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POWERCHINA Strengthens Healthcare Infrastructure Worldwide in Celebration of World Health Day 2025

BEIJING, April 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — On the occasion of World Health Day 2025, Power Construction Corporation of China (“POWERCHINA” or “the Company”) is celebrating the recent construction and handover of multiple hospitals in Laos and Peru. This initiative underscores POWERCHINA ‘s consistent commitment to building a global health community through concrete actions.

Themed “Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures,” this year’s World Health Day calls on governments and the healthcare community to accelerate efforts to end preventable maternal and newborn deaths, and to prioritize women’s longer-term health and well-being. POWERCHINA’s recently completed construction and handover of multiple hospitals in Peru and Laos directly address these goals by providing comprehensive support for local healthcare systems, ranging from infrastructure development and the expansion of medical resources to technology transfer and talent training, with a particular emphasis on contributing tangible efforts toward improving long-term health and well-being for mothers and children.

Since entering Laos in 1996, POWERCHINA has leveraged its technical expertise to deliver high-quality projects, boosting the economy and national development. The opening of Luang Prabang Hospital has enhanced healthcare in northern Laos and exemplifies ChinaLaos health cooperation. It is the first Chinese government aid project POWERCHINA helped to construct and hand over in Laos. Construction began in September 2022 and was completed in July2024. The project includes 5,918 square meters of new construction and 8,308 square meters of renovations, featuring surgery and cardiovascular buildings, apartments, and sewage treatment facilities. Dr. Phouvana, hospital director, noted the hospital’s dedicated toilet and barrier-free passage benefit women and babies, while independent operating rooms ensure female patients’ privacy.

Huancayo Libertad Hospital, located at 3,259 meters above sea level, is the third hospital officially handed over by POWERCHINA in Peru and the largest modern facility in the area. Spanning 13,000 square meters, it consists of a five-story main building and four one-story auxiliary structures. The hospital features 42 beds, a comprehensive operating room, a delivery room, outpatient and emergency care areas, laboratories, and advanced medical equipment. Serving 120,000 residents, it created over 200 medical jobs and significantly improves local healthcare. Dr. José Chávez praised its obstetric equipment and neonatal intensive care unit. San Ignacio Hospital, the only comprehensive hospital in northern Cajamarca, spans 7,599 square meters with four floors and 40 beds. Benefiting 150,000 residents, the projects are of great significance for ensuring the level of basic medical services in cities and promoting the development of urban medical systems. Local resident Juan Calderón highlighted the hospital’s convenience, reducing long travel times for care.

In addition to the recently completed hospital projects in Peru and Laos, POWERCHINA is also constructing hospitals in Angola, Equatorial Guinea, and Colombia. These projects have significantly enhanced local healthcare services, created jobs, and advanced infrastructure, demonstrating China’s active role in global health governance and humanitarian cooperation. By providing modern facilities, expanding medical resources, and enhancing emergency and inpatient care, POWERCHINA is aligned with the World Health Organization’s call for global cooperation to improve maternal and infant health by improving accessibility and bolstering public health resilience. POWERCHINA’s ongoing efforts will continue to contribute to a more equitable and accessible global health system, inspiring confidence and progress.

SMARTIES™ 2025: The Ultimate Stage for Marketing Excellence – Now Accepting Entries

NEW YORK, April 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The 2025 SMARTIES™ Awards are now open for entries, inviting brands, agencies, and marketers who are redefining the marketing landscape through innovation and measurable impact. As one of the industry’s most prestigious recognitions, SMARTIES™ honors work that not only delivers results but also sets new standards for excellence.

This year’s awards focus on the transformative power of data-driven creativity, cutting-edge technology, and consumer engagement strategies that are shaping the future of marketing. With the industry evolving at an accelerated pace, SMARTIES™ continues to spotlight the campaigns that push boundaries and drive meaningful business outcomes.

SMARTIES™ 2025 Categories

The program offers multiple entry levels to recognize excellence at various scales:

“With marketing landscapes shifting rapidly on a global scale, SMARTIES™ remains the gold standard for recognizing groundbreaking work that not only delivers measurable impact but also redefines industry best practices,” says Rohit Dadwal, CEO of MMA Global APAC & Global Head of SMARTIES™ Worldwide. “In 2025, we are placing a strong emphasis on AI-driven marketing, data-powered personalization, and omnichannel excellence—critical drivers of innovation that are transforming the way brands engage consumers and achieve business success worldwide.”

