Features: Weathering The Storm – Disaster Relief for Typhoon Rammasun

Super Typhoon Rammasun landed in Wenchang City in Hainan Province on 18 July 2014. CITIC Pacific responded immediately by donating a total amount of RMB6 million to help the disaster victims with housing reconstruction.

A team of 20 volunteers from the CITIC Pacific Shenzhou Peninsula Volunteers Association arrived with RMB260,000 worth of relief supplies donated by the Hainan branch of CITIC Pacific at the government office of Gongpo Town in Wenchang City on 25 July 2014.

Other companies of CITIC Limited also lent a hand in the disaster. In addition to sending relief supplies to the hard-hit areas, CITIC Real Estate Hainan Investment Co. Ltd. helped with the renovation of Yunlong Bayi Hope Primary School in Haikou, which suffered heavily in the typhoon. CITIC Bank donated RMB1 million to the disaster areas through the Finance Affairs Office of the Government of Hainan Province.

Working with Local Communities

Since our business is conducted in many different markets, we tailor our social responsibility activities to meet the specific circumstances and needs of the local communities in which we operate.