Oct. 27 HE. Mr.
Kamyshev, Ukraine Ambassador to China, and his party
visited Tiens Wuqing Production Base. President Li
Jinyuan had a friendly talk with the ambassador and
his group.
Oct. 26 President Li
Jinyuan attended the Conversations between Top
Executives of Enterprises cosponsored by the
International Enterprise Singapore and Federation of
Investment Promotion Agency of China. During the
event, President Li Jinyuan was received by Mr. Lee
Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore.
Oct. 20 On the
morning of Oct. 8, a powerful earthquake was happened
in South Asia. Tiens Pakistan organized a disaster
relief team to go to the disaster area for offering
help, and donated US$ 50,000 worth of wellness
products to Ministry of Women Development to relieve
the wounded women and children.
Oct. 19~21 The 12th
WFDSA World Congress was held in London. As Tiens
Group is the only WFDSA member in Mainland China and
Platinum Sponsor of the congress, Tiens President Li
Jinyuan, as one of the few Chinese councilors of the
WFDSA CEO Council, attended this congress.
Oct. 18 Zambia’s
first lady Ms. Mwanawasa friendly met Tiens Zambia
Manager and his group. The first lady welcomed Tiens’
investment in Zambia and showed her good will to
bridge the cooperation between Tiens Group and Zambia
Government.
Sep. 24 On the third
"Chinese Private Business Development Forum"
cosponsored by China Enterprise Confederation, China
Enterprise Directors Association, All-China Federation
of Industry & Commerce, and the People's
Government of Wuhan Municipality, Tiens Group won the
tile of Chinese Excellent Private Enterprise. Tiens
President Li Jinyuan delivered an important speech and
conferred the honorary certificates on some winners.
Sep. 8 Mr. Raja
Ismall, Director of Malaysia Domestic Trade and
Consumer Affairs, visited Tiens Group on invitation.
President Li Jinyuan and Vice President Yan Yupeng
friendly met Mr. Raja Ismall. Mr. Raja Ismall extended
his gratitude to President Li for his hospitality and
highly praised the global strategy of Tiens Group.
Sep. 5 On Sep. 2,
Chinese Government issued Regulations on the
Management of Direct Selling and Regulations on
Forbidding Multi-level Marketing to standardize the
development of direct selling industry. In response to
the act, Tiens Group held a media communication
meeting at Henderson Center in Beijing on Sep. 5 to
extend welcome and commitment to firmly advocate the
newly regulations and consistently abide by the
regulations to take a lead in the industry.
Aug. 27 Mr. Sun
Gang, Vice Director of China National Tourism
Administration, visited Tiens Group and had a friendly
talk with Tiens President Li Jinyuan.
Aug. 26 The ceremony
of Tiens Group gaining the HACCP Management System
Certification was held in the Great Hall of the
People. Tiens Group is the first enterprise with the
HACCP Certificate in the domestic food industry, which
indicates that Tiens Group's food safety management
reaches the international advanced level.
Aug. 6-12 China
Enterprise Confederation conducted "Recycling Council
of Working Committee for China Enterprise
Confederation & National Information Promotion" in
Harbin, Heilongjiang Province. In the convention,
Tiens Group was elected "National Advanced Unit for
Information Work".
Jul. 16 The 2nd
prize awarding ceremony of "Top Ten Economic Talents
in China" was grandly held in the Great Hall of the
People. Mr. Li Jinyuan, President of Tiens Group, won
the honor.
Jun. 15 Tiens
President Li Jinyuan accompanied Mr. Sun Xiaohua, Vice
Chairman of All-China Federation of Industry and
Commerce, to visit Tiens Wuqing Production Base and
introduced the history and strategy of Tiens Group to
the guest.
Jun. 9 State Council
Member Mr. Tang Jiaxuan, accompanied by other Chinese
government officials, together with African
ambassadors and diplomats in China assembled at
Nigerian Embassy in Beijing to celebrate the Africa
Day. President Secretary of Tiens Group, on behalf of
Tiens President Li Jinyuan, and Administration
Department Manager of Tiens International Marketing
Group attended the event.
May 28 The opening
ceremony of Tiens Uzbekistan in Central Asia Region
was held.
May 27 The 4th State
Recognition Convention for National Unity was held in
the Great Hall of the People. The State Council of the
People's Republic of China granted Mr. Li Jinyuan,
President of Tiens Group, the title of "State Advanced
Individual in National Unity"; what's more, Mr. Hu
Jintao, General Secretary of the Communist Party of
China, and other Central Collective Leadership gave a
kind interview to Mr. Li Jinyuan and other prize
winners.
