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| "2016 HNA Global Charity Relay Run" Haikou Station Challenges The GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS(TM) Title |
After Haikou, the first station of the Global Charity Relay Run, the forthcoming series of 5km races will be held within a month until the end of January 2016 around the globe covering Asia, Asia Pacific, Africa, Europe and North America. Some 15 cities(1) in China will be included such as Haikou, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chongqing and 13 cities(2) around the world such as Singapore, London, Amsterdam, Toronto, New York, Chicago, Accra and Sydney will also host races. The venue of the "HNA Group Annual Commendation and Celebration of Entry in the Global 500 Ceremony" in Haikou, China will be the last station of the Global Charity Relay Run.
The Haikou charity run also achieved a new milestone for the Group and participants by breaking the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS(TM) title! The 3,476 participating runners were divided into 24 teams and conducted exercises following a 6.5-minute fitness video at the start, which broke the previous record of 3,227 for a fitness video exercise group in Cheshire, UK. An adjudicator from Guinness World Records and all people on the scene witnessed the historical moment when the adjudicator confirmed the new world record.
The distance that all runners have run in the Global Charity Relay Run will be translated into mileage to be donated by the Group to Fortune Wings Club on a 1:1 basis, and subsequently redeemed into charity tickets for the beneficiary students under the "HNA Send Love Home" program so they can fly back home to spend the Chinese New Year Holiday with their families and loved ones.
Meanwhile, HNA Group together with Tencent Charity Foundation has invited the public to donate their "Walking Distance for Charity" to HNA's five signature charity projects through Weixin Yundong. The "Walking Distance for Charity" donations will be transformed into a corresponding charitable foundation amount with the aim to support HNA's corporate social responsibility and charitable services.
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(1) Chinese cities: Haikou, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Shenzhen, Xi'an, Chongqing, Kunming, Changsha, Nanning, Urumqi, Fuzhou and Sanya
(2) Overseas cities: Singapore, London (UK), Amsterdam (the Netherlands), Madrid (Spain), Seattle (US), New York (US), Toronto (Canada), Boston (US), San Jose (US), Chicago (US), Miami (US), Accra (Ghana) and Sydney (Australia)
About HNA Group
HNA Group is a Fortune Global 500 company and a leading enterprise group headquartered in Haikou, China with core businesses spanning across aviation, holdings, tourism, capital and logistics. The Group achieved annual revenues of approximately USD21 billion and had total assets of approximately USD76 billion with around 110,000 employees for the year ended 31 December 2014. With its internationalization strategy, HNA Group has established an international presence through various merger and acquisition projects in the past several years. For more information, please visit www.hnagroup.com.
Contact:
HNA Group (International) Company Limited Ms. Abby LEE Tel: (852) 3196 0956 Email: abby.cmlee@hnair.com Strategic Financial Relations (China) Limited Ms. Karen HUNG Tel: (852) 2864 4845 Email: karen.hung@sprg.com.hk Ms. Joyce QIAO Tel: (852) 2864 4894 Email: joyce.qiao@sprg.com.hk
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