INTRODUCTION OF LAO NIU FOUNDATION

Inner Mongolia Lao Niu Foundation (hereinafter referred to as Lao Niu Foundation) is a foundation engaged in public welfare and philanthropy, which was established at the end of 2004 by Mr. Niu Gensheng, the founder, former chairman and president of Mengniu Dairy Group, and his families who donated the shares and most dividends of Mengniu Dairy Group they held.

Through cooperation with 198 institutions and organizations, the Foundation has undertaken 313 public welfare and charity projects in 31 provinces (autonomous regions/municipality/special administrative region) in China and the regions of the United States, Canada, France, Italy, Denmark, Nepal, Africa and  by the end of 2023, with the philanthropic expenditure of CNY1.686 billion, and direct beneficiaries reached 8.46 million.

Besides, The Foundation ranked the first in China Charity Transparency Report and China Charity Transparency Index for a Eighth consecutive year , and it topped the list of “China’s Non-Public Offering Foundation Donation” for five years in a row, and honored as the prizes of Top Ten Family Foundations, Wise Giving Promoter and Top Ten China–European Green Foundations. It was awarded the titles of National Advanced Social Organization by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Class 5A Social Organization by the Department of Civil Affairs of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region，and the Prize for the Outstanding Contribution to Philanthropy by Hohhot Government. It also honored as the advanced basic-level party organization by the Social Organization of Inner Mongolia Autonomous region; and honored as "The First Level of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in archival work”.   

The Charity projects of Lao Niu Foudnation won The Most Influential Project of "China Charity Prize" by Ministry of Civil Affairs of China, the "Gold Award" of China Charity Prize, Top Ten Philanthropy Project, Charity Model, the first session "Inner Mongolia Charity Award", the special award of "Touching Inner Mongolia People" , "Model in Northern Border Region" and "The Only Special Contribution Award" in Asia etc.