May 26 On May 25,
Tiens Group held a grand ceremony donating RMB 10
million to Red Cross Society of China for setting up
Tiens Charity Fund and launching Tiens Education
Assistance Program in the Great Hall of the People in
Beijing. To honor the outstanding contribution made by
Tiens Group and President Li Jinyuan over years to the
cause of public welfare, Ms. Peng Peiyun, President of
Red Cross Society of China, conferred the golden medal
of Red Cross Society of China on President Li Jinyuan.
May 22 The 4th
Anniversary Celebration of Tiens Kazakstan in Central
Asia Region was grandly held.
Apr. 29 Tiens South
American Region Awarding Meeting was successfully held
in Peru. Many main media of Peru made a full coverage
on the event.
Apr.26 The Awarding
Ceremony for 2005 Top Ten Philanthropists in Mainland
China was held in the Great Hall of the People. Mr. Li
Jinyuan, Chairman and President of Tiens Group, was
appraised as a member of 2005 Top Ten Philanthropists,
and ranked the 4th in the 2005 Philanthropist List
Mainland China.
Apr. Hubei
Consumers' Committee awarded Tiens wellness products
the title of "2005 Recommended Product of Hubei
Province"
Apr. 20 Mr. Hu
Jintao, President of the People's Republic of China,
together with his wife Liu Yongqing and other
officials, arrived in Brunei for a two-day official
visit. Tiens Brunei was invited to attend the
activities of President Hu's visit to Brunei.
Apr. 16 Nigeria's
first lady visited Tiens Wuqing Production Base, Tiens
Vocational Institute and Tianjin Food Mall. And then
the first lady went to Shanghai by air, accompanied by
Tiens President Li Jinyuan, to visit Tiens
International Health Industry Park, invested by Tiens
Yihai International Development Group in Zhu Jia Jiao,
Shanghai.
Apr. 15 Mr. Olusegun
Obasanjo, Nigerian President and Chairman of Africa
Union, met Tiens President Li Jinyuan and Vice
President Bai Ping at the Nigerian Embassy in China.
Apr. 9 Tiens 2005
North America Regional Conference was launched in
Toronto, Canada.
Mar. 31 Tiens
Malaysia Co., Ltd. was elected Executive Member of
Malaysia Direct Distribution Association, which plays
an important role in the market exploration in future.
Mar. 27 Tiens Group
held Tiens Indonesia Recognition Ceremony at Jakarta,
Capital of Indonesia.
Mar. Tiens
cosmetics series were selected by consumers as 2004
Consumers' Most Favorite Cosmetic Brand in the event
of Consumers' Most Favorite Cosmetics Appraisal
sponsored by such organizations as Cosmetics Chamber
of Commerce directly under All-China Federation of
Industry & Commerce, and China Foundation of
Consumer Protection.
Mar. 10 Ms. Peng
Peiyun, President of Red Cross Society of China &
Honorary Chairman of All-China Women Federation,
visited Tiens Group. During her visiting, Ms. Peng
Peiyun highly praised Tiens Group's contribution to
public welfare and charity when she was visiting Tiens
Group.
Feb. 25 2005 Working
Ceremony of Red Cross Society of China & Entitling
and Recognition Ceremony for Red Cross Service Model
Cities (Districts) was grandly held in Xiamen. As
Executive Member of Red Cross Society of China, Tiens
President Li Jinyuan, together with Ms. Peng Peiyun,
Vice Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee &
President of Red Cross Society of China, and other
leaders of the Red Cross Society, was also present at
the ceremony.
Feb. 24 The 6th
National Foreign Trade Research Awarding Ceremony was
held in Beijing. New Replacement Theory, written by
Mr. Li Jinyuan, Board Chairman and President of Tiens
Group, together with Professor Liu Yingqiu, Researcher
of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, won the
outstanding award.
Feb. Because of
Tiens products' outstanding characteristics on
quality, technology content and credit standing, the
Famous Brand Popularizing Center of China Quality Long
March exceptionally awarded three certificates of
"Quality and Credit Following Brand in China Quality
Long March" to Tiens Group, Tiens Biological Develop
Co., Ltd. and Tiens Biotech Co., Ltd.
Jan. 31 In the
ceremony of 10th Anniversary of Chinese Modern
Philanthropy and China Philanthropists Awarding, Mr.
Li Jinyuan, President of Tiens Group, was honored the
title of China Philanthropist.
Jan. 21 Famous
Brands in China Health Care Industry were announced in
the Great Hall of the People, and Tiens Super Calcium
Powder for Children produced by Tiens Group was
awarded the title of Famous Brand Product in China
Health Care Industry.
