rotary china update june 2016

Rotary China UpdateJune 2016

Randal EastmanSpecial Representative to China, 2013-16

Contents

• Welcome to Rotary China • A Long & Colourful History• Current Clubs in China• Rotary’s Service Project Impact in

China• 3 Calls to Action

Welcome to Rotary China

Join Leaders • Exchange Ideas • Take Action

What is Rotary China?

• Rotary in mainland China is “Un-districted” • not part of a Rotary District since

2006 (previously part of d3450: HK, Macau, Mongolia)

• participates in all Foundation programs

• has a de-facto district team• Currently about 450 Rotarians• Not legally recognized in China

• All Active members have foreign passports

• Chinese citizens are Honorary members

RI Representatives responsible for mainland China development*

• PP Randal Eastman (Canadian - in Shanghai)• Special Representative to China, 2013-16

• PP Ruby Chang (Hong Kong - in Beijing) • Extension Representative to China (2014-2016)

• PDG YK Cheng (Hong Kong)• Extension Representative to China (2014-2016)

• PRIP Gary Huang (Taiwan)• Special Advisor to the President on China (2015-16)

• PP Frank Yih (USA - in Shanghai)• SR Designate, 2016-17

*Excluding Guangdong province which is part of d3450

Visit: www.RotaryChina.org

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Frank Yih - SR Designate 2016-17Gary Huang - Past RI President 2014-15

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De-Facto DG - SR Randal

• R.I. Special Representative to China 2013-16

• Responsible to:• Guide our Clubs in

RI Policy & Procedures

• Grow our Clubs• Build leaders in

China beyond club level

Our de-facto District Team for 2015-16

Come Join Us – and help us grow

A Long & Colourful (Turbulent) History in China

Chinese Rotary Clubs 1919-1951

• 1 October 1919 the first Rotary club in China was chartered

• It was the 2nd Rotary club in Asia

• Followed by:• Tianjin(1923-5-

10)• Beijing (1924-8-

30)• Dalian (1929-1-

21)


• During the years from 1919 until 1951, in 39 cities of the greater Chinese territories, there were totally 43 Rotary clubs chartered


