Rotary has had a presence in China since 1919 but all clubs were forced to close by 1952 after the Communist revolution. Rotary began to reemerge in China in the late 1990s and now has 18 clubs across the country. Rotary's service impact in China totals over $176 million, with the majority (79.6%) focused on peace and conflict prevention projects. Currently there are 450 Rotarians in China working on various club projects and initiatives.

1. Rotary China Update
June 2016
Randal Eastman
Special Representative to China, 2013-16

2. Contents
• Welcome to Rotary China
• A Long & Colourful History
• Current Clubs in China
• Rotary’s Service Project Impact in China
• 3 Calls to Action

3. Welcome to Rotary China
Join Leaders • Exchange Ideas • Take Action

4. 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

5. 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

6. Visit: www.RotaryChina.org
Frank Yih - SR Designate 2016-17
Gary Huang - Past RI President 2014-15

7. 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

8. Our de-facto District Team for 2015-16

9. Come Join Us – and help us grow

10. A Long & Colourful (Turbulent) History in China

11. 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)

12. 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

13. 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
Manchuri
a

14. 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
Manchuri
a

15. We had a famous visitor in 1935
- to plant a Friendship Tree
Paul Harris, Founder of Rotary

16. 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

17. Post-Revolution Era
• High level
meetings held in
Beijing in 2000
• June 2001
Beijing and
Shanghai clubs
permitted to re-
apply for
provisional
status

18. 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

19. Rotary International Officers from China

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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)

23. 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 China
July 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**

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. Current Status of Clubs in China

28. Clubs in China
• Rotary Clubs - 18
• 15 Chartered
• 2 Provisional
• 1 Satellite
• Plus 3 Fellowships
• Rotaract Clubs - 8
• Interact Clubs - 11

29. 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)

30. Rotary Clubs

31. Rotary Clubs
• Fellowship Groups / Satellites
• Currently meeting in:
• Ningbo
• Shenyang
• Planning to meet in:
• Changchun
• Kunming
• Wuhan

32. 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

33. 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)

34. Rotary’s Service Project Impact in China

35. Overall Rotary Service Impact

36. Basic education and literacy
Disease prevention and treatment
Economic and community development
Maternal and child health
Peace and conflict prevention
Water and sanitation
Indeterminate (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

37. 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

38. Our Own Club & District Impact

39. Anhui
Beijing
Guangdong
Hebei
Shaanxi
Shandong
Shanghai
Sichuan
Anhui Beijing
Gansu Guangdong
Guangxi Guizhou
Hebei Heilongjiang
Henan Hubei
Hunan Jiangsu
Jilin Liaoning
Ningxia Qinghai
Shaanxi Shandong
Shanghai Shanxi
Sichuan Tianjin
Tibet Xinjiang
Yunnan Zhejiang
Club & District Projects by Location

40. $3,400,764
$6,554,142
$344,474
$106,488
$448,648
$431,842
Basic education and literacy
Disease prevention and treatment
Economic and community development
Maternal and child health
Peace and conflict prevention
Water and sanitation
USD
Club & District Projects
– by Area of Focus

41. $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
AIDS
Cataract
Dental
Disaster Relief
Educational Exchange
Elderly
GOL
Hospital
Library
Literacy
Medical Treatment
Microcredit
Scholarship
Schools
Training
Water
Wheelchair
USDClubs & District Projects
Club & District Projects – by Type

42. Join Leaders • Exchange Ideas • Take Action
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