Show brings relief efforts to heart of Beijing









1月6日晚，为救助印度洋地震、海啸灾民，中国红十字会等单位联合举办的“中国人爱心大行动文艺晚会”在北京工人体育馆拉开帷幕。冯小刚、田震、谢霆锋、苏永康、朴树、房祖名等100多名内地港台明星艺人参加了这台爱心晚会。郭晶晶等一些运动员明星也出席了这场晚会。


















Cecilia Cheung performs at the concert. (newsphoto)
An unprecedented charity show which brought together some of China's top entertainers played to an enthusiastic and magnanimous crowd last night at Beijing's Workers Stadium, raising an as yet uncounted sum for the victims of the tsunami catastrophe.
The line-up of singers, actors and TV show hosts extolled the public for their generosity and during the performances, placed their own red gift envelopes into giant boxes on the stage.
It was announced during the show that the largest corporate donor was China National Petroleum Corporation, which had raised more than 12.56 million yuan (US$1.5 million). While the largest individual giver was Zeng Wei, a Beijing real-estate developer, who, together with his wife, chipped in 1 million yuan (US$120,000).
Donations of US$2 million collected via the Red Cross Society of China will reach four countries in the next one or two days.
"Indonesia and Sri Lanka will each receive US$600,000, the Maldives US$500,000 and Thailand US$300,000," said Red Cross spokesman Wang Xiaohua.
The moneys will be distributed to local Red Cross societies through Chinese embassies.
"Since the Maldives has no such organization, we will hand over the money to authorities there," said Wang.
By 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon the Red Cross of China had collected a total of around 45 million yuan (US$5.4 million).
The China Charity Federation, meanwhile, reported donations of 30 million yuan (US$3.6 million) as of yesterday.
Wen Chang, a singer from Taiwan whose hometown in Indonesia, very close to the disaster area, sang the song "Clouds of My Hometown" to express his gratitude for the outpouring of love and sympathy from his home to those in his adopted land. [em01]

Show brings relief efforts to heart of Beijing









1月6日晚，为救助印度洋地震、海啸灾民，中国红十字会等单位联合举办的“中国人爱心大行动文艺晚会”在北京工人体育馆拉开帷幕。冯小刚、田震、谢霆锋、苏永康、朴树、房祖名等100多名内地港台明星艺人参加了这台爱心晚会。郭晶晶等一些运动员明星也出席了这场晚会。


















Cecilia Cheung performs at the concert. (newsphoto)
An unprecedented charity show which brought together some of China's top entertainers played to an enthusiastic and magnanimous crowd last night at Beijing's Workers Stadium, raising an as yet uncounted sum for the victims of the tsunami catastrophe.
The line-up of singers, actors and TV show hosts extolled the public for their generosity and during the performances, placed their own red gift envelopes into giant boxes on the stage.
It was announced during the show that the largest corporate donor was China National Petroleum Corporation, which had raised more than 12.56 million yuan (US$1.5 million). While the largest individual giver was Zeng Wei, a Beijing real-estate developer, who, together with his wife, chipped in 1 million yuan (US$120,000).
Donations of US$2 million collected via the Red Cross Society of China will reach four countries in the next one or two days.
"Indonesia and Sri Lanka will each receive US$600,000, the Maldives US$500,000 and Thailand US$300,000," said Red Cross spokesman Wang Xiaohua.
The moneys will be distributed to local Red Cross societies through Chinese embassies.
"Since the Maldives has no such organization, we will hand over the money to authorities there," said Wang.
By 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon the Red Cross of China had collected a total of around 45 million yuan (US$5.4 million).
The China Charity Federation, meanwhile, reported donations of 30 million yuan (US$3.6 million) as of yesterday.
Wen Chang, a singer from Taiwan whose hometown in Indonesia, very close to the disaster area, sang the song "Clouds of My Hometown" to express his gratitude for the outpouring of love and sympathy from his home to those in his adopted land. [em01]