Beyond the Trophy: Industry Recognition & Global Rankings

Winning a SMARTIES™ Award provides more than just prestige. Awarded campaigns will be featured in WARC 100’s global rankings, RECMA’s media agency scoring, and MMA’s SMARTIES Business Impact Index, reinforcing their influence in the industry.

Showcase Your Marketing Excellence

Submit to SMARTIES™ Awards 2025 Today!

Key Details for 2025 SMARTIES™ Entries

  • On-time Submission Deadline: July 3rd, 2025
  • Awards & Honors: Gold, Silver, and Bronze winners in each category; top honors include Advertiser of the Year, Agency of the Year, Publisher/Media Company of the Year, Enabling Technology Company of the Year, and Best in Show.
  • Judging Panel: Senior brand marketers and industry leaders will evaluate campaigns based on innovation, creativity, and measurable impact.

Marketers, agencies, and brands are encouraged to submit their best work and gain industry-wide recognition.

About MMA Global: MMA Global is the leading global trade association for marketers, providing essential resources and expertise to empower marketers to navigate the complex world of Marketing. With a commitment to driving innovation and effectiveness, MMA Global plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of marketing.

SMARTIES: SMARTIES is the prestigious marketing awards program hosted by MMA Global, recognizing excellence in Marketing. The SMARTIES Awards celebrate the most innovative and impactful campaigns that push the boundaries of creativity and drive measurable business impact in today’s dynamic landscape.

THIRDREALITY Launches Motion Sensor R1: Enhancing Smart Home Experiences

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — As smart home technology evolves, there are still areas where convenience and security can be improved. THIRDREALITY’s new Motion Sensor R1, offers precise motion detection, unaffected by heat or sunlight. Unlike traditional PIR sensors, which can trigger false alarms, the R1 ensures reliable and accurate detection in any condition, making it a valuable upgrade for modern homes.

Motion Sensor R1 Precision Detection
Motion Sensor R1 Precision Detection

Recently showcased at CES 2025, the Motion Sensor R1 received positive feedback for its innovative design and performance, highlighting its versatility and ease of integration into smart home systems.

For Lisa, a busy mom, the Motion Sensor R1 became a key part of her home safety routine. After a near-accident with her child, Lisa installed the R1 in the hallway outside the bedroom. Thanks to the adjustable sensitivity, she was able to customize the sensor’s detection range to cover just the areas she needed, ensuring it only triggered alerts when necessary. Powered by three AA batteries, the sensor’s long battery life eliminated the need for frequent maintenance, giving Lisa peace of mind without complicated wiring or installation.

Mark, a tech enthusiast, found the Motion Sensor R1 equally impressive. He integrated it into his Home Assistant, extending his smart home capabilities. With OTA (Over-The-Air) updates and customizable features, Mark adjusted the sensor to suit his needs, from turning on garage lights to optimizing energy efficiency. The R1’s long battery life and reliable detection across diverse spaces gave him the flexibility to perfect his smart home automation.

For both Lisa and Mark, the Motion Sensor R1 wasn’t just a motion detector—it was a step forward in smart home technology, offering both enhanced security and convenient automation in a simple, long-lasting package.

For more information about THIRDREALITY and the Smart Motion Sensor R1, please contact us.

About THIRDREALITY

Third Reality is a smart home technology company, dedicated to developing high-quality, user-friendly, and secure smart home products. Through continuous innovation and a deep understanding of market needs, the company strives to provide an improved smart home experience for users worldwide.

THIRDREALITY Motion Sensor R1 is now available for purchase online, including Amazon. Please visit https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DX61CQPW or https://3reality.com/product/motion-sensor-r1/ for more details on how this advanced security device can be part of your smart home solution.

For more information and products about THIRDREALITY, you can visit the official website: https://www.3reality.com/ 

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Media Contact:
Tina Zhu
Marketing Manager
Third Reality, Inc.
info@3reality.com 

Vistra launches newly-branded Vistra Fund Solutions with a promise to go above and beyond for clients

LONDON, April 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Vistra, a leading provider of essential business services, is proud to announce the launch of Vistra Fund Solutions. This new strategic business proposition is laser-focused on supporting Vistra’s existing fund manager clients with dedicated end-to-end services delivered by specialist teams, and on realising its full potential for growth with new customers across the globe.

