The Chamber of Commerce actively encourages and mobilizes its members to actively participate in various social welfare activities such as poverty alleviation and disaster relief, respecting the elderly and caring for the young, donating money to run schools and donating social security funds, so as to repay the society with practical actions and build a harmonious society. According to incomplete statistics, over the years, the Municipal Federation of Industry and Commerce (General Chamber of Commerce), grassroots chambers of commerce and member enterprises have donated nearly 700 million yuan to various social welfare undertakings, participated in glorious undertakings, and invested nearly 654.38 billion yuan to set up enterprises in backward areas to help local economic development. In 2009 alone, the Federation of Industry and Commerce, chambers of commerce and members donated152.45 million yuan to various charities such as culture, sports and poverty alleviation, and donated 1 1 to schools and hospitals, with the amount of 10025 million yuan.