Jan. 18 At the
awarding ceremony of Honored Enterprises in Daily
Chemical Industry in China 2004, Mr. Li Jinyuan,
President of Tiens Group, was named as one of 2004
Most Popular Personages in Daily Chemical Industry in
China. At the same time, Tiens Group was appraised as
2004 Enterprise with Highest Consumer Satisfaction in
Daily Chemical Industry in China. Tiens Ginseng
Multi-Vitamin Whitening Skin Care Product Series and
Tiens Hydro Skin Care Product Series, two new products
series developed by the R&D Center of Tiens Group,
won the prize of Best Innovative Product.
Jan. 15 Due to his
outstanding contribution to Chinese economic
construction and social development, Mr. Li Jinyuan,
President of Tiens Group, was conferred the title of
Patriotic Entrepreneur by World Chinese Business
Promotion Association, and Chinese Academy of
International Trade and Economic Cooperation, Ministry
of Commerce.
Jan. 12-13 WFDSA-CEO
Council Meeting was held in Beijing. Tiens Group is
the only native enterprise among the members of WFDSA.
As a member of WFDSA-CEO Council, President Li Jinyuan
attended the meeting on invitation for the first time.
Jan. 12 Mr. Li
Jinyuan, President of Tiens Group, and Mr. Donald
Evans, American Commerce Minister, had a friendly talk
at the American Embassy in Beijing.
Jan. 1 Tiens Group
contributed RMB 4 million in cash and products to
Tsunami relief efforts. Mr. Li Jinyuan, President
& Board Chairman of Tiens Group, donated RMB
80,000 in name of himself to the tsunami-hit region
through China Charity Federation.
Jan. Mr. Li Jinyuan,
President of Tiens Group, was elected as one of Top
Ten Men of the Year for 2004 in China for his
outstanding achievements in corporate management and
in the field of economics.
Dec. 20 Tiens Group ranked in
2004 China Top 10 Fair Trade Enterprises announced in
the China First Forum on Overbearing Phenomena in
Beijing.
Dec. China Education Union,
under the State Ministry of Education, together with
private colleges in China, gave an appraisal for the
Prize of Outstanding Contribution for China's Private
Education. Mr. Li Jinyuan, Board Chairman &
President of Tiens Group and Founder of Tiens
Vocational & Technical College, won the prize.
Dec. Tiens Group ranked No.
20 of China Top 100 Most Dynamic Enterprises in the
first China Top 100 Most Dynamic Enterprises
Announcing Ceremony and Summit on Development Security
of Chinese Enterprises held in Beijing.
Dec. 18 Mr. Li Jinyuan,
Founder of Tiens Vocational & Technical College
and President of Tiens Group won the Prize of
Outstanding Contribution for China’s Private Education
in the appraisal for the Prize of Outstanding
Contribution for China’s Private Education organized
by China Education Union under the State Ministry of
Education, together with private colleges in China.
Dec. 7 Tiens Yihai Co. Ltd.
and Tiens International Investment Co. Ltd were set up
in Shanghai, and the new building of Tiens
International Marketing Group was complete in Tianjin
as well.
Nov. 29 Governor of Goiás,
Brazil Mr. Marconi Ferreira led a group to Tiens Group
on a business visit. Executive President Yan Yupeng of
Tiens International Marketing Group warmly received
the governor at Henderson Center in Beijing.
Nov. 28 Tiens Group African
& Middle East Distributors Incentive and
Commending Convention was successfully convoked in
Nigeria.
Nov. 19 The Opening Ceremony
of Tiens Argentina was successfully launched, which
was attended by political heave-weights of Argentina
and covered by local medias.
Nov. 13 Tiens Group ranked in
Top 100 Growing Chinese Enterprises in the awarding
ceremony of “The 3rd Session of Top 100 Growing
Chinese Enterprises” held at the People’s Congress
Hall.
Nov. 11 Tiens Group selected
in “2004 Top 100 Chinese Informationized Enterprises”
which was jointly hosted by State Council
Informationization Office, State Corporate
Informationization Panel and so on.
Nov. 2 Tiens Group attended the
first Asia Pacific Health Products Exposition in
Shanghai and won two awards.
Oct. 29 Mr. Li Jinyuan,
President of Tiens Group, was elected Director of Red
Cross Society of China in the secret ballot by all
deputies of Red Cross Society of China on the 1st
session of the institution’s 8th Board Directors’
Convention and was later interviewed as the excellent
representative by such leaders of the central
government as Hu Jintao, Wen Jiabao, Zeng Qinghong and
Wu Yi.
Oct. 27 On the 4th
International Healthcare Day of China, Tiens President
Li Jinyuan was entitled “Ten Best Entrepreneur”, Ms.
Bai Ping was entitled ”Ten Best Professional Manager”
and Tiens Sangao Danshu Capsule won the “10 Best
Healthcare Product”.