Abdel Hmitti, President of Vistra Fund Solutions
Abdel Hmitti, President of Vistra Fund Solutions

Using the acquisition of Phoenix American Fund Administration and Transfer Agent business in 2024 as the catalyst, Vistra has transformed its fund offering into a high-touch global service model. Vistra Fund Solutions will deliver expert services across funds and SPV administration globally, powered by world-class people who live and breathe fund solutions, and a proprietary technology platform that leverages market-leading vendor systems. The new global business proposition has been meticulously designed to deliver seamless service and high-touch support to clients wherever they are in the world and a brand experience that the market deserves.

“The launch of Vistra Fund Solutions elevates Vistra’s position in the funds market and brings into sharper relief the value we offer our global clients,” says Simon Webster, CEO of Vistra. “We already had a strong and powerful funds business with great people, strong capabilities and huge potential. Now it’s time to realise that potential by clarifying what makes Vistra Funds Solutions different and why we’re the natural partner of choice for fund administration and support anywhere in the world.”

Led by Abdel Hmitti, Vistra Fund Solutions provides a vertically integrated proposition that offers products and services to support fund structures, SPVs, and other related entities, ensuring a comprehensive approach across Private Equity, Real Estate, Infrastructure, Capital Markets and Aviation services. This single-source offering allows clients to focus on value creation for investors while being supported by dedicated professional teams.

“With this new proposition, we are laser-focused on optimising our operations and investing in the business to better serve our clients’ needs and support their growth,” says Abdel Hmitti, President of Vistra Fund Solutions. “We have reorganised our service delivery to embed a client-centric service culture that is underpinned by a robust operating model and technology platform. Our success is driven by our world-class talent and is already being felt as we support our clients at every step of the investment lifecycle to optimise impact and returns.”

This brand launch is the start of a global campaign bringing Vistra Fund Solutions to life and highlighting what the promise of ‘above and beyond’ service means in practice. The campaign calls out high quality, precision, flexibility and agility, to deliver exceptional results and help fund managers choose what’s right for both their ambitions and the specifics of their fund operation throughout its lifecycle.

Nicholas Macksey, Partner of EQT Private Capital Asia – an investor backing Vistra – adds, “Vistra Fund Solutions is a natural evolution of the legacy Vistra business unit that served the funds market. This launch is symbolic of Vistra’s commitment to supporting those clients with the dedicated, world-class and tailored end-to-end services they need for navigating complexity and achieving success on a global scale. This is a milestone for Vistra and will accelerate the growth and value of the organisation for its people, stakeholders and clients.”

For more information about Vistra Fund Solutions, please visit vistra.com/funds.

About Vistra

Vistra is a leading provider of essential business services to help companies and private capital funds grow across the entire business and investment lifecycle.

Here at Vistra, our purpose is progress. As a close ally to our clients, our role is to remove the friction that comes from the complexity of global business. We partner with companies and private capital managers along the corporate and private capital lifecycle. From HR to tax and from legal entity management to regulatory compliance, we quietly fix the operational and administrative frustrations that hamper business growth. With over 9,000 experts in more than 50 markets, we can accelerate progress, improve processes, and reduce risk, wherever your ambition takes you.

For more information about Vistra, visit vistra.com

2025 ZGC Forum: Gala for Global Sci-tech Cooperation

BEIJING, April 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — A report from Science and Technology Daily: The 2025 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Conference (2025 ZGC Forum), with a focus on new quality productive forces, concluded on March 31, with significant results and promotion of international sci-tech cooperation.

AI and humanoid robots caught the eye

AI, as a representative of new quality productive forces, was a crucial part of the forum.

At several parallel sessions on AI, domestic and international experts shared their thoughts on key issues such as embodied AI, artificial general intelligence, AI talent development and AI for Science.

AI is profoundly changing the way we live and work, and embodied AI, as a cutting-edge direction of AI, is showing great application prospects, said Yu Haibin, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and researcher at the Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The humanoid robots at the forum vividly displayed the power of AI. The impressive dancing robots at the opening ceremony also had the ability to shake hands with visitors and wave at them. Two humanoid robots functioned as receptionists and a third displayed calligraphy.

Major sci-tech achievements

On the last day of the forum, 19 major sci-tech achievements were disclosed. Some of them were breakthroughs while some are changing people’s lives.