Club Name Modern Name of City

Language Admission Date

Termination Date

Second Admission

Second Termination

Occupied Manchuria

Peking Beijing 1924-08-30 1943-12-31 1946-08-14 1951-06-26

Hsinking Changchun 1935-01-11 1940-12-31 x

Changsha Changsha 1937-04-09 1950-12-21

Chengtu Chengdu 1938-06-14 1950-12-21

Chungking Chongqing 1937-06-03 1950-12-21

Dairen Dalian 1929-01-21 1940-12-31 x

Foochow Fuzhou Chinese 1933-06-21 1950-12-21

Canton Guangdong 1931-12-15 1943-12-31 1946-12-27 1950-12-21

Kweilin Guilin 1944-06-16 1946-06-04

Kweiyang Guiyang 1945-04-23 1950-12-21

Harbin Haerbin 1930-06-04 1940-12-31 x

Hangchow Hangzhou Chinese 1932-06-23 1943-12-31 1947-06-30 1950-12-21

Tsinan Jinan 1932-12-09 1943-12-31 1947-05-14 1950-12-21

Chinkiang Jingjiang 1939-11-25 1943-12-31 1947-03-28 1950-12-21

Kaifeng Kaifeng 1936-05-13 1943-12-31 x

Kunming Kunming 1937-05-28 1950-12-21

Lanchow Lanzhou 1943-11-11 1950-12-21

Liuchow Liuzhou 1948-12-14 1950-12-21

• 37 mainland clubs

• 5 in occupied Manchuria


Club Name Modern Name of City

Language Admission Date

Termination Date

Second Admission

Second Termination

Occupied Manchuria

Nanchang Nanchang 1948-03-29 1950-12-21

Nanking Nanjing 1934-01-19 1943-12-31 1946-12-24 1952-01-24

Ningpo Ningbo 1936-09-02 1943-12-31 1946-10-21 1950-12-21

Tsingtao Qingdao 1932-09-09 1943-12-31

Shanghai Shanghai 1919-10-01 1943-12-31 1946-03-27 1951-10-16

Shanghai West Shanghai Chinese 1948-11-16 1952-01-24

Swatow Shantou 1936-05-21 1943-12-31 1947-11-07 1950-12-21

Mukden Shenyang 1929-04-11 1940-12-31 1948-03-31 1950-12-21 x

Soochow Suzhou 1936-11-11 1943-12-31 1947-02-26 1950-12-21

Tientsin Tianjin 1923-05-10 1943-12-31 1946-09-17 1952-01-24

Hankow Wuhan 1933-12-20 1943-12-31 1946-05-25 1950-12-21

Wuchang Wuhan 1937-03-08 1943-12-31

Woohoo Wuhu 1936-02-06 1943-12-31

Wusih Wuxi 1937-06-16 1943-12-31 1947-04-08 1950-12-21

Wuchow Wuzhou 1936-05-22 1950-12-21

Amoy Xiamen 1933-10-23 1943-12-21 1948-06-02 1950-12-21

Sian Xian 1937-08-30 1950-12-21

• 37 mainland clubs

• 5 in occupied Manchuria

We had a famous visitor in 1935- to plant a Friendship Tree

Paul Harris, Founder of Rotary

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Post-Revolution Era

• All Clubs were terminated in 1952• Following 1949 Revolution it was

increasingly impossible to meet• Many Rotarians repatriated• RI terminated all clubs by 24 Jan

1952• After 40 years a quiet revival

• In 1996 Rotarians began meeting regularly again in Beijing

• In 1998 - Rotarians in Shanghai began meeting regularly

Post-Revolution Era

• High level meetings held in Beijing in 2000

• June 2001 Beijing and Shanghai clubs permitted to re-apply for provisional status

Post-Revolution Era

• 5 years later both clubs were re-chartered on 8 Feb 2006

• 8 years later - in June 2014, the RI Board permitted new clubs in China

Rotary International Officers from China


• Mr. Luther M. Jee (朱神恩 ) (U.S.A.) • Shanghai Rotary Club President July 1,

1927 – June 30, 1928 • Rotary International Honorary Special

Commissioner to China • July 1, 1927 – June 30, 1928• July 1, 1928 – June 30, 1929• July 1, 1929 – September 30, 1929


• Mr. E. F. Harris (U.S.A.) • Shanghai Rotary Club President July 1,

1932 – June 30, 1933 • Rotary International Honorary Special

Commissioner to China • July 1, 1933 – June 30, 1934• July 1, 1934 – June 30, 1935• July 1, 1935 -- September 30, 1935


• Dr. Fong Foo-Sec (鄺富灼博士 ) (China) • Shanghai Rotary Club President

• July 1, 1931 – June 30, 1932 • Rotary International Director

• July 1, 1933 – June 30, 1934 (China’s representative to the inaugural Council on Legislation, June 25, 1934, Detroit, Michigan, USA)

• District 81 Governor• October 1, 1936 – June 30, 1937 (Took up the

vacancy left by Dr. Chengting T. Wang’s resignation )

• District 96-97-98 Governor (Not too many clubs in each and every district, so 3 districts were grouped together under 1 governor.)

• July 1, 1937 – June 30, 1938• July 1, 1938 – October 3, 1938 (Passed away in

Shanghai on October 3, 1938, after 2 months of illness)


• Dr. Chengting Thomas Wang (王正廷博士 ) (China) • Inducted as Active Member of Shanghai Rotary Club in 1922 • Rotary International Honorary Special Commissioner to China

July 1, 1934 – September 30, 1935 • District 81 Governor

October 1, 1935** – June 30, 1936 (Establishment date of the 81st District )July 1, 1936 – August 1, 1936 (Resigned on August 1, 1936, from Rotary International due to state mission as the Republic of China Ambassador to USA)

• Rotary International Administrative Advisor to ChinaJuly 1, 1942 - 1943 - 1944 - June 30, 1946 (This was war time period. Three districts and most of the clubs were not functioning. No governors were elected from neither of the districts. )

• Rotary International Director July 1, 1944 – June 30, 1946 • Rotary International Second Vice-President July 1, 1945 – June 30, 1946 • District 96-97-98 Governor July 1, 1946 – June 30, 1947 • Rotary International Administrative Advisor to China, Hong Kong & Macao

July 1, 1951 – June 30, 1953**


• Mr. Tan Wei-Hsueh (譚偉學 ) (China) • Shanghai Rotary Club President

• July 1, 1937 – June 30, 1938 • District 97-98 Governor

• July 1, 1940 – June 30, 1941 • Governors' Representative

• July1, 1941 – June 30, 1942(for the functioning 5 clubs -- Chungking; Chengtu; Changsha; Sian; Hong Kong – not located at the cities occupied by the Imperial Japanese Forces in China. But Hong Kong was later also occupied from December 25, 1941.)