Oct. 26 Mr. Li Jinyuan,
President of Tiens Group, was entitled the honorable
“Excellent Private Science & Technology
Entrepreneur of China”.
Oct. 21 The result of the
first evaluation of “Excellent Private Enterprises and
Entrepreneurs of China” was announced in Shenzhen. Mr.
Li Jinyuan, President of Tiens Group was entitled
“Excellent Private Entrepreneur of China”.
October President Li Jinyuan
ranked No. 1 on the List of 2004 Southern Weekend
Chinese Domestic Figures of Fortune, and on the List
of 2004 Southern Weekend Chinese Domestic Figures of
Charity as well.
Oct.4 Romania Ministry of
Health conferred the award of excellence on Tiens
Group, which was the only Chinese enterprise in
Romania with the honor.
Sept. 30 After the stringent
assessment and evaluation by the Commending and
Reviewing Committee of Chinese Excellent Private
Sci-Tech Enterprises and Entrepreneurs, Tiens Group
won the “Award for Excellent Private Sci-Tech
Enterprise of China”.
Sept. 17 Mr. Li Jinyuan,
President of Tiens Group was conferred the title of
“2004 The Chief Man in Trade of China with the Most
World-Influence” on the first annual meeting of 2004
the respected Chinese business leaders of the world.
Sept. After comprehensive
investigations on his contributions to society, social
celebrity and social influence, along with the prudent
evaluation, repeated selections, President Li Jinyuan
was entitled “2004 World Celebrity” by International
Celebrity Exchange Center.
Aug. 27 President Li Jinyuan
conducted business investigation in Cambodia, during
which Premier Hun Sen of Cambodian government met with
President Li Jinyuan at his residence in Pnom-penh and
had congenial and friendly talks.
Aug. 2 Series celebration
events on Tiens Groups 9th anniversary commenced at
Shanghai, Tianjin and Beijing. Tiens Yihai
International Health Industrial Park conducted
foundation-laying ceremony at Shanghai. The park is
1600mu in area, planned investment of USD 500Million
in total, estimated producing capacity RMB20Billion
after construction.
Jul. 16 Chairman of Board of
Directors & President of Tiens Group, Mr. Li
Jinyuan on behalf of Chinese entrepreneurs had a
congenial talk with President of Mali Republic at Mali
Embassy.
Jun. 28 World Brand
Laboratory, one of the 5 world brand evaluation
institutions, and World Economic forum reputed as
Economic UN, jointly published Top 500 Most Valuable
Brand of China. Tiens Group ranked No. 64 on the list
and No. 1 in Tianjin.
Jun. 28 Asia-Pacific Culture
& Fortune Forum, Asia-Pacific Fortune Journal and
Asia-Pacific Chinese Business Leaders Union jointly
held the appraisal event of 2004 Most Creative Chinese
Business Leaders and President Li Jinyuan won the
honor again.
Jun. 26 The government of
Swaziland Kingdom issued the honorary certificate of
charity with the kings autograph on it to Tiens Group
to commend the outstanding contributions by Tiens
Group for the suffering-relief on its disadvantaged
groups .
Jun. 13 2004 Dating with
Tiens & Love Between Heaven and Earth Love Angel
Commending Convention was convoked at Shenyang
May 15 Zhou Huajian formally
inaugurated the brand spokesman of Tiens Group and was
entitled Love Ambassador of Tiens Love Foundation by
Tiens Group.
Apr. 16 The press conference
of The 3rd Distributor Convention of Tiens Africa
& Middle East Area was convoked at Chinese Embassy
in Kenya
Apr. 8 Tiens Group 2004
Annual Convention of North America was successfully
concluded at Canada.
Mar. 27 Tiens International
Holding Group Co., Ltd. held signing ceremony and
press conference at Shanghai making the announcement
that USD400Million would be invested in Zhujiajiao,
Shanghai to build Tiens Industry Base. Tomur Dawamat,
Vice Chairman of NPC wrote to wish Tiens Group make
greater contributions to Chinas economic development
along with his congratulations.
Mar. 23 Tiens Group entered
insurance industry. Jintou Insurance Brokerage Co.,
Ltd. obtained ratification from China Securities
Regulatory Commission and entered the stage of formal
preparation.
Mar. 10 During the 2
Sessions, Tiens Group solely sponsored the special
program Date of Spring of The Same Song of CCTV.
President Li Jinyuan song the same song with the
deputies attended the 2 sessions.
Mar. 7 The commending
assembly of Tiens Southeast Asia 2004 was held at
Malaysia. The assembly was like a miniature UN
carnival, tens of thousands of Tiens people crowded
the site.
