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China Southern Honored For Outstanding Charitable Contributions.


GUANGZHOU, China -- China Southern Airlines China Southern Airlines (中国南方航空公司) (SEHK: 1055, NYSE: ZNH) is an airline based in Guangzhou in the Guangdong province of the People's Republic of China.  (NYSE NYSE

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: ZNH ZNH Zora Neale Hurston (author and anthropologist, 1891-1960) ) (HKSE HKSE Hong Kong Stock Exchange : 1055) (SHA SHA - Secure Hash Algorithm : 600029) has been honored with an "Outstanding Contribution to Society" award at the forum for "Social Responsibility and Harmonious Society 2007". China Southern was the only Civil Aviation enterprise to win this title.

The forum was organized by Xinhua News Agency “Xinhua” redirects here. For other uses, see Xinhua (disambiguation).

The Xinhua News Agency (Simplified Chinese: 新华社; Traditional Chinese:
 and supported by a number of national leading media organizations including People's Daily, CCTV CCTV
abbr.
closed-circuit television


CCTV closed-circuit television
 and China National Radio.

Mr. Liu Shaoyong, Chairman of China Southern Airlines, accepted the award and made a speech at the forum.

As the largest airline in the People's Republic of China, China Southern puts a premium on flight safety, and a strong sense of social responsibility of an airline company. Now the company has 316 modern Airbus and Boeing jet aircraft and operates more than 1,400 flights per day.

China Southern has worked diligently to ensure safe flight operations and recently earned the Four-Star Flight Safety Award from CAAC CAAC Civil Aviation Administration of China
CAAC Civilian Agency Acquisition Council
CAAC Capital Area Activities Conference (Lansing, Michigan, USA)
CAAC Clean Air Action Corporation
CAAC Citizens' Action Against Crime
, the most prestigious award in the Chinese aviation industry.

In 2005, China Southern established the Ten-fen Caring Foundation raising RMB20 million yuan to date through 0.1 yuan donations from every ticket sold. About 5 million yuan from the fund has been used to help impoverished students every year since the fund was created.

During the past two years since the foundation's formation, nearly 3,000 students from more than 10 universities around China will complete their courses thanks to donations made by China Southern.

In 2006, after Typhoon Bilis brought disaster to Guangdong Province, China Southern Airlines organized a collection of donations among all employees raising more than RMB12 million yuan. In 2004 and 2006, China Southern successively launched its "Sunny Youth" program to honor exceptional young people, sponsoring communication activities between Chinese and Korean children. China Southern also helped the local governments in Moyu and Pishan County in Xinjiang to build a kindergarten and elementary school.

Moreover, China Southern undertook various urgent rescue missions.

In 2000 and 2006, the airline dispatched the best airplanes and aircrew to airlift Chinese nationals to safety from the then turbulent Solomon Islands. In 2006, China Southern Zhuhai Helicopter Company, together with the Chinese Transportation Ministry, accomplished 66 salvages and saved 98 lives. Since 2003, China Southern has on numerous occasions, transported Chinese Peacekeeping Troops to various destinations, making its own contribution to keeping the peace in the world.

The largest airline in The People's Republic of China for the past 28 years, China Southern Airlines - www.flychinasouthern.com - connects more than 80 cities around the globe. Major business and vacation destinations served in China include: Beijing, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Guilin, Hong Kong, Kunming, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Wuhan, as well as International service, including: Amsterdam, Bangkok, Fukuoka, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, city (1997 pop. 5,250,000), on the right bank of the Saigon River, a tributary of the Dong Nai, Vietnam. , Islamabad, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Lagos, Los Angeles, Manila, Melbourne, Moscow, Osaka, Paris, Penang, Phnom Penh, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo.

For China Southern Airlines reservations and information, please contact your local travel agent.
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