• District 97 Governor• July 1, 1947 – June 30, 1948


• Mr. Wei Tsen-Fu (韋增福 ) (China) (aka Charlie Wei)

• Shanghai Rotary Club President • July 1, 1946 – June 30, 1947

• District 97 Governor• July 1, 1948 – June 30, 1949


• Mr. George Ernest Marden (馬登 ) (England) (Rotary Nickname: Gem) • Shanghai Rotary Club President

• July 1, 1928 – June 30, 1929 • Rotary International District 57 Governor**

• July 1, 1949 – June 30, 1950** South China + Taiwan + Hong Kong + Macao

• Rotary International Director • July 1, 1951 – June 30, 1952

• Rotary International Administrative Advisor to Taiwan, Hong Kong & Macao • July 1, 1953 – June 30, 1954

Current Status of Clubs in China

Clubs in China

• Rotary Clubs - 18• 15 Chartered • 2 Provisional• 1 Satellite• Plus 3 Fellowships

• Rotaract Clubs - 8 • Interact Clubs - 11

Rotary Clubs

• Chartered Clubs• Rotary Club of Shanghai,

2006• Rotary Club of Beijing,

2006• Rotary Club of Chengdu,

2014• Rotary Club of Shanghai

Fresh Start, 2015• Rotary Club of Shanghai

West, 2015 (中文 )• Rotary Club of Shanghai

Pudong Lujiazui, 2015• Rotary Club of Suzhou,

2015• Rotary Club of Dalian, 2016

• Rotary Club of Chongqing• Rotary Club of Tianjin• Rotary Club of Beijing

Chaoyang• Rotary Club of Beijing

Mandarin• Rotary Club of Hangzhou• Rotary Club of Qingdao

• Satellite Clubs• Rotary Satellite Club of

Dalian Kai Fa Qu

• Provisional Clubs• Rotary Club of Nanning (中文 )• Rotary Club of Shanghai

Elysée (French)

Rotary Clubs

Rotary Clubs

• Fellowship Groups / Satellites• Currently meeting in:

• Ningbo• Shenyang

• Planning to meet in:• Changchun• Kunming• Wuhan

Rotaract Clubs

• Chartered Rotaract Clubs - 6• Beijing

• Beijing Rotaract Club• Beijing West Rotaract Club

• Shanghai• Shanghai Rotaract Club• Shanghai Fresh Start Rotaract Club• NYU Shanghai Rotaract Club• Shanghai West Rotaract Club

• Prospective - 3 • Dalian• Shenyang• Suzhou

Interact Clubs

• Interact Clubs - 11• Beijing

• Dulwich College Beijing Interact (int’l)

• Changzhou• Oxford International

KS4 &KS5 Interact Clubs (mixed)

• Chengdu• Chengdu Foreign

Languages School (mixed)

• Shanghai

• SCIS (Pudong) Interact (int’l)

• SCIS (Puxi) Interact (int’l)

• SAS (Pudong) Interact (int’l)

• Shanghai Nanyang Interact (Chinese)

• SHID Interact (int’l)• Shanghai Experimental

Foreign Language School

• SMIC Private School Interact Club (Chinese)

• Pudong Foreign Languages School (Chinese)

Rotary’s Service Project Impact in China

Overall Rotary Service Impact

Basic education and literacyDisease prevention and treatmentEconomic and community developmentMaternal and child healthPeace and conflict preventionWater and sanitationIndeterminate (d3450)

Total Impact $176,290,813

Total Project Impact Since 1976

including: The Rotary Foundation (direct), Yoneyama Rotary Foundation, overseas club projects, d3450 projects, 0052

USD %Basic education and literacy 3,400,764 2.1%Disease prevention and treatment 29,041,811 17.7%Economic and community development 344,474 0.2%Maternal and child health 106,488 0.1%Peace and conflict prevention 130,321,378 79.6%Water and sanitation 431,842 0.3%

163,646,757 100.0%

Total Impact Identified by Area of Focus

Our Own Club & District Impact

AnhuiBeijing

Guangdong

Hebei

Shaanxi

Shandong

Shanghai

Sichuan

Anhui BeijingGansu GuangdongGuangxi GuizhouHebei HeilongjiangHenan HubeiHunan JiangsuJilin LiaoningNingxia QinghaiShaanxi ShandongShanghai ShanxiSichuan TianjinTibet XinjiangYunnan Zhejiang

Club & District Projects by Location

Basic education and literacy

Disease prevention and treatment

Economic and community development

Maternal and child health

Peace and conflict prevention

Water and sanitation

$3,400,764

$6,554,142

$344,474

$106,488

$448,648

$431,842

USD

Club & District Projects – by Area of Focus

AIDS

Cataract

Dental

Disaster Relief

Educational Exchange

Elderly

GOL

Hospital

Library

Literacy

Medical Treatment

Microcredit

Scholarship

Schools

Training

Water

Wheelchair

$300,224$139,590

$76,082$224,393

$407,326$140,499

$3,497,586$525,049

$400,535$43,409$88,514$91,950$63,270

$2,877,620$81,911

$431,842$1,567,056

Clubs & District Projects

USD

Club & District Projects – by Type

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