Camel Group Co., Ltd. has not only topped the list of Top 100 Private Enterprises in Xiangyang City, Top 100 Enterprises in Hubei 2023, Top 100 Manufacturing Enterprises in Hubei and many other honors this year with bright performance, but also won the Donation Enterprises Award in the first Hubei Charity Award.
After 44 years of development, Camel Group has become one of the well-known automotive low-voltage battery manufacturers in Asia by focusing on the R&D, production and sales of automotive low-voltage batteries and integrating new energy industries such as energy storage products, renewable resources recovery and recycling, etc. More than 400 product models cover the vehicle, marine, industrial and other special fields, and are widely used in automotive OEMs, automotive aftermarket, and are well-sold throughout the country and exported to more than 80 countries and regions such as Europe, America, Africa, Oceania, Southeast Asia, etc.,. It has driven the employment of more than 7,000 people. In the process of gradual growth, the company has always insisted on people-oriented, good deeds to the future, in the past 10 years a total of more than 32 million yuan of donated funds and materials, through a variety of ways to support the construction of villages, to promote the development of the rural economy, and actively help the vulnerable groups, to contribute to the harmony and stability of the community.
Protecting mountains and revitalizing villages
Liu Guoben, the founder of Camel Group, has initiated a mountain and green protection campaign that has lasted for more than 10 years and has invested over one million yuan in public welfare funds. The green mountains and clear waters that have been carefully maintained.
One day in October 2010, Liu Guoben found a tree being cut down while touring the village. He couldn't help thinking, "The trees on the mountain are treasures left by our ancestors, and we must protect them well." Considering the reality that the villagers were busy making a living and had no time to take care of them, he proposed a plan in which he would pay for the money and the villagers would be responsible for protecting the greenery. This approach won the agreement of the villagers, and everyone signed the contract actively.
The greenery was retained, and business opportunities also came. Some people in the village came to open leisure villas, and some came to develop reservoirs. After more than 10 years of development, the village has become a well-known eco-tourism village. There are many examples like this. The company helped Zhanggong Village, Huangbao Town, Baokang County to build a convenient service hall, donated 300,000 yuan to support the development of tobacco and edible fungi industries; helped Wushan Town complete the organic transformation of old tea gardens, built edible fungi drying rooms and edible fungi drying fields; and took out 1.9831 million yuan to help the people of Siping Town, Baokang County drink tap water... Camel Group was also awarded the honorary.
Helping the Elderly and Schools
As a leading private enterprise in Xiangyang, Camel Group is enthusiastic about public welfare and contributes to helping the poor and the needy, as well as promoting education and helping students. Scholars are the future of the motherland. Camel Group has always been enthusiastic about education, contributing 300,000 yuan to set up the "Camel Sunshine Class" in Gucheng No. 1 High School in its hometown; contributing 2 million yuan to set up the "Liu Guoben Education Fund" in Xiangyang No. 5 High School to help the "special hardship and special talent" students. Liu Guoben set up "Liu Guoben Education Fund" in Xiangyang No. 5 Middle School with an investment of 2 million yuan to help students with "special difficulties and special merits" to complete their high school education; the company enthusiastically participates in the "Golden Phoenix Project" and donates money to Xiangyang No. 20 Middle School, No. 42 Middle School, Weizhuang Elementary School and other schools to help them improve the school environment and upgrade their hardware conditions. From 2015 to 2022 alone, the company will donate more than 4 million yuan to Xiangyang's education cause.
The Company actively participated in the "yellow bracelet" caring public welfare activities for the elderly organized by the Xiangyang Civilization Office, the Xiangyang Committee for the Aged and the Xiangyang Charity Federation, sending warmth to them in the hope that they will have a full and quality life in their twilight years, and assisting the elderly in 20 township orphanages with lighting facilities, with a total donation of 228,000 yuan for the two projects. 2018 A total of 308,000 yuan was donated to senior activity organizations during the period from 2018 to 2022.
In order to help the city's critically ill patients suffering from various diseases such as leukemia and stomach cancer, the Municipal Charity Federation held a charity collection conference in 2015, and Camel Group took the lead in donating 3 million yuan, raising more than 10 million yuan in less than half an hour. The company also set up a charity title fund in the Municipal Charity Federation, which is used for charitable causes such as elderly care, helping the young, assisting students, and helping the poor.
Disaster Relief and Epidemic Fighting
If being enthusiastic about charity is a daily routine for Camel Group, then a series of measures taken in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic fully demonstrate its "wartime responsibility". At the beginning of 2020, Camel Group, as a local enterprise in Xiangyang City, donated 3 million yuan to the local Red Cross Society at the first opportunity to be used for epidemic prevention and control and material purchases in medical institutions in Xiangyang City. At the same time, a leading group for epidemic prevention and control was established to fully implement various prevention and control measures, and actively mobilize all employees of the group and its subsidiaries to contribute their love and help the fight against the epidemic.
On February 3, Liu Guoben, the founder of Camel Group, donated 1 million yuan to the Xiangyang High-tech Zone Charity Association in his personal name. At the same time, Camel Group's subsidiaries provided anti-epidemic financial support to Xiangyang High-tech Zone, Laohekou City, Gucheng County, Xiaogan City, Jieshou City, Anhui Province, and Fengcheng City, Jiangxi Province, with a total donation amount of 1.9 million yuan.
The company also called on all employees to fight the epidemic. Nearly 50 Camel Group’s managers, technical backbones and other people donated 500,000 yuan to the Gucheng County Charity Organization. Nearly 3,000 employees donated 530,000 yuan to the Xiangyang Charity Organization. On the occasion of "March 8 International Women's Day", all female employees of the group donated 100,000 yuan from the group's holiday benefits for female employees to comfort the heroic women who fought on the front line of anti-epidemic treatment in designated hospitals throughout the city.
The logistics system under Camel Group seamlessly transported the company's donated materials. The transportation tracks cover Wuhan, Xiangyang, Xiaogan, Xiantao, Suizhou and other places. The special transport team of more than 10 people has been working non-stop all the way, transporting materials more than 20 times in the middle of the night, with the value of the transported materials reaching more than 2 million yuan.
Camel Group have taken advantage of their own strengths and launched a special anti-epidemic rescue activity of "Camel Help, Fight the Epidemic, and Work Together" to provide free batteries and installation rescue services for battery failure vehicles in Hubei to fight the epidemic. In this charity event, Camel Group provided free batteries and installation rescue for anti-epidemic vehicles 252 times, ensuring the normal operation of anti-epidemic transport vehicles. Camel Group has donated more than 7 million yuan in cash and materials.
Founder Liu Guoben once said: "The development of an enterprise cannot be separated from the support and help of all sectors of society. My heart is full of deep love for the society and the country. It is also our responsibility to give back to the society with gratitude."
Today, although enterprises face fierce competition and pressure, they also need to have corporate social responsibility and commitment - to adapt to the society with honesty and a serious attitude, and to open up new horizons with a tenacious and courageous spirit like a camel. Camel Group employees will not forget their original intentions, keep their mission in mind, and continue to return our beloved motherland and people step by step with passion!