Feb. 28 China Healthcare
Association was established at Peoples Congress Hall;
President Li Jinyuan and President Assistant Bai Ping
were appointed Deputy Executive President and Deputy
Secretary-General respectively.
Feb. 19 President Li Jinyuan
attended the promoting convention of Walking Abroad
Strategy held by Tianjin and delivered a speech.
Jan. 6 2003 Top 10 Chinese
Talents was ceremoniously announced. President Li
Jinyuan was honorably selected; others included Yang
Liwei, Deng Pufang and Zhong Nanshan along with others
totaling 10.
Jan. 3 Tiens Group participated in
Learning China-Centurial Success Forum and won Award
for Learning Group.
Dec. 30 To eulogize the
great achievements in the nation-wide fight against
SARS led by the Party under the leadership of
General-Secretary Hu Jintao, Tiens Group sponsored the
anti-SARS themed TV series Sihe Court.
Dec. 29 Mrs. Zhu Lin, spouse
of former President of NPC Standing Committee Li Peng,
made an inscription of Establishing new business by
making progress abreast of times for Tiens Group.
Dec. 28 President Li Jinyuan
of Tiens Group was selected in Top 10 Press Figures of
2003 Chinese Economy.
Dec. 15 President Li Jinyuan
was entitled Entrepreneur of China and selected in the
Great Diction of Chinese Entrepreneurs.
Dec. 1 Tiens Group of China
Area held 2003 Annual Summary & Love Donation of
Anti-SARS at Tianjin Sports Center; Zhou Huajian
attended the event in collaboration.
Nov. 10 The 3rd National
Calcium Metabolism Seminar was concluded successfully
on which Tiens Group won 2 major awards.
Nov. 9 Tiens New
Displacement Theorys publication seminar was
ceremoniously held at Peoples Congress Hall. Peoples
Daily, Economic Daily, Guangming Daily, CCTV, Phoenix
Satellite TV, together with other tens of medias
covered the event.
Oct. 26 The commending
assembly for Tiens international marketing elites was
convoked at Jakarta, Indonesia; the market of
Southeast Asia and even the world was shaken owing to
its unprecedented pomp.
Oct. 18 The national student
constitution health promoting event was held at
Beijing. Tiens Group donated 600 thousand yuan and
healthcare products worth 1.5million yuan.
Sept. 29 Jia Qinglin,
Chairman of CPPCC attended the 50th anniversary of
All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce &
Exhibition of Guangcai Attainments of China and
interviewed President Li Jinyuan congenially.
Sept. 27 Tang Jiaxuan,
Commissioner of State Affairs congenially interviewed
President Li Jinyuan of Tiens Group on the 2nd session
of World Chinese Media Forum convoked at Changsha.
Jul. 28 Tianjin Jintou
Brokerage Co., Ltd. was formally established;
President Li Jinyuan was honorably selected in the
first board of directors.
Jul. 16 The press conference
of 2003 Top 100 Enterprises was convoked at Tianjin;
Tiens Group was listed No. 1 of Tianjin private
enterprises.
Jul. 8 Healthcare Food
Association of China issued a certificate to President
Li Jinyuan with congratulations on Tiens Groups
ranking in Top 100 Healthcare Food Enterprises of
China for 3 consecutive years from 2000 to 2002.
Apr. 23 Tiens Groups staff
members donated 3 million yuan in total and Tiens
Group donated 42 million yuan in healthcare medicine,
making positive contributions in the fight against
SARS.
Mar. 20 Vice Premier of
Malaysia and Minister of Science and Environment
warmly received President Li Jinyuan who was on his
trip to the press conference of Tiens International
Annual Convention.
Mar. 18 The press conference
of Tiens International Annual Convention of Malaysia
was ceremoniously convoked at Kuala Lumpur.
Mar. 15 the journalist from
Singapore United Morning News had a special interview
with President Li Jinyuan; the Administration of
Economic Development released a report named Chinese
private enterprise planned manufacture base in
Singapore, Tiens Group strived for public listing by
the end of this year.
Mar. 1 Ambassador of United
Arab Emirates visited Tiens Group and accepted the
title of International Friendly Advisor of Tiens from
President Li Jinyuan.
Feb. 21 Ambassador of the
Republic of Angola visited Tiens Group and accepted
the title of International Public Relationship Advisor
of Tiens from President Li Jinyuan.
Feb. 17 President Li Jinyuan
attended Tianjin Private Entrepreneurs Symposium and
gave talks.
Feb. 14 Ambassador of
Malaysia visited Tiens Group and accepted the title of
International Friendly Advisor of Tiens from President
Li Jinyuan.
