Toyota announced that the Central Committee of the
Communist Youth League of China (Chinese Communist Youth League –
CCYL), the All-China Youth Federation (ACYF) and TMC handed out today
the 2007* awards for the Toyota Environmental Protection Aid Program
for China's Youth at a ceremony held at the Great Hall of the People in
Beijing.
A total of approximately 150 people attended the awards ceremony,
including ACYF executives, Chinese government officials and Toyota
representatives.
TMC Senior Managing Director Akira Sasaki, who oversees Toyota's
operations in China, said in his address to the attendees: "The
wonderful projects of the awardees are expected to contribute greatly
to environmental protection in China."
This year's awards were presented under the theme: "Everyone's world,
everyone's responsibility". More than 270 proposals were submitted
from across China, of which the panel, comprised of Chinese experts on
environmental protection and journalists specializing in environmental
topics, selected one proposal to receive the Toyota Special Award, 10
proposals to receive special support and 20 proposals to receive a
special commendation. Award winners receive grants for their
environmental protection activities and are given the opportunity to
travel to Japan on a study trip. TMC has provided 3.5 million Chinese
yuan (approximately 50 million yen) for each year, for the past three
years.
The Toyota Special Award went to a project being carried out at 100
model schools and their surrounding communities designated by the
Beijing Academy of Educational Sciences. The project involves the
conducting of educational activities for energy conservation and
emissions reductions and efforts to raise awareness of environmental
problems.
The function of the Toyota Environmental Protection Aid Program for
China's Youth, which was jointly established by the ACYF, the CCYL and
TMC in July 2005, is to solicit written proposals for environmental
protection activities from China's youth and to offer support to the
best proposals. Toyota has continued to conduct social contribution
activities throughout the world, focusing on the three areas of
environmental protection, traffic safety and human resources
development. For environmental protection in China, in addition to the
Toyota Environmental Protection Aid Program for China's Youth, Toyota
is implementing afforestation programs to combat desertification.
Meanwhile, in the area of traffic safety, Toyota conducts
traffic-safety educational events for the general public in
collaboration with the Chinese Ministry of Public Security. Further,
in order to promote human resources development, Toyota has established
the Toyota Study Assistance Fund and a research center in collaboration
with the School of Public Policy & Management at Tsinghua
University. Toyota aims to be a good corporate citizen and plans to
continue contributing to Chinese society.
*Unless noted otherwise, the year mentioned is the fiscal year from April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008.
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