Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn and our blog on Medium. Learn more at www.SpecialOlympics.org.

About the Stavros Niarchos Foundation

The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) is one of the world’s leading private, international philanthropic organizations, making grants to nonprofit organizations in the areas of arts and culture, education, health and sports, and social welfare SNF funds organizations and projects worldwide that aim to achieve a broad, lasting, and positive impact for society at large, and exhibit strong leadership and sound management. The Foundation also supports projects that facilitate the formation of public-private partnerships as an effective means for serving public welfare. Since 1996, the Foundation has committed more than $3.2 billion through over 5,000 grants to nonprofit organizations in more than 135 countries around the world. See more at SNF.org.

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SHANGHAI, Nov. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Shanghai Electric (“Shanghai Electric” or “the Company”) (601727.SS and 02727. HK) has entered a strategic partnership with Svenska Kullagerfabriken AB (SKF) after the two companies signed an agreement aimed at harnessing their respective technology and business advantages to bring more value to global customers at China International Import Expo 2021 (CIIE). Leng Weiqing, Chairman of Shanghai Electric Group, who presented at the ceremony alongside Vice President Jin Xiaolong, signed the agreement.

SKF is a world-leading manufacturer and supplier of bearings, seals, lubrication and lubrication systems, maintenance products, mechatronics products, power transmission products, condition monitoring systems and related services. The partnership will allow the two companies to benefit from Shanghai Electric’s rich experience in infrastructure construction as well as SKF’s comprehensive global supply chain and innovation capacity to boost their R&D capacity, leveraging the combined strength of both companies to enhance their competitive advantages and boost business value.

China’s largest import trade fair, CIIE 2021, held from November 5-10, was the fourth edition that Shanghai Electric attended, which also saw the company inking more than 10 import procurement contracts and framework agreements with global companies during the six-day event, with the total value of the deals exceeding 1.7 billion RMB.

As part of China’s green push to accelerate towards its carbon goals, the fourth edition of CIIE aimed at facilitating green trade and cooperation between global companies in an effort to expedite the pace of green transformation in China and beyond.

As a global leader and pioneer in renewable energy, Shanghai Electric brought the latest innovative solutions that promote China’s domestic-international dual circulation strategy and showcases its achievements for business upgrade and transformation through technological empowerment. Leading the showcase were the Qingpu new energy buses tasked with providing a fast and climate-friendly transport link for global visitors at CIIE, equipped with Shanghai Electric’s Guoxuan power battery system.

Over the past four years, CIIE has provided a platform on which Shanghai Electric has been able to expand its cooperation with global investors and companies for the development of new energy and advanced manufacturing.

At CIIE 2018, Shanghai Electric Group and Siemens Power and Natural Gas Group signed a contract to supply the power generation equipment used in the 700MW CSP project in Dubai, the world’s largest CSP plant. This partnership was followed by a framework agreement signed between Shanghai Electric and Consolidated Power Projects Australia Pty Ltd (CPP) at the second CIIE in 2019 for a RMB100 million purchase deal. In the same year, Shanghai Electric also secured several deals worth RMB710 million to supply gas turbine equipment to Datang Group, State Power Investment Corporation and Ansaldo Energia.

The successful CIIE 2020 marked a renewed momentum of international trade and business cooperation amid a disrupted global economy due to the pandemic-induced restrictions, where Shanghai Electric formed another milestone collaboration with Siemens Energy on building a smart energy empowerment center in China.

“CIIE is a fast and efficient matchmaking platform for multinational companies to find the golden key to open the gate to China’s market, as well as a window for global businesses to establish in-depth communication channels with Chinese customers. On this platform, Shanghai Electric hopes to seek new partners and create more win-win cooperation opportunities with world-leading enterprises,” said Jin Xiaolong.

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In this campaign, photos of global HAVAL car owners with their cars are solicited as the prototype of making artistic illustrations. So far, the campaign has evoked discussion and attention on HAVAL among users in Russia, Australia, Saudi Arabia and other countries.

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In fact, in addition to this campaign, HAVAL has organised multiple activities for users around the world, to whom the brand has become an important part of their life. For example, it has partnered with IRONMAN, a popular triathlon competition in Australia, to share a healthy lifestyle with its users. It has also sponsored the Russian DOTA 2 team VP, winning customers who love e-sports.

HAVAL has being the best-selling SUV brand in China for years. Since HAVAL first sold 500 vehicles to Italy in 2006, it had reached annual sales of over 30,000 in 2011. This indicates HAVAL had laid the foundation of its global sales a decade ago.

GWM has made some optimisations to its models over the years. It launched HAVAL JOLION, 3rd Gen HAVAL H6, HAVAL H6 HEV and other new products globally this year.

“This car is for sure stylish and presents a positive life attitude with its distinguished blue colour,” said the Russian HAVAL JOLION owner. “HAVAL H6 a machine like no other, very versatile, comfortable and powerful engine, I have it and it has proved to be effective,” said Mario Arias from Australia.

HAVAL was rated “China Brand Leader” by Za Rulem, the most authoritative automobile media in Russia; it won the 16th National 2021 SUV Award of 4X4 Club. It was also praised as “the best Chinese car in Australia so far” by the Australian media Carsales in a test drive.

HAVAL has become a preferred choice of users in Australia, Russia and South Africa. Following the exploration of emerging markets such as Thailand, Saudi Arabia and Brunei, it has developed a sales network covering over 50 countries and regions all over the world.

All these well explain why HAVAL has managed to sell over 700 million vehicles.

According to the official announcement of GWM, new models such as HAVAL Dagou and HAVAL H6S will make their global debut next month, which is another exciting news.

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