Ten Focuses of Amendment to the Law on the Protection of Wildlife (2020), a proposal made by SEE, was submitted to the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress.
SEE, together with ByteDance and JianYing, launched the #Wildlife Protection Challenge#, during which over 100 famous entrepreneurs, popular social media influencers and nonprofit organizations called for wildlife protection.
SEE initiated the theme activity titled #Unconditional Writing Day: Love for Earth#, and advocated “writing for nature”.
SEE’s “GUT Carnival” was included in the top ten public engagement cases of 2020 for “Beautiful China, I am the Actor”, a project launched by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.
Through cooperation with Ximalaya and Alipay, SEE released Being Family and Friends of Nature, which tells interesting stories about wildlife protection and communicates the ecological concept of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
In order to facilitate the preliminary preparations and important workshops for COP 15 of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, Civil Society Alliance for Biodiversity Conservation, SEE, Global Environmental Institute, etc. worked with the World Economic Forum to hold many online forums on biodiversity.
SEE participated in the fundraising activities launched by different platforms such as Tencent 99 Giving Day, Alibaba 95 Philanthropy Week and Weibo Public Welfare Festival, and received over 960,000 person-times of support.
The third anniversary of Free Flying Wings: Over the past three years, the project team has submitted 180,000 pieces of bird survey results, carried out wetland patrols and bird surveys nearly 5,500 times, recorded more than 600 bird species, organized 910 nature education activities covering a total of more than 700,000 people, and protected about 4,000 square kilometers of bird habitats.
Ministry of Natural Resources, together with SEE and 10 more nonprofit organizations, launched the “Nonprofit Partnership Scheme for Natural Conservation”.
Green Supply Chains Action witnessed its fourth anniversary. During the past four years, it has secured great achievements, expanded the categories of green purchase, issued a “white list”, launched the online application system for the “green list”, released the document on mechanism of the black list, announced the results of the tenth batch of CURA Green Real Estate joint purchase.
On the occasion of the G20 Riyadh Summit, Foundation Platform 20, SEE and Wyss Campaign for Nature jointly released The Nexus Report: Nature Based Solution to the Biodiversity and Climate Crisis. It is the first time that SEE have issued a global research report together with international institutions.
SEE assisted UNEP in releasing the Chinese version of the Global Environment Outlook 6, marking its first edition in an official language of UN except for English.
Taihu Lake Project Center was established.
SEE worked with the Netherlands NO.5 Foundation and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to jointly launch the Rhino Conservation Business Leaders Alliance Plan aiming to build a global rhino conservation campaign and refuse to consume rhino products.
Liaoning Project Center was established.
The 7th Chinese Enterprises Green Compact Forum and the 8th SEE Award Ceremony were held. SEE Volunteer Program was launched and people from all walks of life participated in it to build a better future.
Tianjin Project Center was established.
Xinjiang Project Center was established.
By celebrating "99 Giving Day" in 2019, SEE received 620,000 person-times of support and donations worth 36.78 million CNY in three days.
Hebei Project Center was established.
During the New York Climate Summit, SEE hosted a reception meeting themed "SEE A BETTER FUTURE". On the 15th anniversary of its founding, SEE displayed the growth process and environmental protection results of China on international stages.
The Guangxi Project Center was established.
The Sichuan Project Center was established.
The Chongqing Project Center was established.
The Heilongjiang Project Center was established.
The Sanjiangyuan Project Center was established.
On “99 Giving Day,” 2018, the SEE received 450,000 person-time hours of support within three days, and receives more than 46.62 million RMB in donations.
SEE delegation went to California to participate in the Global Climate Action Summit and worked with Vanke Charity Foundation and C Team (China Champions for Climate Action) to launch the "China Business Climate Action".
The Saishang-Jiangnan Project Center was established.
SEE Environmental and Philanthropy Institute was established. It set up a systematic member growth training system to train business leaders and public welfare leaders with forward-looking vision in China.
The Zhejiang Project Center was established.
Shenzhen Aleshan Foundation was established, committed to providing sustainable sources of funding for charity organizations and projects.
The 10th Anniversary of SEE Foundation's Public Welfare Night "Stand Fast to Our Dream" was held to recall its ten years of environmental protection and public welfare course.
In 2018, the General Meeting of SEE Members was held. The meeting discussed and passed the vote on transforming SEE Conservation’s the "membership convention system" to the "members' representative convention system"
SEE attended the 24th UN Climate Change Conference and co-hosted a side meeting on "Building a Business Climate Action Platform" with Vanke Charity Foundation and C Team.
The Poyang Lake Project Center was established.
The Henan Project Center was established.