Jan. President Li Jinyuan was
elected Executive ember of All-China Federation of
Industry and Commerce.
Aug. 6-8 With the
motif of credibility, cooperation, opening-op,
double-win and achieving leap-forward development, the
first session of Tiens International logistics
products import negotiation was ceremoniously convoked
at the headquarters of Tiens Group.
Aug. 3 The 7th anniversary
celebration convention of Tiens Group and the
foundation ceremony of President Direction Center was
held at the headquarters of Tiens.
Jun. 20 President Li Jinyuan
first released his original idea of Interactive
Networks.
Jun. 1 Tiens Love Donation
Ceremony & Distributors Convention of North Africa
Area was convoked at Akkra, Ghana. President Li
Jinyuan presented the convention, delivered a speech
and donated 100million cedi as well as 200.04 million
cedi worth of products to a local children's
organization.
May 24 Tiens Products were
awarded the gold prize in the area of Oncology at the
Almacede 2002 International New Industrial Technology
Fair.
May 20 Indonesian Vice
President Hamzah Haz warmly received Mr. Li Jinyuan
and his delegation that had come to Indonesia to host
the Tiens International Seminar.
May 1920 Tiens Group hosted
the Tiens International Development Strategy Seminar
in Jakarta, capital city of Indonesia. This was
another grand international event hosted by Tiens
following the Group's 3rd anniversary celebration of
its presence in Europe.
Apr. 18 Tiens Educational
Development Foundation was established.Tiens Group was
recognized by the Research Society on Chinas National
Conditions as Research Base of State-level Direct
Selling Industry and Research Base of State-level
Healthcare Industry. President Li Jinyuan was
appointed as Researcher of State-level Direct Selling
Research Base and Researcher of State-level Healthcare
Industry Research Base.
Apr. 12 The 52nd anniversary
of the founding of the Jakarta Medical College of
Indonesia was celebrated at the International
Conference Center at Bali Sidang in Jakarta. Li
Jinyuan was invited to participate in the celebration
and he accompanied President Megawati Sukarnoputri to
the International Fair of Indonesian Pharmacy and
Medical Products.
Mar. 23 27 During his visit
to the coastal borders of Russia, President Li Jinyuan
candidly exchanged in-depth views on Tiens Group's
exploration in the far-eastern region with the
officials of the Asia-Pacific International
Coordination Committee. They mapped out broad
cooperation areas and reached a consensus in further
strengthening trade relations. The meeting resulted in
important outcome.
Mar. 25 The Sino-Indonesian
Economic and Trade Seminar jointly sponsored by the
China Chamber for the Promotion of International Trade
and the Indonesian Entrepreneurs Delegation was
launched at the Beijing International Conference Hall.
Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri attended
and addressed the seminar. Tiens Group was the only
enterprise invited from Tianjin.
Mar. 20 American Investment
Expert Dr. Quintero came to visit Tiens Group.
Mar. 19 The grand
celebration for Tiens Group's third anniversary of
working in the European market was launched in the
Lushiniki Olympic Sports Center in Moscow.
Mar. 5 In Mr. Li Jinyuan's
company, Vice-Mayor of Tianjin warmly received
visiting President Toshizo Watanabe of the Rijian
Corporation, Michael Sheffield, from International
Direct Marketing Association of America, Chief Lawyer
Jeffrey A Babener, and Kendall Cho, the General
Manager of North America and the Chief Operations
Officer of the Rijian Corporation.
Mar. 4 Tiens Group President
Li Jinyuan, the President of the Rijian Corporation
Toshizo Watanabe, the International Direct Marketing
Association of America's Michael Sheffield, and Chief
Lawyer Jeffrey A. Babener were invited to the CCTV's
Wealth Salon for a special program dedicated to a
Wealth Forum.
Mar. The French Quality
Supervision and Appraisal Committee for Science and
Technology recommended Tiens Spirulina Capsule as a
Chinese high quality product.
Feb. 27 The Russian Academy
of Physical Sciences gave Tiens Group the Award for
the Achievement in Science and Biological Technology
and a medal named after Ecagelina Dachcova, the
activist in Russian social and state affairs.
Jan. 19 The grand occasion
marking China's admission into the WTO (World Trade
Organization) and featuring Tiens's new profile was
celebrated at the Group's headquarters in Wuqing.
Jan. 4~8 President Li
Jinyuan paid a working visit to Romania. During his
visit, he held talks with the Chinese Commerce Attach
to Romania. He also had interviews with officials from
the Romanian Ministry of Health and was warmly
received by the Minister of Health.
Jan. 8 Tiens Romania opened at
Bucharest. The commercial counselor and consulate
presented the opening ceremony. The chief officials
from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Romania and
General Administration of Customs, Romania also came
to present their congratulations. The development of
Tiens Romania aroused concerns from various medias:
TABC paid a special visit on President Li; the
reporters and some overseas reporters participated in
the event.