Chinese automaker Beiqi Foton’s liquid hydrogen-powered heavy-duty truck uses 23 pioneering technologies. Equipped with a 300 kW liquid hydrogen-compatible fuel cell system, a secure onboard liquid hydrogen storage system, and an efficient all-climate thermal management system, it delivers an industry-leading range exceeding 1,000 km.

The NeuCyber Matrix BMI System, jointly developed by the Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing (CIBR, Beijing) and NeuCyber NeuroTech (Beijing), is a sophisticated wireless brain-machine interface (BMI) system.

It features a thin, flexible nano-fabricated 128-channel film microelectrode integrated with a compact micro-circuit for ECoG signal recording and processing. Clinical evidence demonstrates that over 98 percent of the channels remain functional post-surgery.

Luo Minmin, director of CIBR, Beijing, said a patient who became partially paralyzed after a stroke received a NeuCyber Matrix BMI System implant on March 20.

The day after surgery, the patient was able to get off his hospital bed on his own. Now he is undertaking rehabilitation training. He can drive the muscle stimulation device through brain signals.

The BMI works as an “information highway,” communicating the signal to the device. The patient is learning and adapting to the method of motor-imagery control quickly, and is expected to gradually realize fine motor control, Luo said.

International sci-tech cooperation a trend

The 2025 ZGC Forum has become an international platform. Guests from 115 countries and regions took part in its different forums and activities, including Nobel laureates, Fields medalists and Turing Award winners. More than 30 technology transfer institutions, 120 universities and research institutes, 200 venture capital institutions, and over 2,000 innovative enterprises from 34 countries participated in the Zhongguancun International Technology Trade Fair.

The Zhongguancun International Advanced Technology Competition attracted over 3,200 projects from 75 countries and regions, covering 14 frontier sci-tech fields, including biomedicine, AI and integrated circuit.

A variety of mechanisms for promoting international sci-tech cooperation were established at different parallel forums. For example, the Beijing Initiative on Digital Science and Technology for Sustainable Development was launched at the International Forum on Sciences for Sustainable Development. It aims to build international platforms for sci-tech cooperation and promote cross-border technology development, data sharing and standard setting.

Liu Tieyan, president of Zhongguancun Academy, said sci-tech progress is a topic of the times and the world, and openness and cooperation is the road to development.

 

Bybit Unveils Liquidity Shield Trading Frenzy with 1,000,000 USDT Prize Pool

DUBAI, UAE, April 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, is proud to announce the launch of Liquidity Shield Trading Frenzy, a limited-time initiative designed to empower traders to benefit from Bybit’s leading liquidity and with a chance to win substantial rewards.

From now until May 3, 2025, eligible users may sign up to unlock the Bybit-exclusive protection, offloading pressure of rising volatility in the current market. This program offers participants a chance to compete for a share of a 1,000,000 USDT prize pool across three dynamic activities:

Key Benefits

  1. Liquidity Shield – Trade with Confidence: A 300,000 USDT prize pool has been allocated to help users mitigate slippage risks during market orders on trending USDT trading pairs. This ensures smoother trading experiences. Participants will be reimbursed for slippage up to 10 USDT per trade and up to 1,000 USDT per user, enhancing trading precision and safeguarding traders against sharp price fluctuations.
  2. Ultimate 100 – Rewarding Spot Trading Excellence: Spot traders can demonstrate their skills and climb the leaderboard for a share of the 200,000 USDT prize pool. The top 100 traders by volume stand to win rewards as high as 30,000 USDT. With two tiers—Base Pool ($100,000) and Boost Pool ($200,000)—this activity incentivizes high-volume trading while fostering competition among participants.
  3. Power Boost – Unlock Rewards with Hot Tokens: For traders who prefer trading trending tokens, the Power Boost activity offers access to a massive 500,000 USDT prize pool. By trading selected hot tokens, traders can qualify for multiple pools and maximize their rewards based on trading volume. This initiative caters to diverse trading strategies and encourages exploration of promising assets. The participation threshold for this segment is as low as 500 USDT.

Bybit Unveils Liquidity Shield Trading Frenzy with 1,000,000 USDT Prize Pool
Bybit Unveils Liquidity Shield Trading Frenzy with 1,000,000 USDT Prize Pool

Bybit continues to redefine the trading experience with innovative features like unmatched liquidity protection and dynamic reward structures. For detailed information about eligibility and terms and conditions, users may visit the Bybit Liquidity Shield Trading Frenzy event page.

