On 12th July 2024, the China Global Philanthropy Institute (CGPI) held the opening ceremony for the 19th batch of its Executive Management of Philanthropy (EMP) program in Shenzhen. This marks the first cohort following the reform of the EMP teaching system, with 103 trainees making up the Public Welfare Scholarship Class. For the first time, CGPI provided 20.6 million yuan in exclusive scholarships to encourage exceptional talent from various fields to engage in public welfare initiatives, invest in charitable endeavours, and foster partnerships with new industries, emerging business models, and innovative formats. This effort aims to promote cross-sector integration and practical collaboration between philanthropy and business.
Candy, Director of Li Foundation had the honour to be the one of 103 trainees, and she is also the only Singaporean attending EMP Batch 19.
In 2015, a group of prominent Chinese and American philanthropists came together to establish China’s first independently registered institute dedicated to philanthropy education. The China Global Philanthropy Institute (CGPI) was founded by Ray Dalio, Bill Gates, Niu Gensheng, Ye Qingjun, and He Qiaonyu to advance social progress by nurturing global best practices in philanthropy, and supporting philanthropists, practitioners, and social entrepreneurs to achieve sustainable impact.
CGPI is a nonprofit educational organization based in Shenzhen with an office in Beijing and official partner organizations throughout the world. CGPI’s educational philosophy emphasizes combining theoretical training with practical skillsets that enable students to transform learning into action. Towards these ends, CGPI has developed four core training programs and provides a variety of certificate, scholarship, and topic specific short-term courses.
Executive Management in Philanthropy (EMP) is CGPI’s largest program that trains foundation and nonprofit executives, as well as business leaders seeking to better integrate social responsibility and philanthropy into their routine practices. Classes are taught by renowned domestic and foreign professors, entrepreneurs, and philanthropy practitioners from institutions such as Harvard University, Indiana University, the University of Geneva, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Peking University, and Beijing Normal University and more.
The book showcases how the participants challenged their limits and conquered the World Marathon Challenge and North Pole Marathon to inspire people to challenge their own limits and pursue their dreams boldly.
The book tells the stories behind the event which saw the largest number of people in history running 1045km round Taiwan in 19 days.