Dec. 17 Sponsored by CPPCC,
China Public Relation Association and CPPCC Publishing
House and co-sponsored by Tiens Group, the summit
seminar on Chinas accession to WTO and the enterprises
responding strategy was convoked at International
Convention Hall at Henderson Center, headquarters of
Tiens Group.
Nov. 26 President Li Jinyuan
paid a working visit to Canada and the United States.
Nov. 24 The ceremony for the
unveiling of the Golden Lion Sculpture was held at
Tiens Group headquarters. President Li Jinyuan cut the
ribbon at the ceremony and unveiled the sculpture.
Nov. 15 The First ASEAN
Direct Marketing Conference was held in Malaysia and a
delegation from the Tiens Marketing Company attended
the conference.
Nov. 10 Li Yinyuan was
elected Deputy President of the Association for
Foreign Economic Cooperation of the Tianjin
Municipality.
Nov. 6 Tiens Group
participated in the 2nd PECC International Trade
Investment Fair, co-sponsored by the Ministry of
Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation and the Tianjin
Municipal Government.
Nov. 5 President Li Jinyuan
became the 32nd wealthiest person in China, according
to a survey conducted and published by Forbes
Magazine, one of most authoritative and influential
honors granted to Chinese entrepreneurs.
Sept. 12 A conference
regarding the Tiens International Development and
hosted by the Health Food Association of China was
held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, where
Tiens Group won the title of China's Top 50
Health-Food Producing Enterprises.
Aug. 3 6 The international
celebration convention of the 6th anniversary of Tiens
Group & the 2nd International 8.3 celebration was
convoked at the comprehensive stadium of St.
Petersburg, Russia.
Jul. 27 6 years
together----the celebration (home) of the 6th
anniversary of Tiens Group was launched with grandeur.
Over 3000 business representatives participated in the
celebration.
Jun. 30 With approval given
by the United Nations Development and Planning Bureau,
the Environmental Planning Bureau, and the Information
Development Bureau, the honorary title The Best
Enterprise for International Ecological Safety was
awarded to Tiens Group for its important contributions
to safeguarding the international ecological safety
and the promotion of economic development.
May 7 Tiens 2000-2001 Annual
International Meetings were grandly launched in
Bangkok, capital of Thailand.
Apr. 10 European Senior
Lecturers Group visited Tiens.
Mar. 24 A Vietnamese
delegation headed by Huang Hong'er, Deputy Director of
the Food Administration Bureau of the Vietnamese
Ministry of Health, visited Tiens Group.
Jan. 14 A delegation headed by the
Croatian Ambassador to China, Zeljko Kirincic visited
Tiens Group.
Nov. 18 A commendation
meeting for the Tiens South Africa Branch was held in
Johannesburg. President Li Jinyuan attended the
meeting and delivered a report on the situation of
Tiens Group's International Development. The Chinese
Ambassador, Extraordinary Plenipotentiary, and
Counselor of the Economic Council joined the meeting.
Nov. 3 The Tiens
Bio-development Company Ltd. passed the appraisal
given by China Quality Certification Center and
acquired the certificate for quality authentication.
Sept. 8 The Tiens Youth and
Health Capsule produced by the Tiens Biology
Development Company Ltd. won the Gold prize in the
China 2nd New Medicine and Health Food Exhibition.
Aug. 3 The 1st Tiens Group
8.3 Festival was grandly launched in the State Concert
Hall of the Grand Russian Hotel in Moscow. Over 2,000
of Tiens staff gathered together from all over the
world with great joy and celebrated the successes they
had achieved with Tiens in the past five years.
May 31 At the invitation of
the government of the Russian Federation and the
Asia-Pacific International Affairs Coordination
Committee, President Li Jinyuan attended the
Asia-Pacific Conference on New Technology Cooperation
and Investment, which was held in Vladivostok, Russia,
on behalf of Tiens Group. At the conference, Mr. Li
Jinyuan held discussions with Schickgerny,
Vice-President of the Asia-Pacific International
Affairs Coordination Committee and Vice Governor of
the Coastal Border Region, and Jiang Mingjun,
Secretary-General of the Asia-Pacific International
Affairs Coordination Committee on issues related to
science and technology cooperation and investment in
the process of the realization of the integration of
the Asian-Pacific countries.
May 4 A delegation led by
Michael Sheffield, President of the International
Direct Marketing Association, paid a visit to Tiens
Group.
May 3 President Li Jinyuan
was invited to the United Way International 2000 World
Convention in Hong Kong.
