2018年11月13日，上海 — 摩根大通企业竞跑赛上海赛事将于11月13日周二举办，预计将有来自超过200家企业的数千名选手参加今年的比赛。
今年，除了参赛选手能够获得追求速度的愉悦感及完成5.6公里路跑的成就感以外，还有一个群体也将从本届企业竞跑赛中长期受益，他们就是那些准备迈入高增长跨境电商行业的学生们。
摩根大通已经宣布本届企业竞跑赛将帮助提高公众对友成基金会电商人才培养计划的认识， 公司将代表所有参加企业竞跑赛的选手向友成基金会捐赠一笔款项，用于推动该人才培养计划的实施。
今年的合作是继2016年摩根大通与友成基金会成功发起合作计划以来的又一延伸。双方一致认为企业竞跑赛将成为推动这一重要工作的又一高效平台。
摩根大通中国区首席执行官梁治文表示：“我们很高兴能与友成基金会再次合作，共同推动中国跨境电商专业人才的培养。提升职业技能，特别是以此提高青年人口的就业能力是摩根大通全球慈善捐助的重点领域。我们在全球范围内投入3.5亿美元，开展了众多提高劳动力就业水平、缩小技能缺口的公益项目。我们希望这个新项目能够帮助更多青年实现他们的职业理想，同时通过输送新鲜血液，推动中国跨境电商行业的长远、健康发展。”
本次培训计划着力解决新兴电商行业的人才缺口问题，以帮助有需要的青年学生在该领域就业。2016年，摩根大通与友成基金会合作启动了“乡恋计划——返乡青年电商就业创业培训”项目。通过在该项目中探索推出的“线上课程学习+线下集中培训+就业创业陪伴孵化+对接农产品上行”的创新模式，该项目已完成了528人次的培训，其中383名学员最终成功在电商领域实现就业或创业。
友成基金会副秘书长张静表示：“我们很高兴能与摩根大通继续合作推动跨境电商人才培养计划的实施。能够在摩根大通企业竞跑赛上展示我们的项目是一个非常难得的机会，我们不仅能够一睹来自200余家企业的商界领袖们的风采，还能够通过与摩根大通企业竞跑赛的合作，提高中国乃至全球对该问题的认识。”
张静补充说：“摩根大通企业竞跑赛对双方合作项目的进一步支持很重要，此外更重要的是，我们将把一支强大的潜在就业队伍引荐给上海最好的一些公司，并通过多方合作继续培养未来的电商领袖。”
对本地慈善机构的捐赠是摩根大通企业竞跑赛系列赛事的传统，公司每年都在全球13座赛事举办城市中捐助当地的非营利组织。
上海第八届摩根大通企业竞跑赛将于11月13日周二在上海东方体育中心鸣锣开赛。自2011年在中国举办首届竞跑赛以来，企业竞跑赛的捐赠对象包括儿童乐益会（2011年、 2013年）、活力社区（2012年）和爱佑慈善基金会（2014年-2017年）。
SHANGHAI, 5 November 2018 – When the J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge in Shanghai is conducted on Tuesday, 13 November, there will be plenty of fast runners among the sold-out crowd of 5,000 entrants.
But, beyond the fast times and individual accomplishments of entrants completing their first 5.6km road race, there will be other long-term winners from the Corporate Challenge – students preparing to enter the fast-growing, cross-border E-commerce industry.
J.P. Morgan has announced that this year’s Corporate Challenge will serve as a benefit and awareness builder for an E-commerce worker training program. A donation will be made in celebration of all Corporate Challenge participants to the YouChange Foundation to help build out the program.
The partnership this year is an extension of a successful program initiated between J.P. Morgan and YouChange in 2016, and both parties agreed that the Corporate Challenge was a logical and efficient platform to promote this important work.
“We are very pleased to collaborate with YouChange Foundation again, helping foster more qualified workers for China’s cross-border e-commerce industry,” said Mark Leung, CEO of J.P. Morgan China. “Workforce readiness, especially helping economically vulnerable young people, is one of the focus areas of J.P. Morgan’s philanthropic initiatives. By expanding high-quality education and training programs, we expect this program not only to provide the participants with better career prospects, but also to support the sustainable development of China’s cross-border e-commerce industry in the long run.”
This training program addresses workforce shortage issues in the emerging E-commerce industry and will assist underprivileged young students find job opportunities in this area. A similar program with J.P. Morgan delivered successful results -- training 528 youth with basic computer skills to access jobs or start their own businesses in the E-commerce sector, the program achieved an overall employment rate of 70%.
“We have a wonderful partner in J.P. Morgan and the opportunity to showcase the E-commerce training program at the Corporate Challenge is a tremendous opportunity,” said Zhang Jing, Deputy Secretary General, YouChange Foundation. “Not only does this gain us race night exposure to business leaders from 200 companies in Shanghai, but also worldwide awareness of the issue through partnership with the J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge Series.
“The J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge donation to the program is important, but so is the ability to educate some of Shanghai’s best companies of this strong potential workforce,” said Zhang. “We’re preparing the E-commerce leaders of the future.”
The donation to YouChange Foundation is part of J.P. Morgan’s commitment to supporting a not-for-profit organization in each of the 13 cities around the world that comprise the J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge Series.
The eighth annual J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge in Shanghai will be held on Tuesday, 13 November at the Oriental Sports Center. Brought to Shanghai in 2011 as the first Corporate Challenge ever held in China, past beneficiaries have included Right to Play China (2011, 2013), Included (2012), and the Ai You Foundation (2014-17).