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About Bybit

Bybit is the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, serving a global community of over 60 million users. Founded in 2018, Bybit is redefining openness in the decentralized world by creating a simpler, open and equal ecosystem for everyone. With a strong focus on Web3, Bybit partners strategically with leading blockchain protocols to provide robust infrastructure and drive on-chain innovation. Renowned for its secure custody, diverse marketplaces, intuitive user experience, and advanced blockchain tools, Bybit bridges the gap between TradFi and DeFi, empowering builders, creators, and enthusiasts to unlock the full potential of Web3. Discover the future of decentralized finance at Bybit.com.

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IBM Acquires Hakkoda Inc., Expanding Data Expertise to Fuel Clients’ AI Transformations

ARMONK, N.Y., April 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has acquired Hakkoda Inc., a leading global data and AI consultancy. Hakkoda will expand IBM Consulting’s data transformation services portfolio, adding specialized data platform expertise to help clients get their data ready to fuel AI-powered business operations.

IBM Corporation logo.
IBM Corporation logo.

Hakkoda has leading capabilities in migrating, modernizing, and monetizing data estates and is an award-winning Snowflake partner. This acquisition amplifies IBM’s ability to meet the rapidly growing demand for data services and help clients build integrated enterprise data estates that are optimized for speed, cost and efficiency across multiple business use cases.

Hakkoda also brings a strong portfolio of generative AI powered assets that can speed up data modernization projects. Their industry solutions complement and build on their consultants’ deep expertise in industries like financial services, public sector, and healthcare and life sciences. Hakkoda will further expand IBM’s ability to bring both consulting expertise and AI to clients using its AI-powered delivery platform, IBM Consulting Advantage.

“IBM is at the leading edge of the consulting industry with how we’re supercharging our consultants with AI,” said Mohamad Ali, Senior Vice President and Head of IBM Consulting. “With Hakkoda’s data expertise, deep technology partnerships and asset-centric delivery model, IBM will be even better positioned to deliver value faster to clients as they transform with AI.”

“From the beginning, Hakkoda has committed to being ‘in the arena’, not observing the greatest transformation in history but shaping it,” said Erik Duffield, CEO and Co-founder of Hakkoda. “It is because of this that we are excited to join IBM at this critical moment when organizations are looking for a trusted partner to help them modernize their data for the AI era. IBM’s heritage of innovation, their commitment to discovery and deep partnerships with clients on their most technical challenges is a perfect pairing to take Hakkoda’s industry focused modern data consulting to the global marketplace.”

Estimated global spending for enterprise intelligence services initiatives stands at $169 billion and, with a five-year CAGR of about 13 percent, is expected to grow to more than $243 billion by 2028, according to IDC1. To extract value from their data, business leaders need a thoughtful data migration strategy and a modern, multi-use case data platform on the cloud.

As an Elite Snowflake partner, Hakkoda brings hundreds of SnowPro core and advanced certifications. They were named the 2024 Snowflake Healthcare & Life Sciences Services Partner of the Year and 2023 Snowflake Americas System Integrator Innovation Partner of the Year. Hakkoda is also an advanced-tier partner of AWS.

Hakkoda is headquartered in New York and brings hundreds of experts across the United States, Latin America, India, Europe, and the United Kingdom to IBM Consulting. For more information on Hakkoda, visit https://hakkoda.io/.

The acquisition closed on April 2, 2025, and financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

About IBM
IBM is a leading provider of global hybrid cloud and AI, and consulting expertise. We help clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the competitive edge in their industries. Thousands of governments and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM’s hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently and securely. IBM’s breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and consulting deliver open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM’s long-standing commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity and service. Visit www.ibm.com for more information.

Media Contact
Michelle Mattelson
IBM External Relations
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1 IDC Worldwide Enterprise Intelligence Services Forecast, 2024–2028, doc # US51423624, July 2024

2024 Sustainability Report Showcases Yum China’s Consistent Commitment to ESG

SHANGHAI, April 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: YUMC and HKEX: 9987, “Yum China” or the “Company”) today announced that it has published its 2024 Sustainability Report. This report outlines the achievements and ongoing progress towards Yum China’s sustainability goals in three focus areas: People, Environment and Food.