May 1 President Li Jinyuan
accepted the title of Consultant on Western Economic
Development, given to him by the Expert Service Center
of China's State Ministry of Personnel.
Apr. 23~31 President Li
Jinyuan went on a friendly tour to some of the
countries in North America and Asia.
Apr. 16 The first Tiens
Annual Meetings for 1999-2000 were held respectively
at the Henderson Center of Beijing, the Diaoyutai
State Guesthouse and the Wuqing Stadium of Tianjin.
Jan. 3 Tiens Group was absorbed by
Chinese Enterprise Association and Executive Committee
of Chinese Entrepreneurs Association as the corporate
member.
Nov. The Certification Panel
of the China Quality Certification (CQC) Center issued
Tiens the ISO9002 quality certificate.
Sept. 1 Tiens College of
Technology recruited 360 students majoring in computer
application, business English and business
administration.
Aug. 13 Indian Ambassador to
China, Shivshankar Menon, and the Bangladeshi
Ambassador, Falooq Sobhan, paid a visit to Tiens
Group.
Jul. 7 The State Ministry of
Education gave official approval to the establishment
of the Tiens Vocational College of Technology, which
marked the birth of the first State-admitted private
institute of higher learning in Tianjin.
May 26 Tiens High Absorption
Calcium was awarded the gold prize at the 5th China
International Health Food Fair.
May 15 Tiens Group launched
its overseas development strategy.
May 9 Tiens Group convoked a
convention to bly condemn the NATO led by the US
for the atrocity of bombing Chinese Embassy in South
Slovakia and resolutely uphold the severe announcement
by Chinese government and the important speech
delivered by Mr. Hu Jintao.
Mar. 6 Tiens Russia opened
for business.
Jan. 18 Tiens Health
Industry Co., Ltd. of Korea opened for business in
Seoul.
Jan. 2 During his visit in Japan,
President Li Jinyuan met with Chinese Ambassador to
Japan Chen Jian and was warmly received by the leading
officials of various circles.
Dec. 18 Henderson Tiens
Headquarters, situated on the 20th floor of Henderson
Center in the gold zone of Jiannei Street in Beijing,
was grandly opened to business. From here, Tiens Group
was to march into the outside world.
Dec. Tiens series of
Calcium-rich health products won the title of
recommended products from China Foundation for
Consumers Protection.
Nov. The Qushui and Naqu
Tinashi Primary Schools in Tibet were opened.
Apr. 21 The State Council issued a
decree banning multi-level marketing. The previous
advantage Tiens Group had acquired no longer existed
and the Group encountered a major crisis. Both the
national mission and the enterprise's self-development
required Tiens Group to respond to the national call
and implement a transition strategy for its
operations. Tiens Group decided to market its sales
through franchise operations and, by presenting a
single corporate image and a single brand in the 31
provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities,
establish hundreds of franchise operations across
China.
Jun. 18 President Li Jinyuan
was appointed as Honorary Director and Researcher of
Ethic Culture Exchange Institute of Central University
for Nationalities.
Feb. Tiens High-Calcium
Powder won the gold prize for Healthy Food on the
World Inventor, Entrepreneur and Investor Cooperative
Meeting at New York, the US. Tiens Acupoint Treasure
won the Gold medal on the 1st International Einstein
New Invention and New Technology (Products) Fair
highly evaluated by the central leaders of Song Ping
and Wang Guangying; it was proposed to be widely
promoted to win honor for the state.
Nov. Tiens High Absorption
Calcium received the Gold Award on the China
Preventive Medicine Best Health Technology Products
Fair during the Sixth International Science and Peace
Week. Tiens High Absorption Calcium received the
Best Product Award and Best Modern Product Award at
the 2nd Tianjin International Food and Drinks
Fair.
Sept. To swiftly transfer the
scientific and technological fruits into productive
forces, Tiens Group invested large sums of money into
plant constructions, technology and equipment
renovations. By humbly consulting the renowned
domestic and overseas experts and scholars, Tiens
Group overcame the difficulties in producing High
Absorption Calcium. The birth of the first Tiens High
Absorption Calcium inaugurate an epoch of calcium
supplementation from medical supplementation to food
supplementation.
Dec. Tiens Economic
Development Corporation registered Tiens
Bio-engineering Company at Tianjin Industrial and
Commercial Administration, to achieve the
industrialization of high-calcium technology.
Nov. "All Natural High Absorption
Calcium" received the Gold Award at the China New
Science and Technological Products, Patent
Technologies, and Patent Products Fair.
Dec. President Li Jinyuan
registered Tiens Economic Development Corporation at
Tianjin Economic Development Area-Tanggu Development
Area and set on the industrial development course.
