蓋茨刊文《人民日報》：爲窮人投資更有意義

Microsoft founder Bill Gates on Monday took to the pages of the People's Daily, to encourage people in China to do more for the poor.

"China has many successful entrepreneurs and business people. I hope that more people of insight will put their talents to work to improve the lives of poor people in China and around the world, and seek solutions for them," Gates wrote in an editorial.

"Investing for the poor requires participation from the entire community."

Philanthropy in China has yet to take off, as some wealthy Chinese fear generous donations could invite unwanted attention on their fortunes. China ranks towards the bottom of the list of countries where people give money to charity, volunteer or help a stranger, according to The World Giving Index, compiled by the Charities Aid Foundation.

The editorial by Gates, who runs the $38 billion Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, comes just days after the founders of Chinese internet company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd announced the establishment of a charitable trust which will focus on the environment and health, and could be worth as much as $3 billion, making it one of the biggest in Asia.

Gates earlier this month said in an interview with Reuters he thought people in China would take cues from central leadership on donations and worthy causes.

"I believe the returns on investment in the poor are just as exciting as successes achieved in the business arena, and they are even more meaningful!" wrote Gates.

Gates cited as a model, China's investment over the years in efforts to fight tuberculosis and the participation of China's biotechnology community in those efforts.

According to the World Bank, the average income per capita in China was $6,091 in 2012. But the country's rapid economic growth has exacerbated a rural-urban wealth gap, with people in many rural areas living on annual incomes below $1,000 and struggling with access to adequate healthcare.據路透社4月28日報道，微軟創始人比爾·蓋茨週一在《人民日報》上呼籲爲窮人提供更多幫助。

比爾·蓋茨寫道：“中國有很多成功的企業家和商界人士，我希望更多的有識之士將其才能用於改善中國以及世界貧困人口的生活，爲他們尋求解決方案。”

“爲窮人投資，需要社會各界的參與。”

中國的慈善事業還有待發展，是因爲一些富人擔心他們的慷慨捐助會招致對他們財富意想不到的關注。根據慈善援助基金會收集的全球捐款指數，中國排在名單的最底端，這個名單是按照不同國家爲慈善捐款、志願幫助陌生人的數量排出來的。

比爾·蓋茨管理着擁有380億美元資金的比爾及梅琳達·蓋茨基金會。他的那篇社論就在中國網絡公司阿里巴巴宣佈建立公益信託數天後發表，阿里巴巴的公益信託將聚焦環境和健康問題，其價值可達30億美元，成爲亞洲最大的基金會之一。

本月早些時候，蓋茨在一次路透社的採訪中表示中國人民將從中央領導的捐助和做的有價值的事業中尋找答案。

蓋茨寫道：“我相信，爲窮人投資所獲得的回報，和在商業領域取得的成功一樣精彩，甚至更有意義！”

中國近年來在抗擊結核病的努力上投入了大量資金，並且中國生物技術界的參與和努力都是有目共睹的，蓋茨將此樹立爲榜樣。

根據世界銀行，中國2012年人均收入爲6091美元。但是國家的快速經濟增長卻加大了城市和農村之間的貧富差距，很多農村人口每年收入低於1000美元，而且沒有獲得醫療保障。