As you may know, tobacco kills half of its users, including one million of people every year in China. What you may not know is that in China, over 700 million people are routinely exposed to harmful second-hand smoke every day, resulting in 100,000 deaths a year from exposure to second-hand smoke. The best way to reduce such harms is to make indoor spaces, including workplaces, 100% smoke-free. This means no indoor smoking rooms or indoor smoking areas of any kind; smokers are simply required to step outdoors to smoke.
Smoking in the workplaces is not just unhealthy, it exacts a cost on businesses. It raises operational costs and reduces productivity by adversely affecting the health of all workers. By joining the pledge, corporate leaders can signal their commitment to attractive, competitive workplaces while protecting the health of its workforce.
To kick off the campaign -- "It's your right, it's my responsibility" – WHO China together with China CDC will host a kick-off event on July 16th 2018. Several well-known CEOs in China and Western Pacific Region together with a select group of corporate leaders that have already made their offices 100% smoke-free are invited to join the event to jointly launch the smoke-free corporate pledge.
Technical Officer at WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific
4:20 PM - 5:30 PMPresentations from corporate leaders
Yasuhiro Oba
President & CEO of Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Himawari Life Insurance, Inc.
Mr. Hongbing Tang
Director of Safety and Environment Department at Changan Automobile Company Limited
Ms. Mami Onodera
Yahoo Japan Corporation
Mr. Battuvshin Adilbish
Senior engineer at The 4th Thermal Power Plant from Mongolia
Mr. Teviphea Nuon
General Manager at Apsara Palace Resort & Conference Center of Cambodia
Dr. Homer W.K.TSO, JP
Former Chairman at Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health
Dr. Danlong Feng
CSR Director of Pfizer China
Jonathan Rechtman
Moderator of Presentations from corporate leaders
5:30 PM - 6:30 PMWelcome reception & CEO registration
6:30 PM - 6:35 PMAn Invitation to the Private Sector
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director General of WHO
6:35 PM - 6:40 PMSmoke-free Workplaces Video Launch
6:40 PM - 7:20 PMDialogue – The Role of Business Leaders in Building a Health Society challenges, opportunities and solutions to building health workplaces
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director General of WHO
Mr. Evan Guo
CEO of Zhaopin Limited
Mr. Wilson Shao
General Manager at Beijing MTR
Yuan Jiang
Director of Tobacco Control Office at China CDC
Paige Snider
Senior Advisor of Communication and External Relations at World Health Organization Representative Office in China
Chau James
Moderator of Business Leaders Dialogue
7:20 PM - 7:25 PMCorporate Pledge Ceremony
7:25 PM - 7:30 PMGroup Photo
7:30 PM - 8:00 PMMedia Q&A
Mr. Evan Guo
CEO of Zhaopin Limited
Mr. Wilson Shao
General Manager at Beijing MTR
Mr. Kelvin Khow
Technical Officer at World Health Organization Representative Office in China
Gauden Galea
WHO Representative to China at World Health Organization China Office