Key highlights from the report include:

  • Yum China is dedicated to the “People First” philosophy, focusing on effectively supporting our frontline staff and maintaining a strong connection with them. The Company continued to empower Restaurant General Managers (RGMs) through operational improvements and digital tools to help them manage routine tasks more efficiently, allowing them to focus more on customer service. Examples include centralized recruitment and the use of AI technology in initial resume screening and interview scheduling.
  • Yum China strives to make sure high-performing RGMs have a stake in their collective accomplishments. By the end of 2024, the Company awarded Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) to over 14,700 RGMs. The Company is dedicated to preparing all employees to be “future-ready”. This includes offering a range of new courses on using AI tools and providing sponsorships to more than 6,800 employees for obtaining higher educational diplomas, degrees and professional accreditations.
  • Yum China is vigorously driving its low-carbon transition by pursuing energy savings and adopting cost-effective, scalable renewable energy solutions where possible. In 2024, the Company increased its renewable energy usage by 370% year-over-year, while achieving an ~8% average carbon footprint reduction per restaurant compared with the previous year. In addition, the Company continued to share experience and resources on green energy transformation with key suppliers through the Yum China DPV & VPPA Alliance (the “Alliance”). Collectively, the Alliance achieved 270,000 MWh of renewable energy usage in 2024.
  • Yum China is constantly innovating to reduce food waste, re-use and recycle waste materials, as well as replace our existing materials with more sustainable options when appropriate. For example, in 2024, the Company expanded its coffee grounds collection network to approximately 8,700 restaurants, recycling approximately 2,000 tons of grounds, and proactively explored the usage of recycled coffee grounds in various products.
  • In 2024, Yum China responded to China’s Outline of the ‘Healthy China 2030 Plan’ and National Nutrition Plan (2017-2030), leveraging its leading food innovation capabilities and extensive supplier resources to develop a range of delicious menu items with reduced sugar and salt content. Examples include KFC’s Reduced-Salt Original Recipe Chicken Sandwich, Pizza Hut’s reduced calorie Energy Bowl, and Taco Bell’s Beef Power Bowl.
  • Yum China focuses on three high-impact areas for its philanthropic initiatives – rural revitalization, health advocacy and community care. The Company’s flagship “One Yuan Donation” program, now in its 17th year, has cumulatively raised over RMB 270 million by the end of 2024, funding more than 58 million nutritious meals for children in underdeveloped regions, and modernizing kitchen facilities at over 1,500 rural schools.

“Navigating the complexities of sustainability requires innovative solutions that balance the needs of all stakeholders – employees, customers, partners, shareholders, and others.said Joey Wat, CEO of Yum China. “In 2025 and beyond, Yum China will continue collaborating closely with stakeholders to achieve our sustainability goals. As we pursue opportunities and deliver shareholder value, we remain anchored in ethical, responsible practices – driven by our vision to build a more sustainable future for all.”

Yum China continued to receive external recognition for its sustainability initiatives in 2024.

  • The Company was ranked industry No.1 in S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) and was included in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) and the Dow Jones Sustainability Emerging Market Index (DJSI Emerging Markets) for the fifth consecutive year. Yum China is the only company in the consumer services industry from Mainland China to be included as a member of DJSI World.
  • The Company also attained the industry highest ranking (“AA”) in MSCI ESG rating.
  • The Company was named as a “China Top Employer” by the Top Employers Institute for the seventh consecutive year, ranked as No. 2 overall in China.

To learn more about Yum China’s ESG efforts, please visit: https://www.yumchina.com/sustainability/en/home/Index

Read the full 2024 Sustainability Report here

Forward-Looking Statements

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About Yum China Holdings, Inc.

Yum China is the largest restaurant company in China with a mission to make every life taste beautiful. The Company operates over 16,000 restaurants under six brands across over 2,200 cities in China. KFC and Pizza Hut are the leading brands in the quick-service and casual dining restaurant spaces in China, respectively. In addition, Yum China has partnered with Lavazza to develop the Lavazza coffee concept in China. Little Sheep and Huang Ji Huang specialize in Chinese cuisine. Taco Bell offers innovative Mexican-inspired food. Yum China has a world-class, digitalized supply chain, which includes an extensive network of logistics centers nationwide and an in-house supply chain management system. Its strong digital capabilities and loyalty program enable the Company to reach customers faster and serve them better. Yum China is a Fortune 500 company with the vision to be the world’s most innovative pioneer in the restaurant industry. For more information, please visit http://ir.yumchina.com.

Contacts

Investor Relations Contact:
Tel: +86 21 2407 7556
IR@YumChina.com 

Media Contact:
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