The 5th Chinese Enterprises Green Compact Forum and the 7th SEE Award were held successfully.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection’s “Green Consumption and Green Supply Chain Alliance” was formally established, and the SEE became the deputy governor of the alliance.
A delegation from the SEE participated in the G20 Foundation Alliance Conference (F20) held in Hamburg, Germany. The SEE was the only foundation in China to become the first member of the F20.
The Shanxi Project Center was established.
The initial 13th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification is held in Erdos, Inner Mongolia. The desertification control of the SEE went on the international stage for the first time.
On “99 Givign Day,” 2019, the SEE received 570,000 person-time hours of support within three days, and receives more than 55.67 million yuan in donations, ranking No. 1 in the environmental field for another consecutive year.
The Xi’an Entrepreneurs Environmental Conservation Foundation was founded.
The Fujian Project Center was established.
The 3rd UN Environment Conference was held in Nairobi, Kenya. This was the debut of the SEE at the UN Environment Conference.
The Shandong Project Center was established.
"Free Flying Wings", "Noah's Ark" Project were launched.
“Green Supply Chains” was launched.
The first SEE public finance class opened.
UNEP Executive Director Erik Solheim met with the SEE’s “Green Supply Chain Initiative” project team and praised it for opening up a new perspective in the global response to climate change.
On this year’s “99 Giving Day,” the SEE received 179,000 persontime hours of support and 24.177 million RMB in donations. This ranked it in the top 10 among all public welfare organizations and No. 1 in environmental protection organizations.
The SEE Ecological Conservation Museum was opened.
A side event was held at the 22nd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to release the latest results and environmental benefit assessment report of the Green Supply Chain Initiative in China’s real estate industry.
The Anhui project center was established.
The SEE successfully filed two charitable trusts, one of which became China’s first charitable trust with a charity organization as the single trustee. This was selected as one of the Top Ten Hotspots in the 2016 Charity Profession by the “Blue Book of Charity” published by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
The SEE formed a strategic partnership with a number of important companies, and establishes the social enterprise “WeiXi.” It launched the water-saving millet brand “Zen millet” to benefit the desert environment.
The Hubei Project Center was established.
The Inner Mongolia Project Center was established.
On the first annual “99 Giving Day,” the SEE received 17,000 person-time hours of support within three days and 4.23 million RMB in donations.
The entrepreneur delegation of the SEE participates in the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21), and it issued the “Beijing Declaration on Corporate Sustainable Development,” which was submitted to UN agencies.
The Hunan project center was established.
The SEE’s “100 Million Suosuo” project was launched. It is committed to planting 100 million psammophytes represented by the Suosuo in the key ecological zone of Alxa within a decade (2014-2023). It also commits itself to the recovery of 2 million acres of desert vegetation.
The SEE Foundation was upgraded to a public fundraising foundation.
“The Blue Guard Fund” was initiated (strategically transformed to the “Blue Defenders” project in 2016)
The Pearl River project center was established
The Northwest district was established (later renamed to the Northwest project center).
Together with folk NGO organizations and Chinese enterprises, the SEE held a series of activities featuring “China Going Green” in the UNEP Exhibition Hall at the United Nations Sustainable Development Conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The SEE launched the Shenzhen Mangrove Wetlands Conservation Foundation
The “Green Starters” project started its first season
SEE Green Future - China Green Contract Dialogue and I SEE U-China Entrepreneurs' Public Welfare Night was held in Beijing. SEE started to promote green economy.
The “Growing Up Together” project was launched
The North China district was established (later renamed to the North China project center)
The SEE launched the Shenzhen Mangrove Wetlands Conservation Foundation.
The Southwest district was established (later renamed to the Southwest project center)
The SEE’s Taiwan district is established (later renamed to the Taiwan project center)
The East China district was established (later renamed to the East China project center)
During the negotiations at the Cancun Climate Change Conference, the SEE, together with international NGO Climate Organizations, Vanke Foundation, Vantone Foundation, Lao Niu Foundation, and YuanDa Enterprise Group, hosted the “China Day” event. The SEE led the Chinese nongovernment environmental protection activities onto the international stage.
SEE was voted as the “Republic Landmark” by Sina. The reason is that it is “synonymous with China’s environmental protection efforts, and represents the attempt of China’s new entrepreneurial class to assume its social responsibility”.
The SEE’s South China district was established (later divided into the Shenzhen- Hong Kong project center and the Pearl River project centers)
During the 15th UN Climate Change Conference (COP15), more than 200 Chinese representatives, including entrepreneur members of SEE, as the only local public welfare organization in China holding consultative membership with the United Nations Environment Programme, jointly issued the Chinese Enterprises’ Copenhagen Declaration.
