On December 30, the 2019 ChineseDream and Excellent Students - the 8thJunlebao “Self-improvement Star” Awards Ceremony was successfully held in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province. In the ceremony, a number of outstanding young students in Hebei Province received awards and shared their inspiring stories. Through strict selection and evaluation, ten excellent students from universities and middle schools were awarded the title of 2019 Junlebao “Self-improvement Star”, and another ten diligent students withexcellent in academic performance and personalitywere nominated. Junlebao Dairy Group provided financial supports to all these students to help them make greater achievements in the future.

　　The 2019 “Self-improvement Star” selection and awards ceremony were jointly initiated by Hebei Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League of China, Hebei Education Department,Hebei Radio and Television Station, Hebei Youth Development Foundation, and Hebei Students’ Federation, and is organized by the comprehensivenews channel of Hebei Radio & Television Station. As the sole contributor to this activity, Junlebao supported these students to achieve their dreams by providing financial supports of 20,000 yuan to each winner and 10,000 to each nomineeof the “Self-improvement Star” award.

　　At the ceremony, who awarded “Self-improvement Stars” shared touching stories of how they have kept striving forward through hardships, inspiring more youth to paddle their own canoes and pursue further improvement, and their experience have received extensive attention from all walks of the society. As a caring enterprise with a profound sense of social responsibility, Junlebao has been the sole contributor to this student-oriented large-scale public welfareactivityfor eight consecutive years. It has been devoted to providing these poverty-stricken students with a chance to change their destiny towards a different, brighter future with love and caring. In the same period, Junlebao has witnessed the “Self-improvement Star” develop into an exemplary public welfare program amid Hebei Province’s targeted poverty alleviation endeavors.

　　Junlebao has been focusing on healthy growth of young people for many years. As one of China’s Top 20 dairy companies, Junlebao actively responded to the “Milk for Well-off Society” program initiated by the Ministry of Agricultureand Rural Affairs. Since 2017, Junlebao has donated high quality student milk of nearly 20 million yuan to those who living in poverty-stricken areas. In several counties including Weixian, Xingtang and Lingshou, Junlebao has also engaged in targeted poverty alleviation through industry development. A foundation has been set up to support public welfare programs in poor areas, including infrastructure construction, prevention and treatment of major diseases, financial supports for poor students, disaster relief and household rescue.

　　According to statistics, since Junlebao has appeared on the market in 2014, it has topped the industry in terms of growth rate for five consecutive years. In 2019, Junlebao registered an industry-leading sales volume of 75,000 tons. Struggling through the hardship of early days since the establishment, Junlebao has developed into a disrupter in the foreign-dominatedinfant and toddler formula market. Like every student awarded the honor of “Self-improvement Star”, Junlebao also shares the valuable qualities of being tenacious, self-reliant and self-improvement.

　　“Each ‘Self-improvement Star’ awards ceremony provides a stage for us to promote positive energy, extend help to people in need and inspire all sectors of the society,” said the person in charge of relevant matters. Junlebao is determined to strive forward against any challenge for achieving excellence, just like every ‘Self-improvement Star’. Junlebao will continue engaging in public welfare activities, undertaking social responsibilities, and injecting positive energy to the society. Committed to revitalize China’s dairy industry, Junlebao will also contribute to the nation’s hundred years’ dream of building a strong China.