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
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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)
Chinese Rotary Clubs 1919-1951
• During the years from 1919 until 1951, in 39 cities of the greater Chinese territories, there were totally 43 Rotary clubs chartered
Chinese Rotary Clubs 1919-1951
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
Chinese Rotary Clubs 1919-1951
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
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
Rotary International Officers from China
• 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
Rotary International Officers from China
• 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)
Rotary International Officers from China
• 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**
Rotary International Officers from China
• 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
Rotary International Officers from China
• 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
Rotary International Officers from China
• 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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