News Network News (Reporter Han Zhenlie)11month29Sunday 7:30 pm, Integrity202, the "Famous Gathering in Huiyuan" series of activities opened. This event invited a person with rich life experience and a touch of legend - the current International Microfinance Finance GroupPLANET FINANCE(Peifeng) Chief Representative of ChinaＭs.Gabrielle Harris。
Ms.Gabrielle HarrisBritish, but in China26Years of experience gave her an oriental temperament, and she also gave herself a rather antique name - Xia Daibai.
XiaMs. majored in history when she was studying at university in London. She is both a historian and a jewelry designer. She has served as a simultaneous interpreter for the United Nations, a financial magazine reporter and publisher in Hong Kong, and has settled in China26In the years, she has been engaged in comparative research on Chinese and Western cultures for a long time,19977287_7356
Facing the audience who could not restrain their curiosity,XiaThe lady speaks fluent Chinese and shares her entrepreneurship and thoughts with us.
XiaWith a strong interest in Chinese culture, Ms. came to China as early as the Cultural Revolution. As a history student, she can be said to have witnessed China’s history over the years. She has a deep understanding of China’s great changes in China’s urbanization, modernization and internationalization. But behind these, what attracts her most are the ancient totems and the long and rich historical atmosphere.
“There are so many awesome patterns here!”XiaThe lady did not hide her joy as Columbus discovered the New World. In her daily life, she came into contact with many cultural relics, jade railings, ceramics, and cloisonne from the late Qing Dynasty. However, she felt that these things were only a corner of the vast Chinese civilization and did not break through and innovate. Driven by this idea, she started her own jewelry career.
Restore the ancient flavor of history, advocate novel design, and adhere to the idea of "taking the Chinese as the body and the west as the use",XiaThe lady designed her first pattern - two dragons above and below, inspired by Shang Dynasty vessels. Having never studied professional design, she realized that her sense of beauty was not enough, so she found three senior craftsmen to cooperate with her, and these people have been working for her until now.
The initial customers were mainly foreigners coming to China. They did not have a deep understanding of Chinese culture but had a strong interest. As a test,XiaThe lady chose a leisure place - the swimming pool. She displayed her jewelry craftsmanship on the sofa next to it. After a while, it attracted many foreigners who were looking at the price. With this success,XiaMs. took a more courageous step. She expanded her customer positioning to Chinese people. Jewelry that is both antique and practical was also very popular with Chinese people beyond her expectation. Soon, Chinese customers became the mainstream.
200110422_10449Things Of Jing", and at the same time, we designed a very distinctive trademark. At first glance, it is a traditional Chinese character, but at a closer look, it is a combination of the two characters "东" and "西", which means to promote "West and East things". "After staying in China for so many years, I am no longer a pure British person, but I cannot be said to be Chinese. I myself am 'something from the West and the East'." Ms. Xia said with a smile. In the spirit of every finished product, customers who see it should say "Wow! ~" With her emotional belief, her jewelry is doing well in China.
When this job became stable, another opportunity found her. The person in charge of Peifeng China came to invite her to join and felt that she was the most suitable candidate.SummerThe lady is a person who likes challenges. Although she has no relevant financial experience before, she happily accepted this challenge.
Peifeng Association is an international non-profit organization that mainly promotes sustainable social and economic development by supporting the microfinance industry. since1998Established its headquarters in Paris, it has been in66branches have been established in 11586_11599| countries,200211627_11635XiaMs. is mainly responsible for the microfinance project.
Microfinance is the "poor man's bank", which provides small-amount loan services to those who cannot get loan services through the formal banking system. It mainly provides the following five services to the microfinance industry: policy consultation, training, technical support, information technology services, rating and financing.
“It is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish”, this isXiaMs.'s principle is that rather than charity fundraising, she supports how to teach people in poor areas how to get rid of poverty.
In barren rural areas, information circulation is a big problem. At this point, Peifeng has established good cooperation with China Mobile Communications and other companies, and adopted the method of sending mobile phones and phone bills to farmers. When there is new information, such as the price of certain agricultural products or fertilizers, they will be notified so that resources can be used more effectively. In this way, the distance between each other is shortened and a sense of trust is established, so that future work can be carried out more effectively.
Many people are concerned about how funds operate in this kind of operation that seems to be unable to make ends meet. In fact, 8% to 12% interest is just enough to keep the balance,XiaThe lady emphasized that their goal is not to make a profit, but to teach people living below the poverty line to rely on themselves and launch projects with smaller amounts of funds to realize their self-worth. At the same time, it has great socio-economic significance. Its sister company focuses on investment return, and the two promote each other and develop together.
Due to the particularity of microfinance, it has not yet developed and grown in China, but has been developing, but for its prospects,XiaThe lady still has an optimistic attitude.
After the speech, many interested students asked more specific questions and expressed their willingness to become a member of the volunteers and join the team.XiaThe lady smiled in welcome.
Finally, the w88 casino student unionXiang XiaThe lady presented "Daiyu Burial Flowers" made of colored clay, and the event ended successfully in a harmonious atmosphere.
