Chinese companies making efforts towards SDGs

COSCO is an active player in providing help to localities paired with them in achieving SDGs. Poverty relief through education is one of their focuses. Measures have been taken to promote fair and inclusive education with a total of input of RMB 100 million. The middle school enrollment ratio in Luolong County, one of the counties COSCO paired with reached 98.1% in 2017. 150 students graduated from their Hope classes in Yunnan, 149 of whom entered colleges. <br />
First, building new and renovating dilapidated schools in Tibet. For 16 years COSCO has invested over RMB 41 million to fund the building of 14 schools and the improvement of teaching facilities. <br />
Second, providing scholarships. COSCO has offered a variety of scholarships and subsidies totalling RMB 8.1 million under the name of “Flowers of Happiness”, helping more than 4,700 students and teachers to complete education and improve their livelihood. <br />
Third, offering incentives for teachers to teach in poverty-stricken regions. Working with Beijing Normal University, COSCO has invested over RMB 2.83 million under UNESCO’s “Teach Future China” program to fund 96 teacher volunteers to teach in 23 schools in the mountainous counties in inland provinces. <br />
Fourth, pairing assistance. The pairing assistance program between COSCO and Yongde County has provided financial support to 342 poor students, totaling 680 person-times. <br />
Didi uses its online ride-hailing platform to create jobs for low-income people, including migrant workers. The platform now covers 565 government-listed poor counties, generating income for 703,200 local drivers with a stable monthly gross income of RMB 3,335. on average. 6.7 percent of the drives are poor people prioritized by the state for poverty alleviation. Didi has also established a care foundation. As of July 2018, 196 drivers and their families have been helped by the foundation whose mission is to aid those with heavy economic burden as a result of natural disasters, life-changing accidents, or severe diseases and illnesses.