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Junior Achievement China
Mission: "To serve as a catalyst for character, creativity, and leadership development for the young people of China by implementing principle-centered, interactive business and economic education programs through a partnership between business and education."
In China since: 1993
Annual China budget: $400,000
Number of staff: 8 national and 1 expatriate
Mainland China contact:
Irene Bao (包旭日)
Director, Program
5th Floor, Block 7, Julong Huayuan
68 Xinzhong Jie, Dongcheng Qu，Beijing 100027
Tel: +86 10 6551 5235
Fax: +86 10 6552 7850
Sara Wood
Director, Development
Tel: +8621 64159398 ext. 2299
Activities in Other Countries:
112 countries worldwide
Founded in 1919 by American industrialists and public figures, Junior Achievement has grown into an international network that spans more than one hundred countries worldwide and describes itself a ‘the world’s oldest, largest and fastest-growing educational non-profit organisation’. It is devoted to teaching young people about market economics and business. An Chinese American couple, Paul and Alice Chou, who had served on Junior Achievement’s board after a successful business career, took the initiative to establish a China programme in 1993 and personally covered the lion’s chare of its start-up costs.
JA China now works in elementary, junior, high schools as well as colleges in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong, offering students optional classes that explore and explain the workings of the market economy. Courses are based on JA curricula developed in other countries. They range from basic introductions to the global economy for grades 5-7, spread over five weeks in one-hour classes each week, to much longer and more involved programmes for high school students. These give participants a chance to learn how to run their own student companies, from selling stock to raise capital, electing officers and paying dividends, to liquidating the company. Students also compete in a simulation game where they market goods and determine pricing and production. Volunteers from the business community come into the classroom to teach all or part of the course with the support of professional teachers trained by the programme.
In addition to support from the Chou family, Junior Achievement’s China programme has received funding support from numerous multinational corporations and international business leaders.
Links
http://www.jachina.org
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